Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

04/04/1970

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1hr 18min

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Music

STORY

To play Beethoven's music is to give oneself over completely to the child-spirit which lived in that grim, awkward, violent man. Without that utter submission it is impossible to play the Adagio of the Ninth. Or, Heaven knows, the first movement. And the Finale? Most of all! It is simply unplayable unless we go all the way with him, as he cries out "Brüder!" - Leonard Bernstein

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Plácido Domingo
  • Gwyneth Jones
  • Martti Talvela
  • Shirley Verrett
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Director

  • Humphrey Burton

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • CBS Studios
  • Amberson Productions Inc.

    Production Countries

  • Austria

LANGUAGES

  • English