Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 4, 1970

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

Production Companies

CBS Studios, Amberson Productions Inc.

Director

Humphrey Burton

Description

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