
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

April 1970
78 mins
TMDB
0.0
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

Plácido Domingo
Self / Tenor

Gwyneth Jones
Self / Soprano

Martti Talvela
Self / Bass-Baritone

Shirley Verrett
Self / Mezzo-Soprano

Leonard Bernstein
Self / Conductor
Michael Wager
Self / Off-screen Announcer
Vienna Philharmonic