Leonard Bernstein Movies

Candide

89/100

All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Isn't it?

Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

85/100

Leonard Bernstein: 'The Rite of Spring' in Rehearsal

Bernstein in Australia

Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic at Sydney Opera House performing Tchaikovsky's Symphony number 6, "Pathetique".

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven - The Ninth Symphony in D Minor

83/100

John F. Kennedy Memorial Concert

A special concert given in memory of President John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated just two days previously. The featured work was Mahler's Symphony No. 2 (the "Resurrection" Symphony).

Bernstein: Conductor, Soloist, Teacher

What Makes a Gershwin Tune a Gershwin Tune?

Preview: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Leonard Bernstein discusses Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and performs the last movement, which includes the "Ode to Joy".

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

A Joyful Noise

What Is Noise and What Is Music?

A Musical Toast: The Stars Shine on Public Television

P.I. Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 5

Romanticism in Music

Four Ways to Say Farewell

A Musical Celebration to Stephen Sondheim

Drama Into Opera: Oedipus Rex

A discussion of Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex", and what he did to convert Sophocles' play into an opera-oratorio.

Jean Sibelius: Symphonie No. 1, E moll

Tanglewood: A Place to Make Music

Talented young professional musicians from all over the world play orchestral and chamber music in the Shed concert hall and the grounds of Tanglewood, including a Souza march played by 6 double basses in a barn.

The New York Philharmonic in Venice: The Ageless Mozart

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)

Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening

A concert given to celebrate the reopening of Carnegie Hall in 1987, after its renovation.

Jean Sibelius: Symphonie No. 2 D-dur

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9