10 great pieces by Leonard Bernstein you have to hear

On 9/9, we share with you Leonard Bernstein’s examination of the superstition surrounding “Ninth” symphonies. What's your favorite Ninth? In an introductory trailer to his Dmitri Shostakovich 9th Symphony performance with the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker, distributed by Deutsche Grammophon, Bernstein explains how Shostakovich “thumbed his nose” at the tradition of Ninth symphonies of the great composers. "The mystique of the number nine exerted itself in an odd way, so typical of

Happy Baptism Day Ludwig van Beethoven! "A great composer's music will always last and last, perhaps forever, because people keep on feeling emotion whenever they hear it." -Leonard Bernstein "What is Classical Music?" Young People's Concert, 1959 Enjoy this excerpt of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker in Beethoven’s “Egmont” Overture, recorded in 1981 at the Musikverein. | Leonard Bernstein

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