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

Today, on the anniversary of her birth, we honor the great German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig (1928-2021)! Ludwig and Leonard Bernstein shared a close friendship, collaborating on iconic recordings and performances, including Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, Das Lied von der Erde, Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (1968); and Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah." In 1973, she performed Brahms Lieder with Bernstein at the piano in Tel Aviv, a recital later broadcast on Great Pe

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major premiered on April 2, 1800, at the K.K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg in Vienna. We share with you this 1978 video of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in an excerpt from the final movement of Beethoven's First Symphony. | Leonard Bernstein

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