Happy birthday, Leonard Bernstein! (18)

Let’s celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s birthday (August 25) by revisiting a huge selection of concerts and documentaries showcasing the maestro’s many talents: an inventive composer, a legendary conductor, a virtuoso pianist, and a devoted teacher whose impact will echo for generations to come! Scroll down and find Bernstein in conversation backstage and conducting at the podium, and explore some of his greatest works performed by the most capable artists—music full of life, color, and originality.

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Bernstein conducts Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Sibelius's Symphony No. 5
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Leonard Bernstein: Teachers and Teaching
Leonard Bernstein: Teachers and Teaching

An Autobiographic Essay by Leonard Bernstein

documentary
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Leonard Bernstein, The Gift of Music
Leonard Bernstein, The Gift of Music

An intimate portrait

documentary
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The Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
The Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

With Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams, Midori, Thomas Ha...

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Bernstein conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
Bernstein conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

Orchestre National de France

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The Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy

A TV-Essay on Gustav Mahler by and with Leonard...

documentary
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Bernstein pays tribute to Stravinsky — With Michel Béroff
Bernstein pays tribute to Stravinsky — With Michel Béroff

The Historic Stravinsky Memorial Concert, April...

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Leonard Bernstein conducts Schumann's Cello Concerto – With Mstislav Rostropovich
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations
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Leonard Bernstein in rehearsal: Elgar Enigma Variations
Leonard Bernstein in rehearsal: Elgar Enigma Variations

BBC Symphony Orchestra (1982)

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Leonard Bernstein conducts Berlioz's Harold en Italie – With Donald McInnes
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Mariss Jansons conducts encores — With Vadim Repin
Mariss Jansons conducts encores — With Vadim Repin

Waldbühne 2002: A Night of Encores

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Bernstein conducts Milhaud's La création du monde and Le Bœuf sur le toit
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André Previn conducts Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Bernstein
André Previn conducts Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Bernstein

London Symphony Orchestra, 1971-1977

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Christa Ludwig sings Schubert, Mahler, Bernstein, Wolf, and R. Strauss
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Kent Nagano conducts music from the 20th century "Rhythm and Dance" — With Susan Graham and Eitetsu Hayashi
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Lorin Maazel and The New York Philharmonic: The Pyongyang Concert
Lorin Maazel and The New York Philharmonic: The Pyongyang Concert

Wagner, Dvořák, Gershwin, Bizet, Bernstein

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