Aa 6 year old boy, I remember watching this program on our Admiral black and white television. I was captivated. Leonard Bernstein ignited in mine a life long love of classical music. His teaching style was so effective that I still remember so much of it, for only seeing it once as a child.
YES!!!! I finally found it!! I had a flimsy little acetate audio recording of this presentation when I was young (in the late 60's). I loaned it out and never got it back. For several years now, I had hopes that someday it would show up in some corner of the interwebz. And today, the YT algorithm hath smiled on me! A thousand thanks to those who dug this up and put it back into circulation.
Glad you are enjoying it! To add to the fun, the audio is from an off-air recording made during the original live broadcast, which is far superior to the kinescope audio. The collection of Bernstein's Omnibus TV shows are collected on DVD, if you check amazon or google you can find it. This upload is unique, however, because of the improved audio source I was able to find.
A very good explanation of the first part of the symphony and a brilliant interpretation of the work. Bernstein was really one of the best teacher of the music-analysis and one of the biggest music- ghosts of the century.
After watching this video I have a better sense of how hard Beethoven worked to achieve perfection. Leonard Bernstein walks you through Beethoven's creative process so you have an idea how the first movement of his 5th symphony evolved into the masterpiece it is. Beethoven struggled, rejecting sketches that had good feeling but did not belong or belonged at a later point in the movement, discarding anything that was not logical or was logical but lead to a dead end or became stuck in repetition, rejecting what sounded too abrubt, trying something less abrubt only to discover it was not abrubt enough, returning to the version he thought was too abrubt only to realize it too was actually not abrubt enough; so there is this torturous tug of war, this constant groping to get closer and closer to what sounded logical and had the right feeling at the right time, sounded masculine yet graceful, majestic yet unpretentious. Like a master sculptor Beethoven chipped away anything intrusive or unnecessary, leaving only the essential, the inevitable, in order to arrive, finally, at perfection.
When I first heard this piece as a child, I feel in love with it! My father used to play this album all the time. He even used it to play along with an old silent movie we'd watch called, The Lost World. How he did it, I don't even know. As a matter of fact, it is the ring tone I use for my phone. It resonates thru your soul.
Lenny shows us how it's done. Not only a masterclass both in music history, with some theory thrown in, but a performance they don't teach you in conducting class.
The sound quality is astonishing! The accessibility of the material and the manner in which it is presented is most impressive. It also seems to be along the same lines as Bernstein's LP analysis of the same material.
The audio was taken from an off-air recording from the day of the original broadcast, hence it's clarity (minus Cooke's intro, which was not on the off-air recording).
I bought this album back in the 60’s and have loved it ever since. On the front side was the complete symphony and on other side was this wonderful “Master Class” , thank you for taking me back!
0:28 At 25:10 we see Bernstein conduct without a baton, which he started using only in 1957. It makes quite a difference in the conducting - note the bunched fist, impossible with a baton. In 1956 Columbia had Bernstein repeat the talk for an LP.
This lecture is contained in the book "The Joy of Music". It was one of the first books that I bought, at the age of about 13. I didn't understand most of it, but over the years, I have appreciated these lectures, as I have grown as a musician.
The legendary Alistair Cooke serving as host, and doing a great job! The Symphony of the Air(the former NBC Symphony) was not formally dissolved until late 1963, as per Wikipedia.
I don't know if Bernstein wrote the "screenplay" for this, but if so, he was a fine writer, along with everything else. [Just read the description, lol. Guess he wrote it! Excellent.]
The instrumentation of Bèethoven's 5th Symphony is as follows: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clariinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings. The piccolo, contrabassoon and trombones do not come in until the last movement.
Inusitado momento em minha vida aos 64 anos, cinco anos depois desse evento sublime e de uma maestria cósmica que amo, Beethoven, interpretado por Bernstein.Gratidão.💚💛🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🕊️
Aa 6 year old boy, I remember watching this program on our Admiral black and white television. I was captivated. Leonard Bernstein ignited in mine a life long love of classical music. His teaching style was so effective that I still remember so much of it, for only seeing it once as a child.
YES!!!! I finally found it!!
I had a flimsy little acetate audio recording of this presentation when I was young (in the late 60's). I loaned it out and never got it back. For several years now, I had hopes that someday it would show up in some corner of the interwebz. And today, the YT algorithm hath smiled on me!
A thousand thanks to those who dug this up and put it back into circulation.
Glad you are enjoying it! To add to the fun, the audio is from an off-air recording made during the original live broadcast, which is far superior to the kinescope audio. The collection of Bernstein's Omnibus TV shows are collected on DVD, if you check amazon or google you can find it. This upload is unique, however, because of the improved audio source I was able to find.
I've listened to many of these pieces trying to find the one my dad use to play all the time. I think this is it!
This episode and others were also presented in a book entitled "The Joy of Music" by L.B. Still on Amazon or in your library.
@@freethekinescopes3137 I noticed the audio immediately. Wonderful job!
And this was network television in the 50s. How low we've come...
In those days, the commercial networks(ABC, CBS, NBC) were the outlet for classical music on TV.
This kind of thing can still be found in the right places. Reminds me of certain modern day TED talks.
This is such a great educational material for people to understand this great musician' masterpiece. So interesting as well as informative
A very good explanation of the first part of the symphony and a brilliant interpretation of the work. Bernstein was really one of the best teacher of the music-analysis and one of the biggest music- ghosts of the century.
After watching this video I have a better sense of how hard Beethoven worked to achieve perfection. Leonard Bernstein walks you through Beethoven's creative process so you have an idea how the first movement of his 5th symphony evolved into the masterpiece it is. Beethoven struggled, rejecting sketches that had good feeling but did not belong or belonged at a later point in the movement, discarding anything that was not logical or was logical but lead to a dead end or became stuck in repetition, rejecting what sounded too abrubt, trying something less abrubt only to discover it was not abrubt enough, returning to the version he thought was too abrubt only to realize it too was actually not abrubt enough; so there is this torturous tug of war, this constant groping to get closer and closer to what sounded logical and had the right feeling at the right time, sounded masculine yet graceful, majestic yet unpretentious. Like a master sculptor Beethoven chipped away anything intrusive or unnecessary, leaving only the essential, the inevitable, in order to arrive, finally, at perfection.
Writing good music isn't hard, but writing GREAT music that stands the test of time is nearly impossible.
When I first heard this piece as a child, I feel in love with it! My father used to play this album all the time. He even used it to play along with an old silent movie we'd watch called, The Lost World. How he did it, I don't even know. As a matter of fact, it is the ring tone I use for my phone. It resonates thru your soul.
This is amazing thanks so much for uploading it, I wish there were still shows of this kind on tv.
Lenny shows us how it's done. Not only a masterclass both in music history, with some theory thrown in, but a performance they don't teach you in conducting class.
The sound quality is astonishing! The accessibility of the material and the manner in which it is presented is most impressive. It also seems to be along the same lines as Bernstein's LP analysis of the same material.
The audio was taken from an off-air recording from the day of the original broadcast, hence it's clarity (minus Cooke's intro, which was not on the off-air recording).
@@freethekinescopes3137 Great upload--and great page name! I subscribed the shit out of your page. :)
I bought this album back in the 60’s and have loved it ever since. On the front side was the complete symphony and on other side was this wonderful “Master Class” , thank you for taking me back!
Thanks a lot for this great material!
0:28 At 25:10 we see Bernstein conduct without a baton, which he started using only in 1957. It makes quite a difference in the conducting - note the bunched fist, impossible with a baton.
In 1956 Columbia had Bernstein repeat the talk for an LP.
Impressive audio restoration! As important as your restoration of the Toscanini/NBC Ninth from 1948.
This lecture is contained in the book "The Joy of Music". It was one of the first books that I bought, at the age of about 13. I didn't understand most of it, but over the years, I have appreciated these lectures, as I have grown as a musician.
yes, I learned a lot following along with the book while watching this
This is truly a masterclass in composition and orchestration.
Thank you so much, Maestro Bernstein! You are amazing!
December 15, 2020. 250 years of greatness. Dec. 15, 1770.
This episode is an epic masterpiece. Leonard Bernstein is pretty amazing here.
This video relaxes me
Excellent quality, thank you!
The legendary Alistair Cooke serving as host, and doing a great job! The Symphony of the Air(the former NBC Symphony) was not formally dissolved until late 1963, as per Wikipedia.
I don't know if Bernstein wrote the "screenplay" for this, but if so, he was a fine writer, along with everything else. [Just read the description, lol. Guess he wrote it! Excellent.]
The instrumentation of Bèethoven's 5th Symphony is as follows: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clariinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings. The piccolo, contrabassoon and trombones do not come in until the last movement.
so much talent and love for creation
This is incredible.
And now on TV we have love island...
The text is in his book "The Joy of Music," and the audible version is on Lenny's recording of the Fifth on Sony.
Inusitado momento em minha vida aos 64 anos, cinco anos depois desse evento sublime e de uma maestria cósmica que amo, Beethoven, interpretado por Bernstein.Gratidão.💚💛🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🕊️
Every other instrument: da da da DAAA. 09:47 Double bass: da da da … da-DAAA.
I sure like Lenny. RIP.
Memorable lecture.
Where can the production credits be seen?
Just marvelous. What happened to network TV????
Network television has become a cesspool.
This. Wait until the end.
0:28 what nonsense is this? he never lost his eyesight, and in 1804-8 he was still hearing quite well.
Indeed - he has him mixed up with Helen Keller!
Brilliant
Bernstein was 36 here.
Lenny's hair was DARK!!!!
Once upon a time television had things like this. Now we have morons in dumb dating shows and other stupid reality shows.
Shows that have little or nothing to do with reality.
Aleister Cook
@16:21 pop is destroyed