Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
2. Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
3. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
4. Wiener Philharmoniker, performer.
5. British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
6. Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
7. Österreichischer Rundfunk.

Found in

1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (106 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

1. BBC program in commemoration of the 20th anniversary since the death in 1975 of the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. A brief biography of the composer narrated by the host is followed by the performance of two of his symphonies conducted by L. Bernstein and filmed in Vienna in 1987. Symphony no. 9 is transmitted with 2 intermissions during which Bernstein elaborates on the creation of symphonies by famous European composers and explores the mystic of symphonies numbered 9. Bernstein presents a detailed analysis of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 9 by dissecting it into movements and examining them individually. The end of this recording contains a 14 minute BBC promotional program reflecting on Bernstein's successful career of a composer of musicals. Commentators include his collaborators on Broadway: theatrical producer Harold Prince, lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green, stage director Arthur Laurents, singer Barbara Cook, conductor Lukas Foss, and orchestrator Sid Ramin.

Alternative title

1. Bernstein's Broadway.
2. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Subject

1. Documentary films
2. Video
3. Conductors (Music) > United States > Biography
4. Composers > United States > Biography
5. Composers > Soviet Union > Biography
6. Symphony
7. Symphonies
8. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 > Symphonies, no. 9, op. 70, E♭ major > Criticism and interpretation
9. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 > Symphonies, no. 6, op. 54, B minor > Criticism and interpretation
10. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
11. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 > Appreciation

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Documentary films.

Contents

1. Commentary / Burton (4 min.) -- Symphony no. 6 / Shostakovich (39 min.) -- Commentary / Burton, Bernstein (7 min.) -- Symphony no. 9, 1st mvmt / Shostakovich ; Commentary / Bernstein ; Symphony no. 9, 2nd mvmt / Shostakovich ; Commentary / Bernstein ; Symphony 9, 3rd, 4th, 5th mvmts / Shostakovich (40 min.) -- Bernstein's Broadway (14 min.)

Call number

1. *LVH 2709

Note

1. Title from the opening screen; date from the label on the original container.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Source (note)

1. Margaret Carson

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.

Title

1. Bernstein conducts Shostakovich (Symphonies nos. 6 and 9) ; Bernstein's Broadway / BBC ; Unitel/Orf co-production ; Video Music Productions.

Production

1. 1995.

Country of producing entity

1. England.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer

1. Humphrey Burton, director and host ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor and commentator.

Event

1. Broadcast on BBC TV in London 1995; Recorded at Musikverin in Vienna 1987.

Original version

1. Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.

Source

1. Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor.
2. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, commentator.
3. Burton, Humphrey, 1931- commentator.
4. Burton, Humphrey, 1931- director.
5. Container of (work): Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 6, op. 54, B minor.
6. Container of (work): Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 9, op. 70, E♭ major.
7. Wiener Philharmoniker, performer.
8. British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
9. Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
10. Österreichischer Rundfunk.
11. Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.

Added title

1. Bernstein's Broadway.
2. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Found in:

1. Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.

Research call number

1. *LVH 2709