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Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)
Directed by Humphrey Burton
Overview
In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with excerpts from his performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and the Ode to Joy from the Ninth Symphony.
Length 125 minutes
Actors
Leonard Bernstein | Theo Adam | Franz Crass | Adolf Dallapozza | Plácido Domingo | Gwyneth Jones | James King | Lucia Popp | Karl Ridderbusch | Otto Schenk | Martti Talvela | Shirley Verrett