This video montage celebrates the fall of Berlin Wall 20th anniversary (November 9, 1989). On November 11, 1989, Mstislav Rostropovich gave a impromptu performance (J. S. Bach
Prelude from Suite No. 1) at the Berlin Wall as demonstrators tore it down, a show that was reported around the world. Later the cellist was rehabilitated by then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and he was able to return to Russia to perform.

On Christmas Day, only six weeks later, due to the organizational skills of Leonard Bernstein (and others) an historic concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was given in the Schauspielhaus in the former East Berlin with instrumentalists and singers from a number of different countries. The thing that most people remember about this performance is that Bernstein had asked the choruses and soloists to substitute the word 'Freiheit' ('Freedom') for Schiller's word 'Freude' ('Joy') so that the fourth movement of the symphony became an 'Ode to Freedom'. (less info)