Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein Beethovens Fifth Excerpt

The Golden Age of Televisions most distinguished production, OMNIBUS brought sophistication, refinement and sparkling intelligence to a live national audience. Leonard Bernsteins appearances on OMNIBUS rank among the series highlights. This excerpt is taken from Beethovens Fifth Symphony (CBS, 11/14/54) available in the 4-DVD collection Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein.

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[handd258]

Well thought out comment. 56 years of educational progress is summed up in one moronic comment.

[azkeyz]

if bernstein was alive I'd tell him right to his face not to mess with my buddy beethoven.

I don't care who you think you are , you don't mess with daddy bethoven.

[azkeyz]

This is my second experience of watching or even listening to burnstein

he makes me feel like I'm no longer alone

finaly someone with some brains to listen to.

I can tell already what bernstein wants , he wants 0% stagnation moments.

I understood bethovens stagnant passages as logical pauses in the alleged meladrama.

I know damn well bethoven did not invent meladrama in music.

butt what I CAN say is he was damn good at it.

[juliano66]

Bernstein's role similar to that of Carl Sagan--breaking down highly intellectual disciplines into easy to understand concepts...not at all as easy as it looks.

[mediamadman747]

I've read about Omnibus, but have never seen it.

Thanks for posting.

[AOZXRAY]

Thanks for posting this. Great culture.



[HammerOvThor]

@jrbuck9669 Lucky!

[jrbuck9669]

I have Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, and while looking at it the other day, a 33RPM single of this exact excerpt was included with the LP. Way Cool!

[rcQup5]

Sucks