Bernstein about Beethoven's music

Conductor Leornard Bernstein talk of Beethoven's music

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[Johnnyfortune82]

A very eloquent man, it is very moving what he has to say...

[ppchak77]

"It is almost like celebrating the birthday of music itself"; that last line says it all..

Thank you for posting this.

[azkeyz]

well that's interesting , because as for myself , I also found beethoven 9 ode to joy to be one of the most worthy pieces of music from beethoven.

butt when the joy is gone , beethoven is quickly back to his brooding moon light sonata

beethovens emotional range is very wide.

in my current musical situation , I'm seeking 1 single melody line that can defeat beethoven completely.

bach of course does it for me every time.

[jomeara75]

Nobody encapsulates the greatness of Beethoven quite like Bernstein

[obtica1]

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[Cocoheadedcannibal]

@onlinemonikers Troll

[blucinemafilms]

Bernstein kind looks like Beethoven himself. Make ya wonder. ...

[sithardeth]

is it from a documantary ? where does this video came from ?

[tangoalpha7]

Notice at 1:49 when Bernstein says "ALL" he pauses at almost the exact same time as the music. Coincidence? ;)

[Dan474834]

It's always a pleasure to listen to Bernstein.

[bersa888]

@EmitFlestiKY : Sad, but true, my friend :-) Obviously, I adore the "major" composers... but there are many others whose music deserves to be played and heard, and some of it could be easily stand side by side with a sonata by Beethoven or a cantata by Bach. The problem is that we heard those 100+ masterpieces too many times... everything else ought to sounds less familiar, less comforting, more hostile, not as right or universal - not as great ;-)

[EmitFlestiKY]

@bersa888 it's not mere "highbrow snobbery" that recognizes genius. Popular music today is just so banal and of the lowest-common-denominator that people recoil against anything of true taste and artistic merit that doesn't immediately excite the masses. It's sad that we live in an age of such artistic and cultural mediocrity.