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Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music

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Leonard Bernstein narrated by legendary screen star Lauren Bacall. The movie also relies extensively on Bernstein's own words to provide the counterpoint to the abundant visual material. Highlights include excerpts of Bernstein conducting masterworks by Beethoven and Mahler, as well as of the maestro with the New York Philharmonic in Moscow in 1959 before an audience which included composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the dissident poet Boris Pasternak. It also contains never-before-seen footage, such as outtakes from televised concerts and interviews. Among these special treats: the dashing 28-year-old maestro representing the U.S. at the 1947 Prague Spring Festival – possibly the earliest extant film of Leonard Bernstein.

Directed byHorant H. Hohlfeld

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
EN
Released
December 29, 1993
Studios
UnitelAmberson Productions Inc.

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Narrator

Creative team
Directed by
Horant H. Hohlfeld
Produced by
Michael Bronson

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