Leonard Bernstein

It is a quarter of a century since the death of Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor and icon of 20th-century music. This programme features 50 years of great archive performances and interviews, some unseen since their original broadcast, including music from West Side Story, Elgar’s Enigma and Beethoven.

• Edward Elgar
  Enigma Variations
  Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
• Johannes Brahms
  Symphony No. 1
  Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
• Leonard Bernstein
  I Feel Pretty (West Side Story)
  Performer: Marlys Watters.
• Leonard Bernstein
  Candide
• Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 8
  Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  Symphony No. 5
  Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
• Leonard Bernstein
  Symphony No. 2 – The Age of Anxiety
  Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
• The Nice
  America
• Leonard Bernstein
  Mass
• André Previn and His Pals
  I Feel Pretty (instrumental)
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  Magnificat – Gloria Patri
  Orchestra: English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Choir: English Bach Festival Chorus.
• Leonard Bernstein
  Something’s Coming (West Side Story)
  Performer: José Carreras.
• Leonard Bernstein
  Maria (West Side Story)
  Performer: José Carreras.
• Joseph Haydn
  Symphony No. 88
  Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
• Leonard Bernstein
  Songfest
  Performer: Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
• Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9
  Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.

60 Mins