Bernstein on Beethoven
"HE incredible Bernstein,’ The Listener called him recently-not too extravagantly at that. Having shown
himself as a most engaging and knowledgable commentator in his illustrated talk on jazz, he revealed another side of his expository talent in his talk, heard on the Sunday National Programme, on
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Taking the rejected sketches for this work, Leonard Bernstein explored with the understanding only a composer could. possess, the presumed reasons for Beet-
hoven’s changes of mind. It was fascinating to hear parts of the symphony played as it might have been finally written, but even more fascinating to catch, under Bernstein’s crisp guidance, glimpses of genius at work, to feel the agonised struggle towards perfection, towards realisation of the Idea. Apart from the intrinsic interest of this programme, which opens up inviting vistas of similar analyses, what a fresh light it threw on the familiar symphony! When, after the talk, the old war-horse came charging out, it seemed to be newly caparisoned and to bear round its head the light of
Valhalla.
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 938, 2 August 1957, Page 30
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177Bernstein on Beethoven New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 938, 2 August 1957, Page 30
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