Leonard Bernstein Movies
- 2005
Candide
Candide72005HD
Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta comes to dazzling new life under the guidance of director Lonny Price (A Class Act). Based on the...
- 2007
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos02007HD
Leonard Bernstein filmed Piano Concertos 3, 4, and 5 in 1989, but did not live to film the first two. He died in 1990. So Krystian Zimerman, the...
- 1958
Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town6.61958HD
Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an...
- 1988
Candide
Candide91988HD
Bernstein's comic opera, based on Voltaire's classic satire, directed by Jonathan Miller and John Wells, is performed in a new production by Scottish...
- 2016
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic82016HD
As the world prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of West Side Story in 2017, dancer Bruno Tonioli and broadcaster Suzy Klein go in search of...
- 2018
Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town02018HD
With a keen sensitivity to the demands and specificities of the American “musical”, and after the triumph of Sondheim’s Follies in...
- 1985
Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor
Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor01985HD
In 1985, cameras take a look inside the Berkshire Music Center, the most prominent pre-professional classical music academy in the US. Seiji Ozawa,...
- 1976
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax91976HD
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
- 1991
Candide
Candide71991HD
- 1957
Satchmo the Great
Satchmo the Great61957HD
In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz...
- 1976
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth91976HD
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
- 1976
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis91976HD
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
- 2020
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
Chita: A Legendary Celebration02020HD
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents a 2013 concert celebrating Chita Rivera's 80th birthday as a fundraiser to aid struggling artists during...
- 2018
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway02018HD
Who can resist Bernstein on Broadway? Toast the New Year and our Laureate Conductor’s 100th with West Side Story’s star-crossed lovers,...
- 1976
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology91976HD
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
- 2002
Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town02002HD
The classic musical by Bernstein, Comden and Green is performed live in concert in Berlin, starring Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson, Brent Barrett and...
- 1985
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein81985HD
This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. Recorded in Israel,...
- 2021
Bernstein's Wall
Bernstein's Wall12021HD
An enlightening, complex look at one of the greatest figures in 20th century classical music whose passion and creativity guided him well beyond the...
- 1998
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note6.3331998HD
The life of the composer, shaped by his Jewish heritage, his morality and his playful sense of humor.
- 2020
Mass
Mass02020HD
Enjoy Ravinia Festival’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s theater piece starring Tony Award-winning baritone Paulo Szot and featuring...