Orem Library

This program demonstrates how Beethoven brought an unprecedented power and dynamism to the orchestra and tells about his idealistic support of the French Revolution and his triumph over deafness. Includes a performance of Beethoven's 7th symphony and excerpts from the 5th symphony.

André Previn tells the story behind Berlioz's Symphony fantastique inspired by his obsessive love for an actress he had seen in a play. Key themes and passages are then examined, and analyzed before the Royal Philharmonic plays the entire symphony.

Leonard Bernstein's greatness as a conductor lay partly in his unique power of infusing new life into the works he performed. Expecting maximum effort from his musicians, he was also unsparing of himself in getting the results he wanted. Fortunately the teacher in him means that we have, in these three overlapping programmes, the extensive rehearsal and documentary footage to demonstrate what was involved, as we see and hear him working on Mahler...