Leonard Bernstein: Reflections (DVD) | Peter Rosen

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This film is a rare personal portrait of Leonard Bernstein, who triumphed as composer, conductor, writer and teacher.In Leonard Bernstein Reflections, he discusses his Boston childhood, his musical growth at Harvard and the Curtis Institute, andthe influence of great masters like Reiner, Mitropoulos, and Koussevitzky. He shares his feelings on the primacy of tonal music,and speculates on the nature of the creative process.The spontaneous joy of his Broadway hits, the bold, spiritual quest of his orchestral works, his intensity and vitality as conductor, made Bernstein one of the central…