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The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein 1985

Leonard Bernstein’s 1985 television essay marks the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s birth. Filmed in Israel, Vienna and London, it blends biographical commentary with musical excerpts from Mahler’s works taken from Bernstein’s own recordings. Bernstein conducts the Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and Wiener Philharmoniker, and features soloists Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp and Walton Groenroos, highlighting pieces from Mahler’s nine symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde and the Wunderhorn songs.

Leonard Bernstein’s 1985 television essay marks the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s birth. Filmed in Israel, Vienna and London, it blends biographical commentary with musical excerpts from Mahler’s works taken from Bernstein’s own recordings. Bernstein conducts the Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and Wiener Philharmoniker, and features soloists Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp and Walton Groenroos, highlighting pieces from Mahler’s nine symphonies, Das Lied von der Erde and the Wunderhorn songs.

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