Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story Notes
"An out and out plea for racial tolerance"
In the last year of his life, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) traveled to Berlin as the wall came down. To honor German reunification, Bernstein led an orchestra of musicians from East and West Germany through Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. You can watch it here:
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