Bernstein's Last Concert
The great American conductor Leonard Bernstein burned his candle at both ends, and he conducted with great intensity right up until his last concert at the age of 72. It took place in Boston two months before his death in 1990. Earlier that year, Bernstein had been in Europe giving concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic and conducting music by one of his favorite composers, Gustav Mahler - both of which you can hear in this edition of the Golden Concerto.
