Bruno Walter The Maestro, The Man: Vancouver International Festival, 1958

This program is a treasure, presenting the most extended footage available of Walter in rehearsal. We are allowed to witness the conductor in his workshop as he molds the first and last movements of Brahm's Second Symphony with consummate skill...In an interview with Albert Goldberg, presented between two rehearsal segments, Walter speaks candidly and at length about his long career, the art of conducting, the composers closest to his heart, and his views on contemporary music.
-Bruno Walter biographer Erik Ryding

Program

In rehearsal with the Vancouver International Festival Orchestra
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
1st movement: Allegro non troppo (21:22)

Bruno Walter in Conversation with Albert Goldberg (22:08)

In rehearsal with the Vancouver International Festival Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 2, 4th movement: Allegro con spirito (14:13)

Rehearsal segments filmed July 16, 1958
Program originally telecast September 6, 1958