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New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts

19581 Season

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From 1958 through 1973, renowned conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra thrilled audiences with wonderful concert experiences presented in a sparkling music-with-commentary format: the Young People's Concerts.

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First aired: Jan 18, 1958
Network: CBS

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53 episodes. About 6 weeks at an hour a night.

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New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts

19581 Season

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Origin: US

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E1 · Airs Jan 18, 1958
What Does Music Mean?
Leonard Bernstein told the television audience at the start of the first Young People's Concert: "No matter what stories people tell you about what music means, forget them. Stories are not what music means. Music is never about things. Music just is. It's a lot of beautiful notes and sounds put together so well that we get pleasure out of hearing them. So when we ask, 'What does it mean; what does this piece of music mean?' we're asking a hard question. Let's do our best to answer it." During the course of this first program the New York Philharmonic performs portions of Rossini's William Tell Overture, Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, and Ravel's La Valse.
E2 · Airs Feb 1, 1958
What is American Music?
From Carnegie Hall, Bernstein discusses the origins and characteristics of American music. After an extended excerpt from George Gershwin's An American in Paris and a discussion of nationalistic and folk music, excerpts from compositions by American composers Edward MacDowell, William Schuman, Virgil Thomson, and others are performed. In closing Aaron Copland conducts parts of his own Third Symphony.
E3 · Airs Mar 8, 1958
What is Orchestration?
After brief introductory remarks, Bernstein conducts the finale of Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnol and then explains what a composer must know in order to orchestrate music successfully. He compares the flute to the trumpet, and the clarinet to the viola, with examples from Debussy and Gershwin. After asking the audience to sing two notes in a variety of ways, he contrasts the families of instruments that compose an orchestra, using excerpts from Prokofiev, Hindemith, Mozart and others to illustrate, and ends with Ravel's Bolero.
E4 · Airs Dec 13, 1958
What Makes Music Symphonic?
Using the examples of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Bernstein demonstrates the techniques of repetition and variation int he development of symphonic music. After conducting part of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, he asks the audience to sing "Frére Jacques," demonstrating the uses of sequence and imitation in symphonic composition. The final movement of Brahm's Second Symphony is then analyzed and played.
E5 · Airs Jan 24, 1959
What is Classical Music?
Bernstein conducts Handel's Water Music and cites it as an indisputable example of classical music. "Exact" is the word that best defines classical music, Bernstein says, and he demonstrates with musical illustrations from Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto, Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major and The Marriage of Figaro, and Haydn's Symphony No. 102. The decline of classical music at the end of the eighteenth century is tied to Beethoven's innovations and the Romantic movement, and Bernstein conducts Beethoven's Egmont Overture.
E6 · Airs Feb 28, 1959
Humor in Music
Using excerpts from Shostakovich, Mahler, Haydn and others Bernstein demonstrates how a "serious" composition can take an unexpected humorous turn. Prokofiev's Classical Symphony is played in its entirety.
E7 · Airs Mar 28, 1959
What is a Concerto?
Leonard Bernstein discusses the development of the concerto form from Bach to Bartok. Bernstein conducts examples of early concertos-Bach's Fifth Brandenburg Concerto and Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major. From the classical period, he conducts Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and, finally, the fourth and fifth movements of Bartok's neo-classical Concerto for Orchestra.
E8 · Airs Feb 7, 1960
Who is Gustav Mahler?
Leonard Bernstein celebrates Mahler's centennial by conducting excerpts from the composer's Fourth Symphony in G and discussing his career as a composer and conductor. Soprano Reri Grist joins the orchestra in a performance of the last movement of the Fourth Symphony. William Lewis sings "Youth" and Helen Raab sings from "The Farewell," both from Mahler's The Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde).
E9 · Airs Mar 6, 1960
Young Performers No. 1
Daniel Domb; Kenneth Schermerhorn; Barry Finclair; Stefan B. Mengelberg; Alexandra Wager
E10 · Airs Mar 27, 1960
Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future
New York Pro Musica; Noah Greenberg; Vladimir Ussachevsky; Anita Darian
E11 · Airs Apr 24, 1960
The Second Hurricane
The High School of Music & Art
E12 · Airs Jan 8, 1961
Overtures and Preludes
E13 · Airs Feb 12, 1961
Aaron Copland Birthday Party
Aaron Copland; William Warfield
E14 · Airs Mar 19, 1961
Young Performers No. 2
Lynn Harrell; Elyakum Shapirra; Jung-Ja Kim; Russell Stanger; Veronica Tyler; Gregory Millar; Henry Chapin
E15 · Airs Apr 9, 1961
Folk Music in the Concert Hall
Bernstein discusses folk music and its influence on orchestral music, and conducts excerpts from Mozart, Chavez and Ives, and "Songs of the Auvergne" sung by Marni Nixon.
E16 · Airs Dec 1, 1961
What is Impressionism?
Bernstein focuses on impressionism in music, discussing the methods and styles of Debussy and Ravel. He conducts three movements from La Mer and the final dance of Daphnis et Chloe.
E17 · Airs Jan 18, 1962
The Road to Paris
Zara Nelsova
E18 · Airs Mar 26, 1962
Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky
Bernstein sketches a brief history of Stravinsky's musical career, noting changes of style and shifts of direction. The whole of Petrouchka is played and each scene is analyzed.
E19 · Airs Apr 14, 1962
Young Performers No. 3
Seiji Ozawa; Gary Karr; Maurice Peress; John Canarina; Ruth & Naomi Segal; Paula Robison; Paul Green; Tony Cirone; David Hopper
E20 · Airs Nov 21, 1962
The Sound of a Hall
John Corigliano, Sr.; Frank Gullino; Joseph Bernstein; William Dembinsky
E21 · Airs Dec 21, 1962 · ★ 8.0
What is a Melody?
Bernstein discusses the different forms melody can take, including tune, theme, motive, melodic line and musical phrase. He illustrates by conducting the orchestra in excerpts from Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mozart, Hindemith, and Brahms.
E22 · Airs Jan 15, 1963 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 4
Joan Weiner; Yuri Krasnopolsky; Claudia Hoca; Zoltán Rozsnyai; Pamela Paul; Serge Fournier; André Watts
E23 · Airs Mar 8, 1963 · ★ 8.0
The Latin American Spirit
Bernstein discusses "the two ingredients that give this music its special Latin flavor: rhythm and color." Excerpts include Bernstein's own Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.
E24 · Airs Nov 29, 1963 · ★ 8.0
A Tribute to Teachers
E25 · Airs Dec 23, 1963 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 5
Heidi Lehwalder; Amos Eisenberg; Weldon Berry, Jr.; Claudio Abbado; Shulamit Ran (as Shulamith Ran); Pedro Calderon; Stephen E. Kates; Zdeněk Košler
E26 · Airs Feb 23, 1964 · ★ 8.0
The Genius of Paul Hindemith
E27 · Airs Mar 11, 1964 · ★ 7.0
Jazz in the Concert Hall
Bernstein discusses the blending of jazz and symphonic music, with performances and readings to illustrate. The program ends with Larry Austin's Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists.
E28 · Airs Nov 6, 1964 · ★ 7.0
What is Sonata Form?
Bernstein describes the three-part sonata form, and exemplifies it by singing the Beatle's "And I Love Her." Veronica Tyler sings Micaela's aria from Bizet's Carmen and Bernstein conducts the Philharmonic in the first movement of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.
E29 · Airs Nov 30, 1964 · ★ 7.0
Farewell to Nationalism
E30 · Airs Jan 28, 1965 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 6
Patricia Michaelian; James Boswell IV
E31 · Airs Feb 19, 1965 · ★ 8.0
A Tribute to Sibelius
Bernstein celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and comments on Finland, the Finnish language, and Finnish patriotism, as well as Sibelius himself. Works by the composer, including Finlandia and the first movement of his Violin Concerto, with soloist Sergiu Luca, are performed.
E32 · Airs Nov 29, 1965 · ★ 7.0
Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals
Bernstein explains musical intervals and discusses their relationship to harmony, melody and inversion. After analysis, the first movement of Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major by Brahms is performed. The discussion continues, focusing on major and minor seconds.
E33 · Airs Dec 14, 1965 · ★ 8.0
The Sound of an Orchestra
Bernstein explains that the duty of the orchestra is to reproduce faithfully the notes and instructions of the composer. The main focus is the first half of Haydn's Symphony No. 88. The opening music is deliberately played incorrectly and errors are pointed out.
E34 · Airs Dec 15, 1965 · ★ 8.0
A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich
Bernstein celebrates Dmitri Shostakovich's sixtieth birthday by discussing his work and conducting an excerpt from his Symphony No. 7 and all of Symphony No. 9.
E35 · Airs Feb 22, 1966 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 7
Performers include Paul Schoenfeld; Stephanie Sebastian; David Oei; Horacio Gutiérrez; James DePreist; Jacques Houtmann; Edo de Waart.
E36 · Airs Nov 23, 1966 · ★ 9.0
What is a Mode?
Bernstein discusses scales, intervals and tones, and analyzes several pieces, including Debussy's Fêtes, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, and music from the Kinks and the Beatles, to illustrate different modes. An excerpt from Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free is also performed.
E37 · Airs Jan 27, 1967 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 8
Elmar Oliveira; Mark Salkind; Fred Alston; Donald Green; Juan Pablo Izquierdo; Sylvia Caduff; George Reid; Young Uck Kim
E38 · Airs Feb 23, 1967 · ★ 8.0
Charles Ives: American Pioneer
E39 · Airs Apr 19, 1967 · ★ 8.0
Alumni Reunion
Stephen E. Kates; Veronica Tyler; André Watts
E40 · Airs Dec 25, 1967 · ★ 8.0
A Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time
Bernstein pays tribute to New York Philharmonic's "fraternal orchestra," the Vienna Philharmonic, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of both orchestras. Works by Johann and Richard Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mahler are performed, preceded by a brief discussion.
E41 · Airs Jan 28, 1968 · ★ 8.0
Forever Beethoven
Joseph Kalichstein; Paul Capolongo
E42 · Airs Mar 31, 1968 · ★ 7.0
Young Performers No. 9
Lawrence Foster; Alois Springer; Martin and Steven Vann; Helen Quach, Michael DeTemple
E43 · Airs May 26, 1968 · ★ 8.0
Quiz-Concert: How Musical Are You?
Leonard Bernstein quizzes Avery Fisher Hall and television audiences on their musicality. Highlights include true-or-false questions with musical examples, and excerpts from Mozart, Prokofiev, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
E44 · Airs Dec 25, 1968 · ★ 8.0
Fantastic Variations (Don Quixote)
Lorne Munroe, cellist
E45 · Airs Apr 27, 1969 · ★ 8.0
Bach Transmogrified
Michael Korn; Leopold Stokowski; Moog synthesizer; New York Rock and Roll Ensemble
E46 · Airs May 25, 1969 · ★ 8.0
Berlioz Takes a Trip
Bernstein discusses what he describes as the "first psychedelic symphony," Berlioz's La Symphonie fantastique, examining the concept of the idée fixe in music and illustrating this concept with excerpts froth first movement. Bernstein analyzes the music and discusses the story line of the remaining movements, which are performed by the Philharmonic.
E47 · Airs Sep 14, 1969 · ★ 8.0
Two Ballet Birds
Bernstein compares the main theme of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake with Stravinsky's Firebird. A performance of the pas de deux from Swan Lake illustrates the concept of abstract ballet, followed by excerpts from Stravinsky's Firebird.
E48 · Airs Mar 29, 1970 · ★ 8.0
Fidelio: A Celebration of Life
Bernstein takes a look at Beethoven's so-called "flawed masterpiece" - his only opera, Fidelio. After discussing the story and its problems, "charming excerpts" are performed. Four vocal selection from Act II follow, each preceded by analysis and plot summary.
E49 · Airs May 24, 1970 · ★ 7.0
The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra
E50 · Airs Dec 27, 1970 · ★ 8.0
A Copland Celebration
E51 · Airs Apr 4, 1971 · ★ 8.0
Thus Spake Richard Strauss
E52 · Airs Feb 13, 1972 · ★ 8.0
Liszt and the Devil
E53 · Airs Mar 26, 1972 · ★ 8.0
Holst: The Planets

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 18, 1958
Network: CBS

Time to finish

40 hrs

53 episodes. About 6 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Episodes

0 of 0 watched

E1 · Airs Jan 18, 1958
What Does Music Mean?
Leonard Bernstein told the television audience at the start of the first Young People's Concert: "No matter what stories people tell you about what music means, forget them. Stories are not what music means. Music is never about things. Music just is. It's a lot of beautiful notes and sounds put together so well that we get pleasure out of hearing them. So when we ask, 'What does it mean; what does this piece of music mean?' we're asking a hard question. Let's do our best to answer it." During the course of this first program the New York Philharmonic performs portions of Rossini's William Tell Overture, Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, and Ravel's La Valse.
E2 · Airs Feb 1, 1958
What is American Music?
From Carnegie Hall, Bernstein discusses the origins and characteristics of American music. After an extended excerpt from George Gershwin's An American in Paris and a discussion of nationalistic and folk music, excerpts from compositions by American composers Edward MacDowell, William Schuman, Virgil Thomson, and others are performed. In closing Aaron Copland conducts parts of his own Third Symphony.
E3 · Airs Mar 8, 1958
What is Orchestration?
After brief introductory remarks, Bernstein conducts the finale of Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnol and then explains what a composer must know in order to orchestrate music successfully. He compares the flute to the trumpet, and the clarinet to the viola, with examples from Debussy and Gershwin. After asking the audience to sing two notes in a variety of ways, he contrasts the families of instruments that compose an orchestra, using excerpts from Prokofiev, Hindemith, Mozart and others to illustrate, and ends with Ravel's Bolero.
E4 · Airs Dec 13, 1958
What Makes Music Symphonic?
Using the examples of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Bernstein demonstrates the techniques of repetition and variation int he development of symphonic music. After conducting part of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, he asks the audience to sing "Frére Jacques," demonstrating the uses of sequence and imitation in symphonic composition. The final movement of Brahm's Second Symphony is then analyzed and played.
E5 · Airs Jan 24, 1959
What is Classical Music?
Bernstein conducts Handel's Water Music and cites it as an indisputable example of classical music. "Exact" is the word that best defines classical music, Bernstein says, and he demonstrates with musical illustrations from Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto, Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major and The Marriage of Figaro, and Haydn's Symphony No. 102. The decline of classical music at the end of the eighteenth century is tied to Beethoven's innovations and the Romantic movement, and Bernstein conducts Beethoven's Egmont Overture.
E6 · Airs Feb 28, 1959
Humor in Music
Using excerpts from Shostakovich, Mahler, Haydn and others Bernstein demonstrates how a "serious" composition can take an unexpected humorous turn. Prokofiev's Classical Symphony is played in its entirety.
E7 · Airs Mar 28, 1959
What is a Concerto?
Leonard Bernstein discusses the development of the concerto form from Bach to Bartok. Bernstein conducts examples of early concertos-Bach's Fifth Brandenburg Concerto and Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major. From the classical period, he conducts Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and, finally, the fourth and fifth movements of Bartok's neo-classical Concerto for Orchestra.
E8 · Airs Feb 7, 1960
Who is Gustav Mahler?
Leonard Bernstein celebrates Mahler's centennial by conducting excerpts from the composer's Fourth Symphony in G and discussing his career as a composer and conductor. Soprano Reri Grist joins the orchestra in a performance of the last movement of the Fourth Symphony. William Lewis sings "Youth" and Helen Raab sings from "The Farewell," both from Mahler's The Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde).
E9 · Airs Mar 6, 1960
Young Performers No. 1
Daniel Domb; Kenneth Schermerhorn; Barry Finclair; Stefan B. Mengelberg; Alexandra Wager
E10 · Airs Mar 27, 1960
Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future
New York Pro Musica; Noah Greenberg; Vladimir Ussachevsky; Anita Darian
E11 · Airs Apr 24, 1960
The Second Hurricane
The High School of Music & Art
E12 · Airs Jan 8, 1961
Overtures and Preludes
E13 · Airs Feb 12, 1961
Aaron Copland Birthday Party
Aaron Copland; William Warfield
E14 · Airs Mar 19, 1961
Young Performers No. 2
Lynn Harrell; Elyakum Shapirra; Jung-Ja Kim; Russell Stanger; Veronica Tyler; Gregory Millar; Henry Chapin
E15 · Airs Apr 9, 1961
Folk Music in the Concert Hall
Bernstein discusses folk music and its influence on orchestral music, and conducts excerpts from Mozart, Chavez and Ives, and "Songs of the Auvergne" sung by Marni Nixon.
E16 · Airs Dec 1, 1961
What is Impressionism?
Bernstein focuses on impressionism in music, discussing the methods and styles of Debussy and Ravel. He conducts three movements from La Mer and the final dance of Daphnis et Chloe.
E17 · Airs Jan 18, 1962
The Road to Paris
Zara Nelsova
E18 · Airs Mar 26, 1962
Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky
Bernstein sketches a brief history of Stravinsky's musical career, noting changes of style and shifts of direction. The whole of Petrouchka is played and each scene is analyzed.
E19 · Airs Apr 14, 1962
Young Performers No. 3
Seiji Ozawa; Gary Karr; Maurice Peress; John Canarina; Ruth & Naomi Segal; Paula Robison; Paul Green; Tony Cirone; David Hopper
E20 · Airs Nov 21, 1962
The Sound of a Hall
John Corigliano, Sr.; Frank Gullino; Joseph Bernstein; William Dembinsky
E21 · Airs Dec 21, 1962 · ★ 8.0
What is a Melody?
Bernstein discusses the different forms melody can take, including tune, theme, motive, melodic line and musical phrase. He illustrates by conducting the orchestra in excerpts from Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mozart, Hindemith, and Brahms.
E22 · Airs Jan 15, 1963 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 4
Joan Weiner; Yuri Krasnopolsky; Claudia Hoca; Zoltán Rozsnyai; Pamela Paul; Serge Fournier; André Watts
E23 · Airs Mar 8, 1963 · ★ 8.0
The Latin American Spirit
Bernstein discusses "the two ingredients that give this music its special Latin flavor: rhythm and color." Excerpts include Bernstein's own Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.
E24 · Airs Nov 29, 1963 · ★ 8.0
A Tribute to Teachers
E25 · Airs Dec 23, 1963 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 5
Heidi Lehwalder; Amos Eisenberg; Weldon Berry, Jr.; Claudio Abbado; Shulamit Ran (as Shulamith Ran); Pedro Calderon; Stephen E. Kates; Zdeněk Košler
E26 · Airs Feb 23, 1964 · ★ 8.0
The Genius of Paul Hindemith
E27 · Airs Mar 11, 1964 · ★ 7.0
Jazz in the Concert Hall
Bernstein discusses the blending of jazz and symphonic music, with performances and readings to illustrate. The program ends with Larry Austin's Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists.
E28 · Airs Nov 6, 1964 · ★ 7.0
What is Sonata Form?
Bernstein describes the three-part sonata form, and exemplifies it by singing the Beatle's "And I Love Her." Veronica Tyler sings Micaela's aria from Bizet's Carmen and Bernstein conducts the Philharmonic in the first movement of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.
E29 · Airs Nov 30, 1964 · ★ 7.0
Farewell to Nationalism
E30 · Airs Jan 28, 1965 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 6
Patricia Michaelian; James Boswell IV
E31 · Airs Feb 19, 1965 · ★ 8.0
A Tribute to Sibelius
Bernstein celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and comments on Finland, the Finnish language, and Finnish patriotism, as well as Sibelius himself. Works by the composer, including Finlandia and the first movement of his Violin Concerto, with soloist Sergiu Luca, are performed.
E32 · Airs Nov 29, 1965 · ★ 7.0
Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals
Bernstein explains musical intervals and discusses their relationship to harmony, melody and inversion. After analysis, the first movement of Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major by Brahms is performed. The discussion continues, focusing on major and minor seconds.
E33 · Airs Dec 14, 1965 · ★ 8.0
The Sound of an Orchestra
Bernstein explains that the duty of the orchestra is to reproduce faithfully the notes and instructions of the composer. The main focus is the first half of Haydn's Symphony No. 88. The opening music is deliberately played incorrectly and errors are pointed out.
E34 · Airs Dec 15, 1965 · ★ 8.0
A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich
Bernstein celebrates Dmitri Shostakovich's sixtieth birthday by discussing his work and conducting an excerpt from his Symphony No. 7 and all of Symphony No. 9.
E35 · Airs Feb 22, 1966 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 7
Performers include Paul Schoenfeld; Stephanie Sebastian; David Oei; Horacio Gutiérrez; James DePreist; Jacques Houtmann; Edo de Waart.
E36 · Airs Nov 23, 1966 · ★ 9.0
What is a Mode?
Bernstein discusses scales, intervals and tones, and analyzes several pieces, including Debussy's Fêtes, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, and music from the Kinks and the Beatles, to illustrate different modes. An excerpt from Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free is also performed.
E37 · Airs Jan 27, 1967 · ★ 8.0
Young Performers No. 8
Elmar Oliveira; Mark Salkind; Fred Alston; Donald Green; Juan Pablo Izquierdo; Sylvia Caduff; George Reid; Young Uck Kim
E38 · Airs Feb 23, 1967 · ★ 8.0
Charles Ives: American Pioneer
E39 · Airs Apr 19, 1967 · ★ 8.0
Alumni Reunion
Stephen E. Kates; Veronica Tyler; André Watts
E40 · Airs Dec 25, 1967 · ★ 8.0
A Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time
Bernstein pays tribute to New York Philharmonic's "fraternal orchestra," the Vienna Philharmonic, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of both orchestras. Works by Johann and Richard Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mahler are performed, preceded by a brief discussion.
E41 · Airs Jan 28, 1968 · ★ 8.0
Forever Beethoven
Joseph Kalichstein; Paul Capolongo
E42 · Airs Mar 31, 1968 · ★ 7.0
Young Performers No. 9
Lawrence Foster; Alois Springer; Martin and Steven Vann; Helen Quach, Michael DeTemple
E43 · Airs May 26, 1968 · ★ 8.0
Quiz-Concert: How Musical Are You?
Leonard Bernstein quizzes Avery Fisher Hall and television audiences on their musicality. Highlights include true-or-false questions with musical examples, and excerpts from Mozart, Prokofiev, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
E44 · Airs Dec 25, 1968 · ★ 8.0
Fantastic Variations (Don Quixote)
Lorne Munroe, cellist
E45 · Airs Apr 27, 1969 · ★ 8.0
Bach Transmogrified
Michael Korn; Leopold Stokowski; Moog synthesizer; New York Rock and Roll Ensemble
E46 · Airs May 25, 1969 · ★ 8.0
Berlioz Takes a Trip
Bernstein discusses what he describes as the "first psychedelic symphony," Berlioz's La Symphonie fantastique, examining the concept of the idée fixe in music and illustrating this concept with excerpts froth first movement. Bernstein analyzes the music and discusses the story line of the remaining movements, which are performed by the Philharmonic.
E47 · Airs Sep 14, 1969 · ★ 8.0
Two Ballet Birds
Bernstein compares the main theme of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake with Stravinsky's Firebird. A performance of the pas de deux from Swan Lake illustrates the concept of abstract ballet, followed by excerpts from Stravinsky's Firebird.
E48 · Airs Mar 29, 1970 · ★ 8.0
Fidelio: A Celebration of Life
Bernstein takes a look at Beethoven's so-called "flawed masterpiece" - his only opera, Fidelio. After discussing the story and its problems, "charming excerpts" are performed. Four vocal selection from Act II follow, each preceded by analysis and plot summary.
E49 · Airs May 24, 1970 · ★ 7.0
The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra
E50 · Airs Dec 27, 1970 · ★ 8.0
A Copland Celebration
E51 · Airs Apr 4, 1971 · ★ 8.0
Thus Spake Richard Strauss
E52 · Airs Feb 13, 1972 · ★ 8.0
Liszt and the Devil
E53 · Airs Mar 26, 1972 · ★ 8.0
Holst: The Planets

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