New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts(1958)
First Air Date: 1958-01-18
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 53
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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documentaire musique
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 53E01
What Does Music Mean?
Air Date: 1958-01-18
Leonard Bernstein told the television audience at the start of the first Young People's Concert: "No matter what stor...
E02
What is American Music?
Air Date: 1958-02-01
From Carnegie Hall, Bernstein discusses the origins and characteristics of American music. After an extended excerpt ...
E03
What is Orchestration?
Air Date: 1958-03-08
After brief introductory remarks, Bernstein conducts the finale of Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnol and then expl...
E04
What Makes Music Symphonic?
Air Date: 1958-12-13
Using the examples of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Bernstein demonstrates the techniq...
E05
What is Classical Music?
Air Date: 1959-01-24
Bernstein conducts Handel's Water Music and cites it as an indisputable example of classical music. "Exact" is the wo...
E06
Humor in Music
Air Date: 1959-02-28
Using excerpts from Shostakovich, Mahler, Haydn and others Bernstein demonstrates how a "serious" composition can tak...
E07
What is a Concerto?
Air Date: 1959-03-28
Leonard Bernstein discusses the development of the concerto form from Bach to Bartok. Bernstein conducts examples of ...
E08
Who is Gustav Mahler?
Air Date: 1960-02-07
Leonard Bernstein celebrates Mahler's centennial by conducting excerpts from the composer's Fourth Symphony in G and ...
E09
Young Performers No. 1
Air Date: 1960-03-06
Daniel Domb; Kenneth Schermerhorn; Barry Finclair; Stefan B. Mengelberg; Alexandra Wager
E10
Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future
Air Date: 1960-03-27
New York Pro Musica; Noah Greenberg; Vladimir Ussachevsky; Anita Darian
E11
The Second Hurricane
Air Date: 1960-04-24
The High School of Music & Art
E12
Overtures and Preludes
Air Date: 1961-01-08
No episode overview available.
E13
Aaron Copland Birthday Party
Air Date: 1961-02-12
Aaron Copland; William Warfield
E14
Young Performers No. 2
Air Date: 1961-03-19
Lynn Harrell; Elyakum Shapirra; Jung-Ja Kim; Russell Stanger; Veronica Tyler; Gregory Millar; Henry Chapin
E15
Folk Music in the Concert Hall
Air Date: 1961-04-09
Bernstein discusses folk music and its influence on orchestral music, and conducts excerpts from Mozart, Chavez and I...
E16
What is Impressionism?
Air Date: 1961-12-01
Bernstein focuses on impressionism in music, discussing the methods and styles of Debussy and Ravel. He conducts thre...
E17
The Road to Paris
Air Date: 1962-01-18
Zara Nelsova
E18
Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky
Air Date: 1962-03-26
Bernstein sketches a brief history of Stravinsky's musical career, noting changes of style and shifts of direction. T...
E19
Young Performers No. 3
Air Date: 1962-04-14
Seiji Ozawa; Gary Karr; Maurice Peress; John Canarina; Ruth & Naomi Segal; Paula Robison; Paul Green; Tony Cirone; Da...
E20
The Sound of a Hall
Air Date: 1962-11-21
John Corigliano, Sr.; Frank Gullino; Joseph Bernstein; William Dembinsky
E21
What is a Melody?
Air Date: 1962-12-21
Bernstein discusses the different forms melody can take, including tune, theme, motive, melodic line and musical phra...
E22
Young Performers No. 4
Air Date: 1963-01-15
Joan Weiner; Yuri Krasnopolsky; Claudia Hoca; Zoltán Rozsnyai; Pamela Paul; Serge Fournier; André Watts
E23
The Latin American Spirit
Air Date: 1963-03-08
Bernstein discusses "the two ingredients that give this music its special Latin flavor: rhythm and color." Excerpts i...
E24
A Tribute to Teachers
Air Date: 1963-11-29
No episode overview available.
E25
Young Performers No. 5
Air Date: 1963-12-23
Heidi Lehwalder; Amos Eisenberg; Weldon Berry, Jr.; Claudio Abbado; Shulamit Ran (as Shulamith Ran); Pedro Calderon; ...
E26
The Genius of Paul Hindemith
Air Date: 1964-02-23
No episode overview available.
E27
Jazz in the Concert Hall
Air Date: 1964-03-11
Bernstein discusses the blending of jazz and symphonic music, with performances and readings to illustrate. The progr...
E28
What is Sonata Form?
Air Date: 1964-11-06
Bernstein describes the three-part sonata form, and exemplifies it by singing the Beatle's "And I Love Her." Veronica...
E29
Farewell to Nationalism
Air Date: 1964-11-30
No episode overview available.
E30
Young Performers No. 6
Air Date: 1965-01-28
Patricia Michaelian; James Boswell IV
E31
A Tribute to Sibelius
Air Date: 1965-02-19
Bernstein celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and comments on Fi...
E32
Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals
Air Date: 1965-11-29
Bernstein explains musical intervals and discusses their relationship to harmony, melody and inversion. After analysi...
E33
The Sound of an Orchestra
Air Date: 1965-12-14
Bernstein explains that the duty of the orchestra is to reproduce faithfully the notes and instructions of the compos...
E34
A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich
Air Date: 1965-12-15
Bernstein celebrates Dmitri Shostakovich's sixtieth birthday by discussing his work and conducting an excerpt from hi...
E35
Young Performers No. 7
Air Date: 1966-02-22
Performers include Paul Schoenfeld; Stephanie Sebastian; David Oei; Horacio Gutiérrez; James DePreist; Jacques Houtma...
E36
What is a Mode?
Air Date: 1966-11-23
Bernstein discusses scales, intervals and tones, and analyzes several pieces, including Debussy's Fêtes, Rimsky-Korsa...
E37
Young Performers No. 8
Air Date: 1967-01-27
Elmar Oliveira; Mark Salkind; Fred Alston; Donald Green; Juan Pablo Izquierdo; Sylvia Caduff; George Reid; Young Uck Kim
E38
Charles Ives: American Pioneer
Air Date: 1967-02-23
No episode overview available.
E39
Alumni Reunion
Air Date: 1967-04-19
Stephen E. Kates; Veronica Tyler; André Watts
E40
A Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time
Air Date: 1967-12-25
Bernstein pays tribute to New York Philharmonic's "fraternal orchestra," the Vienna Philharmonic, in celebration of t...
E41
Forever Beethoven
Air Date: 1968-01-28
Joseph Kalichstein; Paul Capolongo
E42
Young Performers No. 9
Air Date: 1968-03-31
Lawrence Foster; Alois Springer; Martin and Steven Vann; Helen Quach, Michael DeTemple
E43
Quiz-Concert: How Musical Are You?
Air Date: 1968-05-26
Leonard Bernstein quizzes Avery Fisher Hall and television audiences on their musicality. Highlights include true-or-...
E44
Fantastic Variations (Don Quixote)
Air Date: 1968-12-25
Lorne Munroe, cellist
E45
Bach Transmogrified
Air Date: 1969-04-27
Michael Korn; Leopold Stokowski; Moog synthesizer; New York Rock and Roll Ensemble
E46
Berlioz Takes a Trip
Air Date: 1969-05-25
Bernstein discusses what he describes as the "first psychedelic symphony," Berlioz's La Symphonie fantastique, examin...
E47
Two Ballet Birds
Air Date: 1969-09-14
Bernstein compares the main theme of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake with Stravinsky's Firebird. A performance of the pas de ...
E48
Fidelio: A Celebration of Life
Air Date: 1970-03-29
Bernstein takes a look at Beethoven's so-called "flawed masterpiece" - his only opera, Fidelio. After discussing the ...
E49
The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra
Air Date: 1970-05-24
No episode overview available.
E50
A Copland Celebration
Air Date: 1970-12-27
No episode overview available.
E51
Thus Spake Richard Strauss
Air Date: 1971-04-04
No episode overview available.
E52
Liszt and the Devil
Air Date: 1972-02-13
No episode overview available.
E53
Holst: The Planets
Air Date: 1972-03-26
No episode overview available.
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