Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts
Date de parution : 18 janvier 1958
| Saison 1 - épisode 1 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 2 | What is American Music? From Carnegie Hall, Bernstein discusses the orgins and characteristics of American music. After an extended excerpt from George Gershwin's An... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 3 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 4 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 5 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Humor in Music Using excerpts from Shostakovitch, Mahler, Haydn and others Bernstein demonstrates how a "serious" composition can take an unexpected humorous turn.... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 7 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 8 | Who is Gustav Mahler? Leonard Bernstein celebrates Mahler's centennial by conducting excerpts from he composer's Fourth Symphony in G and discussing his career as a... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 9 | Young Performers No. 1 | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 10 | Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future |
| Saison 1 - épisode 11 | The Second Hurricane | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 12 | Overtures and Preludes | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 13 | Aaron Copland Birthday Party | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 14 | Young Performers No. 2 | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 15 | Folk Music in the Concert Hall Bernstein discusses folk music and its influence on orchestra music, and conducts excerpts from Mozart, Chaves, and Ives, and "Songs of the... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 16 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 17 | The Road to Paris | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 18 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 19 | Young Performers No. 3 | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 20 | The Sound of a Hall | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 21 | What is a Melody? Bernstein discusses the different forms melody can take, including tune, theme, motive, melodic line and musical phrase. He illustrates by... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 22 | Young Performers No. 4 | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 23 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 24 | A Tribute to Teachers | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 25 | Young Performers No. 5 | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 26 | The Genius of Paul Hindemith | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 27 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 28 | What is Sonata Form? Bernstein describes the three-part sonata form, and exemplifies it by singing the Beatles "And I Love Her." Veronica Tyler sings Micaela's aria from... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 29 | Farewell to Nationalism | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 30 | Young Performers No. 6 | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 31 | 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,... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 32 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 33 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 34 | 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... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 35 | Young Performers No. 7 | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 36 | Young Performers No. 7 | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 37 | What is a Mode? Bernstein discusses scales, intervals, and tones, and analyzes several pieces, including Debussy's Fetes, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, and music... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 38 | Young Performers No. 8 |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 39 | Charles Ives: American Pioneer |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 40 | Alumni Reunion |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 41 | A Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time Bernstein plays tribute to new York Philharmonic's "fraternal orchestra," the Vienna Philharmonic, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of both... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 42 | Forever Beethoven |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 43 | Young Performers No. 9 |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 44 | 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... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 45 | Fantastic Variations (Don Quixote) |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 46 | Bach Transmogrified |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 47 | 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... |
| Saison 1 - épisode 48 | 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... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 49 | 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,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 50 | The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra |
