CBS - Young People's Concerts - Volume 1 (1958) 4 What Makes Music Symphonic

Awarded three Emmys and hailed by Variety as “a rare moment in the symbiosis of the arts and broadcasting”, Leonard Bernstein's?Young People's Concerts?left their mark on television history. Aired at prime-time on CBS from 1958 to 1972, 52 one-hour programs were written and hosted by Leonard Bernstein, “certainly the most influential American maestro of the 20th century” (The New York Times). With the New York Philharmonic and guest artists providing live music, these programs brought musical concepts and music history to life for generations of viewers.

Part 4 What Makes Music Symphonic

sing the examples of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Bernstein demonstrates the techniques of repetition and variation in the development of symphonic music. After conducting part of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet asks the audience to sing Fr?re Jacques, demonstrating the uses of sequencing and imitation in symphonic composition. The final movement of Brahms's Second Symphony is then analyzed and played.

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