New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts

New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958-1972)

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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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E01

What Does Music Mean?

1958-01-18
E02

What is American Music?

1958-02-01
E03

What is Orchestration?

1958-03-08
E04

What Makes Music Symphonic?

1958-12-13
E05

What is Classical Music?

1959-01-24
E06

Humor in Music

1959-02-28
E07

What is a Concerto?

1959-03-28
E08

Who is Gustav Mahler?

1960-02-07
E09

Young Performers No. 1

1960-03-06
E10

Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future

1960-03-27
E11

The Second Hurricane

1960-04-24
E12

Overtures and Preludes

1961-01-08
E13

Aaron Copland Birthday Party

1961-02-12
E14

Young Performers No. 2

1961-03-19
E15

Folk Music in the Concert Hall

1961-04-09
E16

What is Impressionism?

1961-12-01
E17

The Road to Paris

1962-01-18
E18

Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky

1962-03-26
E19

Young Performers No. 3

1962-04-14
E20

The Sound of a Hall

1962-11-21
E21

What is a Melody?

1962-12-21
E22

Young Performers No. 4

1963-01-15
E23

The Latin American Spirit

1963-03-08
E24

A Tribute to Teachers

1963-11-29
E25

Young Performers No. 5

1963-12-23
E26

The Genius of Paul Hindemith

1964-02-23
E27

Jazz in the Concert Hall

1964-03-11
E28

What is Sonata Form?

1964-11-06
E29

Farewell to Nationalism

1964-11-30
E30

Young Performers No. 6

1965-01-28
E31

A Tribute to Sibelius

1965-02-19
E32

Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals

1965-11-29
E33

The Sound of an Orchestra

1965-12-14
E34

A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich

1965-12-15
E35

Young Performers No. 7

1966-02-22
E36

What is a Mode?

1966-11-23
E37

Young Performers No. 8

1967-01-27
E38

Charles Ives: American Pioneer

1967-02-23
E39

Alumni Reunion

1967-04-19
E40

A Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time

1967-12-25
E41

Forever Beethoven

1968-01-28
E42

Young Performers No. 9

1968-03-31
E43

Quiz-Concert: How Musical Are You?

1968-05-26
E44

Fantastic Variations (Don Quixote)

1968-12-25
E45

Bach Transmogrified

1969-04-27
E46

Berlioz Takes a Trip

1969-05-25
E47

Two Ballet Birds

1969-09-14
E48

Fidelio: A Celebration of Life

1970-03-29
E49

The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra

1970-05-24
E50

A Copland Celebration

1970-12-27
E51

Thus Spake Richard Strauss

1971-04-04
E52

Liszt and the Devil

1972-02-13
E53

Holst: The Planets

1972-03-26

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