Leonard Bernstein – Young People’s Concerts – What is a Mode?

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Leonard Bernstein – Young Peoples Concerts – Two Ballet Birds

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Two Ballet Birds

Aired date: Sep 14, 1969

Plot: 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.

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Leonard Bernstein – Young People’s Concerts – What is Impressionism

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What is Impressionism?

Aired date: Dec 1, 1961

Plot: 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.

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Leonard Bernstein – Young People’s Concerts – What is Impressionism

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Leonard Bernstein – Young People’s Concerts – What is Sonata Form?

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What is Sonata Form?

Aired date: Nov 6, 1964

Plot: 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 Bizet’s Carmen and Bernstein conducts the Philharmonic in the first movement of Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony.

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