Leonard Bernstein – Young Peoples Concerts – Two Ballet Birds
November 11, 2014
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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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
November 22, 2013
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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