Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein appears in the following:

From the Vaults, Part Five: Meet the Composer With Leonard Bernstein

Friday, March 03, 2017

The ramp-up to the next season of Meet the Composer concludes with another archival mini-episode featuringĀ a conversation between host Tim Page and the legendary Leonard Bernstein.

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A Chorus of Conversation: What Is American Music?

Monday, February 11, 2013

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Behind the banter in this 1950 roundtable, one detects a rich mix of fellowship and rivalry.
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Finale

Sunday, November 28, 1982

A reprise of some favorites.

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Waves and Planes

Wednesday, November 24, 1954

THE RECORDINGS:

Two new recordings of Brahms fourth symphony: one conducted by Bruno Walter (on Columbia records) and the other conducted by Leonard Bernstein (on a Decca LP record). At the end of the program, Canby plays an excerpt from a Metropolis pair of Mendelssohn symphonies--"Scotch" and ...

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What Is American Music?

Wednesday, January 18, 1950

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Tanglewood rountable discussion with examples played on piano. Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Irving Fine and Lukas Foss begin with a discussion of jazz and its assimilation. There is a lot of ...

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Leonard Bernstein on George Gershwin

Thursday, September 23, 1948

The great assessing the great.

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Leonard Bernstein and Norman Dello Joio

Saturday, February 01, 1941

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1941-02-uu.

At the WNYC studios musicians perform a "wind trio" for clarinet, french horn, and bassoon, composed by Norman Dello Joio ('Trio for Woodwinds"); and Leonard ...

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