At the age of 25, Leonard Bernstein burst onto the national stage when New York Philharmonic conductor Bruno Walter fell ill before an important concert. Filling in on short notice, Bernstein led the Philharmonic in a dynamic broadcast heard across the country. We hear that broadcast itself in its original form, as first heard on November 14, 1943.
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