EPISODE · Feb 28, 2024 · 59 MIN
ep.01 - What Makes Music Symphonic?
from Young People's Concerts · host Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic
Young People's Concerts Season 2 Episode 1 - What Makes Music Symphonic? By using the examples of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Leonard Bernstein demonstrates the techniques of repetition and variation in the development of symphonic music. After conducting part of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy Overture, he asks the audience to sing "Frère Jacques," demonstrating the uses of sequence and imitation in symphonic composition. Concluding by playing and analysing the final movement of Brahms' Second Symphony. Originally aired on CBS Television Network, December 13, 1958.
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