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Leonard Bernstein brought the Young People's Concerts to a new level of popular attention as music director of the New York Philharmonic, beginning in 1958. Bernstein wrote, conducted, and narrated a total of 53 episodes from 1958 to 1972, all of which were telecast on CBS and syndicated in over 40 countries. [13]
The classical TV series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was created by orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein, in 1960.Bernstein created the show for the purpose of exposing young viewers, mainly school-aged children, not just to European classical music, but to various kinds of orchestral instruments as well.
Leonard Bernstein (/ ˈ b ɜːr n s t aɪ n / BURN-styne; [1] born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international ...
Leonard Bernstein’s children Jamie, Alexander and Nina were in complete awe the first time they saw Bradley Cooper as the renowned conductor and composer. “It took our breath away, it made us ...
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The party was hosted by Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau, who had just performed a concert with Leonard, then 28, and also happened to be Felicia’s former piano teacher, per Leonard Bernstein: The ...
Suite from Fancy Free (concert premiere 1945) Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" (concert premiere 1946) Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety (after W. H. Auden) for Piano and Orchestra (1949, revised in 1965) Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble (1949) Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" (1954)
In 1957, Bernstein appointed Mandell to become part of the creative team for his newly planned televised Young People's Concerts. In 1958, Mandell was also named music director of the Philadelphia Little Symphony, both of whom he performed with in Philadelphia and New York, and the Westchester Symphony in Westchester County, New York .