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Leonard Bernstein: What is a Melody?

BBC One
on BBC One London

First of three programmes from the award-winning American television series of Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

Leonard Bernstein talks to an audience of young people in the Lincoln Center, with illustrations played by himself at the piano and by the orchestra, which he conducts.
The music includes excerpts from:
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Wagner: Prelude to 'Tristan and Isolde'
Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
See page 17

Contributors

Presenter/Pianist/Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Musicians:
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Director:
Roger Englander
Source: Radio Times

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