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President Eisenhower's description of most
"serious" music, delivered to Bernstein after a White
House concert, gave him the title for a song cycle. Lukas Foss , Jack Gottlieb , Leonard Slatkin and John McClure discuss Bernstein's concert music.
5.00 Bernstein
Symphony No 1 (Jeremiah) was completed in 1942 and first performed during
Bernstein's fruitful 1943/44 season. It won the New York
Critics' Circle Award of 1944. The composer conducts the New York Philharmonic, with Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano).

Contributors

Unknown:
Lukas Foss
Unknown:
Jack Gottlieb
Unknown:
Leonard Slatkin
Unknown:
John McClure
Mezzo-Soprano:
Jennie Tourel
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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