Episode 381: Bernstein "Re-Shaped Listening"

When Leonard Bernstein hosted the Young People’s Concerts in 1958, he opened with the William Tell Overture. What did we see? Children with huge smiles. He stopped the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at the end of a phrase, turned around and asked the audience what the music was all about. In the moments that followed, music and the enjoyment of music changed. Some have said that he re-shaped the way we listen.

Symphonic Suite from "On The Waterfront" 
  Leonard Bernstein
  US Marine Band, LtCol Jason Fettig
Profanation
​  Leonard Bernstein
  Auburn University Symphonic Band, Johnnie Vinson
Symphonic Dances from"West Side Story” 
  Leonard Bernstein
  Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Slava! 
  Leonard Bernstein
  Saxon Wind Philharmonic, Thomas Clamor