New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts — Season 1, Episode 16: What is Impressionism?
30 min • 1 season, 53 episodes
Episode synopsis
Bernstein focuses on impressionism in music, discussing the methods and styles of Debussy and Ravel. He conducts three movements from La Mer and the final dance of Daphnis et Chloe.
About New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
From 1958 through 1973, renowned conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra thrilled audiences with wonderful concert experiences presented in a sparkling music-with-commentary format: the Young People's Concerts.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1What Does Music Mean?
- E2What is American Music?
- E3What is Orchestration?
- E4What Makes Music Symphonic?
- E5What is Classical Music?
- E6Humor in Music
- E7What is a Concerto?
- E8Who is Gustav Mahler?
- E9Young Performers No. 1
- E10Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future
- E11The Second Hurricane
- E12Overtures and Preludes