New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts — Season 1, Episode 36: What is a Mode?

Episode synopsis

Bernstein discusses scales, intervals and tones, and analyzes several pieces, including Debussy's Fêtes, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, and music from the Kinks and the Beatles, to illustrate different modes. An excerpt from Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free is also performed.

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