ep.03 - Unusual Instruments of the Present, Past & Future

Young People's Concerts Season 3

Episode 3 - Unusual Instruments of the Present, Past & Future

Leonard Bernstein explores the evolution of musical instruments, tracing their development from their primitive origins. The concert commences with Heitor Villa-Lobos' "The Little Train," leading into an exploration of South American percussion instruments. Pieces by Giovanni Gabrieli and Johann Sebastian Bach are employed to showcase the evolution of orchestral instrumentation. Concluding the program, audiences experience Luening and Ussachevsky's "Concerto for Tape Recorder and Orchestra," alongside Bucci's "Concerto for Kazoo," featuring Anita Darian on kazoo.

Originally aired on CBS Television Network, March 27, 1960.

Om Podcasten

On January 1958, Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic broadcast for first time the Young People’s Concerts, introducing an entire generation to the joy of classical music. In a similar spitit, this “podcast”, is an attempt to archive in audio form the 53 performances that we were lucky to get, and in this way, provide a new generation with Bernstein’s incredible lectures. The material belongs to the NYPhil and Unitel Entertainment, and I don’t wish to gain anything from it. My only purpose is to share the incredible work that Bernstein and the Philharmonic gave to us.