New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
Season 1, Episode 4: What Makes Music Symphonic?
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Using the examples of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, Bernstein demonstrates the techniques of repetition and variation int he development of symphonic music. After conducting part of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, he asks the audience to sing "Frére Jacques," demonstrating the uses of sequence and imitation in symphonic composition. The final movement of Brahm's Second Symphony is then analyzed and played.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
What Does Music Mean?
Episode 2
What is American Music?
Episode 3
What is Orchestration?
Episode 4
What Makes Music Symphonic?
Episode 5
What is Classical Music?
Episode 6
Humor in Music
Episode 7
What is a Concerto?
Episode 8
Who is Gustav Mahler?
Episode 9
Young Performers No. 1
Episode 10
Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future
Episode 11
The Second Hurricane
Episode 12
Overtures and Preludes
Episode 13
Aaron Copland Birthday Party
Episode 14
Young Performers No. 2
Episode 15
Folk Music in the Concert Hall
Episode 16
What is Impressionism?
Episode 17
The Road to Paris
Episode 18
Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky
Episode 19
Young Performers No. 3
Episode 20
The Sound of a Hall
Episode 21
What is a Melody?
Episode 22
Young Performers No. 4
Episode 23
The Latin American Spirit
Episode 24
A Tribute to Teachers
Episode 25
Young Performers No. 5
Episode 26
The Genius of Paul Hindemith
Episode 27
Jazz in the Concert Hall
Episode 28
What is Sonata Form?
Episode 29
Farewell to Nationalism
Episode 30
Young Performers No. 6
Episode 31
A Tribute to Sibelius
Episode 32
Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals
Episode 33
The Sound of an Orchestra
Episode 34
A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich
Episode 35
Young Performers No. 7
Episode 36
What is a Mode?
Episode 37
Young Performers No. 8
Episode 38
Charles Ives: American Pioneer
Episode 39
Alumni Reunion
Episode 40
A Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time
Episode 41
Forever Beethoven
Episode 42
Young Performers No. 9
Episode 43
Quiz-Concert: How Musical Are You?
Episode 44
Fantastic Variations (Don Quixote)
Episode 45
Bach Transmogrified
Episode 46
Berlioz Takes a Trip
Episode 47
Two Ballet Birds
Episode 48
Fidelio: A Celebration of Life
Episode 49
The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra
Episode 50
A Copland Celebration
Episode 51
Thus Spake Richard Strauss
Episode 52
Liszt and the Devil
Episode 53
Holst: The Planets