New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
Season 1, Episode 6: Humor in Music
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Using excerpts from Shostakovich, Mahler, Haydn and others Bernstein demonstrates how a "serious" composition can take an unexpected humorous turn. Prokofiev's Classical Symphony is played in its entirety.
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