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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS: A SALUTE TO AARON COPLAND (TV)
Summary
One in this series of New York Philharmonic programs intended for young audiences featuring musical analysis interspersed with performance. In this program, conductor Leonard Bernstein celebrates Aaron Copland's "60th Birthday Party" by discussing his music and conducting the orchestra in performances of Copland pieces that include: "An Outdoor Overture"; the "Dogmatic Movement" from "Statements"; "Dance" from "Music for the Theater"; music from the film "Our Town"; "Hoedown" from "Rodeo"; and baritone William Warfield singing "The Boatmen's Dance" and "I Bought Me a Cat." Concludes with Aaron Copland conducting "El Salon Mexico." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 12, 1961 5:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:55:13
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T81:0554
- GENRE: Children's; Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Orchestral music; Music - Analysis, appreciation; Children's programs
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1958-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Roger Englander … Producer, Director
- Mary Rodgers … Production (Misc.), Assistant to the Producer
- Leonard Bernstein … Writer, Conductor, Host
- New York Philharmonic, The … Symphony Orchestra
- Aaron Copland … Composer, Conductor
- William Warfield … Singer