Poster of Cast and Crew in New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts - Berlioz Takes a Trip (Season 1 - Episode 46) - Berlioz Takes a Trip

New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts - Season 1 - Berlioz Takes a Trip (Episode 46)

Plot: Bernstein discusses what he describes as the "first psychedelic symphony," Berlioz's La Symphonie fantastique, examining the concept of the idée fixe in music and illustrating this concept with excerpts froth first movement. Bernstein analyzes the music and discusses the story line of the remaining movements, which are performed by the Philharmonic
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, May 25 1969
56 years ago