Young People's Concerts: The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra
On this day in 1970, Leonard Bernstein's "The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra", a Young People's Concert with the New York Philharmonic, was broadcast.
The program featured Ottorino Respighi's "The Pines of Rome" for "X-ray purposes . . . because it reveals the orchestra in all its different aspects."
"Respighi's "Pines of Rome" is or are divided into four continuous movements, each one named for certain aspects, or areas, of the city of Rome. The first movement is called The Pines of the Villa Borghese -- the Villa Borghese being a famous park in the middle of Rome, a park famous, among other things, for the hordes of children who always seem to be playing there. And so this opening movement is a romp, full of the squealing of high-pitched young, voices, of yelling and teasing, and of the kids' tunes that go with games."
-Leonard Bernstein, 1970
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