Broadcast direct from Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, NY. Erich Leinsdorf, Music Director and Conductor. Commentary by Martin Bookspan. (FM STEREO).
Highlights:
Beethoven..........Symphony #3 ("Eroica").
Barber..............Piano Concerto (World Premiere)
(Soloist:John Browning)
R. Strauss..........Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks.
R. Strauss
NBC News presents this special live broadcast for the second consecutive year. Erich Leinsdorf conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in this concert telecast from the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. Correspondent Edwin Newman interviews Leinsdorf and hosts the program. Guest soloist is 22-year-old Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman.
A 90 minute special of classical music taped at Symphony Hall in Boston with The Boston Symphony Orchestra.
This broadcast features the opera "Ariadne auf Naxos" by Richard Strauss and soprano Beverly Sills.
Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra