聽大師講音樂 (伯恩斯坦與Young People's Concerts)
美國上世紀五十到七十年代流行的 Young People's Concerts 青少年音樂會最早可以追溯到一八八五年美國指揮家西奧多·托馬斯 Theodore Thomas 的家庭音樂會。其後在歐內斯特·謝林 Ernest Schelling的引導下，通過結合愛樂樂團的音樂表演與講座，變成一個具知識及趣味性的舞台節目。曾巡演於費城，倫敦，鹿特丹，和洛杉磯等地。
大指揮家伯恩斯坦從一九五二年到一九七二年接手這個節目，與紐約愛樂樂團合作，達到了一個新的水平。一九五八年這個節目由當時時髦的電視轉播，後來電視的普及時這個節目變得家喻戶曉，極受歡迎。
從一九六二年開始，青少年音樂會成為了林肯中心的系列節目，伯恩斯坦共主持了五十三場直播的講座表演，並通過CBS向超過四十個國家進行轉播。
作為音樂總監的伯恩斯坦對向青少年普及古典音樂富有極大的熱忱，甚至在樂隊休假季節，音樂會也未曾停止。伯恩斯坦的熱情激勵了幾代音樂家和音樂愛好者，
從七零年代起，每個季節都有不同風格的指揮客座青年音樂會，很多著名的指揮都客座過講座的指揮，像埃里希·萊因斯多夫，皮埃爾·布列茲，伊戈爾Buketoff ，祖賓·梅塔，柯普蘭，庫特·馬祖爾，倫納德·斯拉特金，和安德烈普列文等。
這套系列講座從最簡單的音符開始，比如第一講“音樂意味著什麼？”，一直到後來介紹著名作曲家的作品，深入淺出。對音樂，尤其是古典音樂愛好者來說，實在是不可多得的經典。講座名義上是對青少年，但對各個年齡階層的音樂愛好者都適用。
下面是伯恩斯坦主持的五十三場音樂講座的目錄，感謝數字化時代給我們帶來的便捷，所有節目都可以在油管上找到。看官可憑自家興趣選擇觀看。為君方便，本叟在此提供系列講座的前兩場。
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1 What Does Music Mean? 18 January 1958
2 What is American Music? 1 February 1958 Aaron Copland
3 What is Orchestration? 8 March 1958
4 What Makes Music Symphonic? 13 December 1958
5 What is Classical Music? 24 January 1959
6 Humor in Music 28 February 1959
7 What is a Concerto? 28 March 1959 John Corigliano Sr.; John Wummer; John Bernstein
8 Who is Gustav Mahler 7 February 1960 Reri Grist; Helen Raab; William Lewis
9 Young Performers No. 1 6 March 1960 Daniel Domb; Kenneth Schermerhorn; Barry Finclair;
10 Unusual Instruments of Present, Past, and Future 27 March 1960 New York Pro Musica; Noah
11 The Second Hurricane 24 April 1960 The High School of Music & Art
12 Overtures and Preludes 8 January 1961
13 Aaron Copland Birthday Party 12 February 1961 Aaron Copland; William Warfield
14 Young Performers No. 2 19 March 1961 Lynn Harrell; Elyakum Shapirra; Jung-Ja Kim; Russell
15 Folk Music in the Concert Hall 9 April 1961 Marni Nixon Sep 2004
16 What is Impressionism? 23 November 1961 Sep 2004
17 The Road to Paris 18 January 1962 Zara Nelsova Nov 2013
18 Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky 26 March 1962 Sep 2004
19 Young Performers No. 3 14 April 1962 Seiji Ozawa; Gary Karr; Maurice Peress; John Canarina;
20 The Sound of a Hall 21 November 1962 John Corigliano, Sr.; Frank Gullino; Joseph Bernstein;
21 What is a Melody? 21 December 1962
22 Young Performers No. 4 15 January 1963 Joan Weiner; Yuri Krasnopolsky; Claudia Hoca; Zoltán
23 The Latin American Spirit 8 March 1963 Netania Davrath
24 A Tribute to Teachers 29 November 1963
25 Young Performers No. 5 23 December 1963 Heidi Lehwalder; Amos Eisenberg; Weldon Berry, Jr.;
26 The Genius of Paul Hindemith 23 February 1964
27 Jazz in the Concert Hall 11 March 1964 Gunther Schuller; Aaron Copland
28 What is Sonata Form? 6 November 1964 Veronica Tyler Sep 2004
29 Farewell to Nationalism 30 November 1964 Nov 2013
30 Young Performers No. 6 28 January 1965 Patricia Michaelian; James Boswell Nov 2013
31 A Tribute to Sibelius 19 February 1965 Sergiu Luca
32 Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals 29 November 1965
33 The Sound of an Orchestra 14 December 1965
34 A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich 5 January 1966
35 Young Performers No. 7 22 February 1966 Paul Schoenfeld; David Oei; Horacio Gutiérrez; James
36 What Is a Mode? 23 November 1966
37 Young Performers No. 8 27 January 1967 Elmar Oliveira; Mark Salkind; Fred Alston; Donald Green; 38 Charles Ives: American Pioneer 23 February 1967
39 Alumni Reunion 19 April 1967 Stephen E. Kates; Veronica Tyler; André Watts
40 A Toast to Vienna in ¾ Time 25 December 1967 Christa Ludwig; Walter Berry
41 Forever Beethoven 28 January 1968 Joseph Kalichstein; Paul Capolongo
42 Young Performers No. 9 31 March 1968 Lawrence Foster; Alois Springer; Martin and Steven Vann;
43 Quiz-Concert: How Musical Are You? 26 May 1968
44 Fantastic Variations (Don Quixote) 25 December 1968
45 Bach Transmogrified 27 April 1969
46 Berlioz Takes a Trip 25 May 1969
47 Two Ballet Birds 14 September 1969
48 Fidelio: A Celebration of Life 29 March 1970 Forest Warren; Anita Darian; Howard Ross;
49 The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra 24 May 1970
50 A Copland Celebration 27 December 1970 Stanley Drucker
51 Thus Spake Richard Strauss 4 April 1971
52 Liszt and the Devil 13 February 1972
53 Holst: The Planets 26 March 1972
What Does Music Mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y9fHoB4P2g
What is American Music?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgxapg91azM
