10 great pieces by Leonard Bernstein you have to hear

Leonard Bernstein and the @New York Philharmonic's final Young People's Concert was broadcast on this day in 1972. The concert explored Gustav Holst's "The Planets". Five of the seven movements—Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Uranus—were performed at the concert, and then Bernstein and the Philharmonic improvised a piece for Pluto, whose discovery in 1930 postdated Holst's composition. We share with you this excerpt of the Young People's Concert, where Bernstein introduces the work. | Leonard

On this day in 1970, Leonard Bernstein broadcast his Young People's Concert "A Copland Celebration" with the New York Philharmonic, in honor of the composer's 70th birthday. In this excerpt, Bernstein discusses Copland's Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra. Enjoy! | Leonard Bernstein

On this day in 1963, Leonard Bernstein broadcast his Young People's Concert "Young Performers No. 4" with the New York Philharmonic. In this excerpt, Bernstein introduces a 16-year-old André Watts, who plays Liszt's Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, with Bernstein conducting. Also featured in this episode were three additional young pianists, Joan Weiner (14), Claudia Hoca (12), and Pamela Paul (13), who each performed one movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major. Conducting these movements,

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