Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts Presented by Carnegie Hall+

In a new special partnership between Carnegie Hall+ and the Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen viewers of all ages can screen two of Leonard Bernstein’s legendary Young People’s Concerts with the New York Philharmonic.

In his most important role as music educator, Bernstein’s pioneering series of nationally televised broadcasts began in 1958 live from Carnegie Hall, making the concert hall an accessible classroom that introduced a new generation to classical music. Beloved for generations. Carnegie Hall+ now offers these episodes to a global audience, including the music students, local families, and AMFS audiences in Aspen.

The AMFS offers two episodes of the Young People's Concerts this summer on the large screen in the historic Wheeler Opera House, offering a chance to experience them in a hall, much like the original, live events.

The two inaugural presentations are:

July 2: The Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra
Wheeler Opera House
$10; Free for ages 18 and under
Bernstein dissects the resplendent orchestration of Respighi’s Pines of Rome and teaches listeners how to develop what he calls “X-ray hearing.” Hear the work illustrated in this episode, in resplendent "surround sound" with triple brass ringing the concert hall, in Aspen on June 30 at the afternoon orchestral concert at the Klein Music Tent.

July 9: Who is Gustav Mahler?
Wheeler Opera House
$10; Free for ages 18 and under
With excerpts from the Fourth Symphony that feature soprano Reri Grist and Das Lied von der Erde, Bernstein advocates for Mahler at a time when the composer’s place in the pantheon was less assured than it is now. Hear Mahler's Fourth Symphony in concert in Aspen on July 28 at the afternoon orchestral concert at the Klein Music Tent.