Tone Poem Tuesday

I still owe him a much longer post, but meantime, this past Saturday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, one of the greatest musicians this country has ever produced. Here he is conducting the music of another of America’s greatest musicians, Aaron Copland, in his Appalachian Spring ballet. This is still the finest performance of this work I know.

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