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 1961 (60 years ago!), Leonard Bernstien broadcast his Young People's Concert "What is Impressionism?" with the New York Philharmonic. Enjoy this excerpt in which Bernstein explains what tools Debussy used to make "impressionistic" music. | Leonard Bernstein