"Young Performers No. 9" - Leonard Bernstein · New York Philharmonic

Young People's Concert: "Young Performers No. 9" with the New York Philharmonic Written and conducted by Leonard Bernstein 14-year-old Lawrence Foster solos in Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1, conducted by Alois Springer. Three movements of Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber" are performed, with twins Martin and Steven Vann playing the Weber originals on piano. Helen Quach guest-conducts one of the movements. In this excerpt, Bernstein introduces Lawrence Foster for a performance Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1, conducted by Alois Springer. Original CBS Television Network Broadcast Date: March 31, 1968 Produced and directed by Roger Englander