Perhaps best-known for the musical West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein was one of the most accomplished and influential musicians of the 20th century. For fifteen years, beginning in 1958, Bernstein attempted to turn the youth of America on to music through a series of televised performances called Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts. Exploring folk music and dance, this episode finds Bernstein conducting pieces by Chavez, Mozart, Canteloupe, and Ives. Featuring soprano Marni Nixon, Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts: Folk Music in the Concert Hall was originally broadcast on April 9, 1961. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi