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. Detailing the life and work of turn-of-the-century Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, this episode was originally broadcast on February 7, 1960. With performances by soloists Helen Raab, William Lewis, and Reri Grist, Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts: Who is Gustav Mahler? features Bernstein conducting several selections from Mahler's body of work. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi