31 Oct 2006

A Classical Education

http://www.nysun.com/article/42613

michael_tilson_thomas.jpgBY FRED KIRSHNIT [NY Sun, 31 October 2006]

In November 1954, the young Leonard Bernstein appeared on the program "Omnibus" standing on a gigantic score of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. He began the program by pointing to the opening four notes with his shoe.