Omnibus (1967)

Who Needs a Conductor? (1972x5)

Air date: Oct 22, 1972

Andre Previn asks the question Who Needs a Conductor? 'Conducting,' said Leonard Bernstein, 'is the only profession in the world where you get paid for having a fit in public!' Richard Strauss, in contrast, suggested 'You should never perspire when you conduct; only the audience should get warm.' Between these two opinions lies the truth. Andre Previn debunks many of the myths that surround the subject and conducts the London Symphony Orchestra leader John Georgiadis in excerpts from some of the most popular pieces in the concert repertoire, including Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Bartok Dance Suite Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony