Description: Composer John Harbison working with Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa on a piece commissioned by the BSO. Interview Harbison on his composing process and what he wants to listener to get out of his work. Ozawa leads the BSO in rehearsal of Harbison's work. Violinist Joel Smirnoff in back of orchestra.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/22/1984
Description: 1984 arts compilation. Benjamin Zander and Youth Chamber Orchestra. Cartoonist Robert Osborn. Falcone piano making. Kurzweil synthesizer with Herman Weiss, Christopher Stowens, Lyle Mays. Pianist Ran Blake on how his love of Hitchcock movies inspires music.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1984
Description: Pianist Lyle Mays improvises on the Kurzweil synthesizer.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/17/1984
Description: George McGovern for president rally in Copley Square. Arlo Guthrie sings “Blowin' in the Wind.” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. McGovern also speaks inside Copley Plaza Hotel.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1984
Description: INTERVIEW WITH NAM JUNE PAIK, VIDEO ART PIONEER. EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK. Charlotte Moorman, John Cage, Laurie Anderson.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/07/1984
Description: Winning goal in USA USSR hockey match. Team,crowd go wild at Lake Placid Olympics. John Williams conducts opening music. Extravagant fireworks at closing ceremony.Lionel Richie sings.Mary Lou Retton
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/31/1984
Description: Cornetist Ruby Braff reminisces about Boston in an earlier era. Offers an appreciation of Louis Armstrong.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/11/1984
Description: Benjamin Zander conducts the Youth Chamber Orchestra in Mahler.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/12/1984