This Is Lincoln Center

Podcast edition of Lincoln Center’s popular live series, The History of the World in 100 Performances with New Yorker writer and cultural critic Adam Gopnik. In this episode, Adam is joined by Jamie Bernstein, David Denby, Jake Gyllenhaal and John Mauceri to take us back in time to November 14, 1943, when a 25-year-old assistant conductor stepped up to the podium at the last minute to lead what was then known as the New York Philharmonic Symphony. His name? Leonard Bernstein.  Recorded live on February 16, 2016 at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. Archival audio used courtesy of the New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives. Letters by Leonard Bernstein © Amberson Holdings LLC. Used by Permission of The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc.