![]() ![]() The first time we hear it, it's represented by the flute. And every time the poem starts sinking into this state of mind, Bernstein represents that by a descending scale. And they're each ruminating about their own, individual lives and gradually, the poem begins to fall into their unconscious mind. They're sitting in a bar, and each one is lost in his or her own thoughts, but each one is acutely aware of that sense of universal loneliness. SIMON: What's the piece capturing by beginning this way?ĪLSOP: Well, the poem and the piece of music opens with four characters - three men and a woman, all strangers. ![]() Auden - wrote the poem "Age of Anxiety," and the music piece begins with - let's listen - a couple of lonely clarinets. SIMON: This is a great British poet, W.H. Maestra, thanks very much for being with us. This coming weekend, the pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform Leonard Bernstein's second symphony, "The Age of Anxiety." And here to talk about the work is our friend Marin Alsop, music director of the BSO. (SOUNDBITE OF SYMPHONY, "THE AGE OF ANXIETY") ![]()
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