twilight zone post earlier... ??? try two

thread drift alert:

A favorite Sunday afternoon treat in my youth was watching Leonard Bernstein's Young Peoples Concerts broadcasts. And later my mom found rebroadcasts of Howard Goodall's BBC shows which I enjoyed greatly and recommend to anyone interested in gaining perpectives in Western musical history. Many of Goodall's stuff in on youtube & Bernstein's is on DVD.

One thing I always seemed to strongly respond to in "classical" music has been the use of traditional tunes and motiffs within the larger musical form. And this even before I knew where the melodies came from.