V008: Eugene Lehner Interview

V008: Eugene Lehner Interview

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Non-commercial videotape (NTSC), color, 30:30 (2 copies)
Produced by Christopher Lydon and K. Robert Kramer
Edited by K. Robert Kramer
Executive producer: Alan Foster
A co-production of WGBH Boston and WGBY Springfield

Time Description

0:00 Credits: The 10 o'clock News

0:45 Introduction to Lehner's career by anchorman Christopher Lydon

1:30 Scenes from Tanglewood, Lehner working with the Shanghai String Quartet on a Haydn quartet

2:30 Interview with Lehner

3:10 Interview with Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic

3:20 Lehner and Shanghai SQ

4:20 Lehner discusses his work with Schoenberg and the importance of "clarity"

5:00 Lehner discusses his musical beginnings when, as a child, Bartók encouraged him to play the violin

5:55 Lehner rehearses the Bartók Fourth SQ with the Shanghai SQ

6:15 When he heard Bartók's First SQ, Lehner decided to devote his career to being part of a SQ

8:00 "The job of the musician is . . . to communicate."

11:25 Photos of Lehner with the Kolisch quartet; Lehner discusses his work with the composers of the Second Viennese School: "Schoenberg, the Father; Berg, the Son; and Webern, the Holy Ghost"

13:00 Lehner felt they were not a "great" quartet; they were not precise enough, not beautiful enough

14:00 Lehner shows the interviewer around his study, introducing him to the photos, framed correspondence, and his library

18:00 Lehner emphasizes that musicians should try to follow the intentions of the composer

18:30 Importance of Robert Mann of Juilliard Quartet for Lehner's development

19:20 Serge Koussevitsky's and Segei Ozawa's importance for the Boston Symphony

20:15 Lehner discusses his (favorable) impression of Yo-Yo Ma

21:15 Rudolf Serkin and Vladimir Horowitz also impressed him with their originality

22:45 Lehner discusses Beethoven's C-sharp minor SQ

24:35 Lehner discusses a Renoir painting that he loves

26:35 "For me, the greatest mystery is the composer." Lehner discusses the idea of musical inspiration

26:45 He loves music--playing, listening, coaching, teaching--these are the reasons for his happiness.

28:30 Lehner discusses his idea of the afterlife.

29:30 Credits

30:30 End

Time	Description
0:00	Credits: The 10 o'clock News
0:45	Introduction to Lehner's career by anchorman Christopher Lydon
1:30	Scenes from Tanglewood, Lehner working with the Shanghai String Quartet on a Haydn quartet
2:30	Interview with Lehner
3:10	Interview with Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic
3:20	Lehner and Shanghai SQ
4:20	Lehner discusses his work with Schoenberg and the importance of "clarity"
5:00	Lehner discusses his musical beginnings when, as a child, Bartók encouraged him to play the violin
5:55	Lehner rehearses the Bartók Fourth SQ with the Shanghai SQ
6:15	When he heard Bartók's First SQ, Lehner decided to devote his career to being part of a SQ
8:00	"The job of the musician is . . . to communicate."
11:25	Photos of Lehner with the Kolisch quartet; Lehner discusses his work with the composers of the Second Viennese School: "Schoenberg, the Father; Berg, the Son; and Webern, the Holy Ghost"
13:00	Lehner felt they were not a "great" quartet; they were not precise enough, not beautiful enough
14:00	Lehner shows the interviewer around his study, introducing him to the photos, framed correspondence, and his library
18:00	Lehner emphasizes that musicians should try to follow the intentions of the composer
18:30	Importance of Robert Mann of Juilliard Quartet for Lehner's development
19:20	Serge Koussevitsky's and Segei Ozawa's importance for the Boston Symphony
20:15	Lehner discusses his (favorable) impression of Yo-Yo Ma
21:15	Rudolf Serkin and Vladimir Horowitz also impressed him with their originality
22:45	Lehner discusses Beethoven's C-sharp minor SQ
24:35	Lehner discusses a Renoir painting that he loves
26:35	"For me, the greatest mystery is the composer." Lehner discusses the idea of musical inspiration
26:45	He loves music--playing, listening, coaching, teaching--these are the reasons for his happiness.
28:30	Lehner discusses his idea of the afterlife.
29:30	Credits
30:30	End