Leonard bernstein conducts four pieces by american composers george gershwins an american in paris and rhapsody in blue and charles ives symphony no 2 and the unanswered question american in paris rhapsody in blue and the unanswered question are all performed by the new york philharmonic orchestra at londons royal albert hall in june 1976 while ives symphony no 2 is performed by symphonieorchester des bayerischen rundfunks in the congress hall of the deutsche museum muni