Interview with Isaac Stern who recalls the time before the assassination of JFK and that two weeks prior to the assassination how he met with Pierre Salanger in Washington about establishing a National Arts Council which became the National Endowment for the Arts. He recalls first hearing the news of the president's assassination

Vividly recalls the music he played at a concert shortly after JFK's assassination How the audience was silent. recalls a musical tribute he played on a memorial broadcast. He played a Shubert trio. The end of a wonderful, youthful period of hope in America

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