V008: Eugene Lehner Interview
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 Koussevitzky'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 |