Leonard Bernstein
Conductor and Composer
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ON THE RECORD: Holiday Gift List of 2009...can get shuffled aside and all but forgotten. New Recordings of Old Shows Conductor Marin Alsop's new recording of Leonard Bernstein's MASS [Naxos 8.559622-23] just might be the indispensable item of the year. Falling between theatre... In this article: Stephen Sondheim, Lynn Ahrens, Alice Ripley, Allegro, Broadway, Bounce, Marin Alsop, Stephen Flaherty, Leonard Bernstein, and Rebecca Luker |
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MailTribune.com | 1 day ago
A Harmonious Solution
...instrument," Barnard said. "You can think back to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 was being played by Leonard Bernstein. Music does have the opportunity to change lives, and music education certainly does that."
In this article: St. Mary's School, South Medford High School, and Phoenix
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Times Union | 6 days ago
Cooke enchants in Schenectady
...soaring at times, sending chills down one's spine. Not to end so sadly, the choice of a raucous song, "What a Movie" from Leonard Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti" was a joyful solution for the last piece. In this very wordy, fast, musical...
In this article: Trouble in Tahiti, Union College, Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, and John Adams
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L.A. Times - Music News | 7 days ago
Simon Rattle wins over the Berlin Phil and its fans
...brilliant orchestra the world had ever known. In July, he died. On Nov. 9, the Berlin Wall came down. Then, on Christmas Day, Leonard Bernstein, Karajan's old rival, summoned orchestra members from Munich, Dresden, Leningrad, Paris and...
In this article: Simon Rattle, Berlin, Peter Sellars, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, Gustavo Dudamel, City of Birmingham Symphony, L.A. Philharmonic, and Salzburg Easter Festival
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 20, 2009
Resurrecting Mahler in the Tabernacle
...with the Utah Symphony. Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune Keith Lockhart conducts the Utah Symphony during a performance of Leonard Bernstein's 'Mass' at Abravanel Hall. Friday's performance was Lockhart's second to last concert conducting...
In this article: Keith Lockhart, Utah Symphony, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Symphony No. 2, Maurice Abravanel, and Symphony
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Telegraph.co.uk - Books | November 19, 2009
Christmas Books: Celebrity Memoirs
The globe-trotting is spliced with glimpses of literary London. However, it is the many interviews - with the likes of Leonard Bernstein, Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise ('I feel that you and I have really formed a rapport, Clyde') - that...
In this article: Peter Kay, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Michael Jackson, Parkinson, London, Souffle, Crocodile, and Moon River
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The Bergen Record | November 17, 2009
Paper Mill's 'On the Town' captures the Apple's zest
Musical by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Choreographed by Patti Colombo. Directed by Bill Berry. At the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn. With Jennifer Cody, Tyler Hanes, Jeffrey Schecter, Brian Shepard, Kelly Sullivan,...
In this article: On the Town, New York, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
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Playbill.com | November 14, 2009
Bernstein's On the Town Opens at Paper Mill Nov. 15
...designer Tom Sturge, sound designer Randy Hansen and hair and wig designer Mark Adam Rampmeyer. On the Town has music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Under the direction of George Abbott and...
In this article: On the Town, Harriet Harris, Millburn, NJ., and New York, New York
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The Seattle Times | November 12, 2009
Arts roundup: UW reopens theater; fest will celebrate Bernstein
...Floyd Jones, who made a major gift to the renovation project in honor of his late wife, Delores, an avid theatergoer. Leonard Bernstein feted with festival Details are emerging about the many activities planned for the "Seattle...
In this article: Seattle Symphony, University of Washington, Seattle International Film Festival, West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town
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Playbill.com | November 11, 2009
Schwartz Debuts New Lyrics for Bernstein's Mass at Northwestern Nov. 12
Northwestern University stages Leonard Bernstein's Mass, featuring new lyrics by Tony-nominated composer Stephen Schwartz, beginning Nov. 12. Jeff Award winner Dominic Missimi directs the presentations that run through Nov. 15 in the Cahn...
In this article: Stephen Schwartz, Northwestern University, Bienen School of Music, Wicked, Pippin, and Godspell
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The Seattle Times | October 30, 2009
PNB program has cachet of Bernstein in its choice of 'West Side Story Suite'
...Story Suite," on Pacific Northwest Ballet's bill for its "Director's Choice" program Nov. 5-15, has a rich musical history thanks to Leonard Bernstein. Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers, including soloist Seth Orza, center, as Riff, play it...
In this article: Jerome Robbins, West Side Story Suite, West Side Story, Peter Boal, Broadway, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Humphrey Burton
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Leonard Bernstein (pronounced: /ˈbɜrnstaɪn/ ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was a multi-Emmy and Grammy award-winning and Academy Award nominated American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim. He is perhaps best known for his long conducting relationship with the New York Philharmonic, which included the acclaimed Young People's Concerts series, and also for his compositions, which include the musical theater works West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town. Bernstein was the first classical music conductor to make numerous television appearances, perhaps more than any other classical conductor, all between 1954 and 1989. Additionally, he had a formidable piano technique and was a highly respected composer. According to the New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigally talented and successful musicians in American history."
Bernstein was very highly regarded as a conductor, composer, and educator. He was probably best known to the public as the longtime music director of the New York Philharmonic, for conducting concerts by many of the world's leading orchestras, and for writing the music for West Side Story. He wrote three symphonies, two operas, five musicals, and numerous other pieces.
- Birth Date:
- August 25, 1918
- Birthplace:
- Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
- Death Date:
- October 14, 1990
- Place of Death:
- New York City, New York, U.S.
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