Leonard Bernstein

...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

...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

...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

...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

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

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

...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

...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

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

...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