Highlights | Valentine’s Day Music Specials, Hindi Music Gains Popularity
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, the OCM, NAC, and other musicians are readying their hearts for a series of romantic shows.
Browsing: Leonard Bernstein
Review | The Private Life Overshadows the Public Life in Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro lacks significant information about Leonard Bernstein’s life, his love of music, and what he contributed to the American cultural landscape.
Bernstein: The Educator
Beyond his prolific work as a composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein made an impression on the world of classical music as a formidable educator. According…
Industry News (November/December 2023 – January 2024)
Obituaries Longtime arts supporter Michael O’Brian died on Oct. 6. Born in Penticton, B.C., in 1941, O’Brian served as a volunteer director of numerous arts…
‘A Single Will’: Leonard Bernstein, the Conductor
Leonard Bernstein steps off his podium and walks away from an orchestra in the throes of Brahms’s First Symphony. The musicians are now missing a conductor, but they don’t miss a single beat.
West Side Story: The Compositional Legacy of Leonard Bernstein
Of all Leonard Bernstein’s compositions—from Candide to Mass to On The Town—West Side Story looms large above the rest.
Tonight, Tonight! A 100th Birthday Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
Featuring excerpts from West Side Story, Candide, The Chichester Psalms & more Leah Edwards, soprano | Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, tenor The McGill Chamber Orchestra Roï…
Through the Glimmerglass, 2018 – Reflections of a Turbulent Century
PROFILE/REVIEW: of the 2018 Glimmerglass Festival Season: Silent Night by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell; West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents and Stephen…
Bernstein: The 3 symphonies (Warner Classics)
Numerous bids are being made in this centennial year to redeem Leonard Bernstein’s three symphonies from their fatal flaws. None that I have heard makes…
Lebrecht Weekly – Leonard Bernstein: Symphonies 1 and 2 (Naxos)
Bernstein’s three symphonies have not enjoyed much exposure on record. Aside from the Sony and DG releases conducted by the composer, my database calls up…
