Venezuelan takes reins of L.A. Philharmonic Oct 8, 2009
Gustavo Dudamel has been compared to the legendary Leonard Bernstein by one critic ... "He generates excitement the likes of which hasn't come around in a very, very long time -- maybe since Leonard Bernstein.". (CNN -- World)
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards Oct 6, 2009
The more than 560,000 permanent residents include Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, Louis Comfort Tiffany, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, along with many ordinary Americans, from Civil War soldiers to victims of the Sept. 11th attacks. From Green-Wood's highest point, you can see the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan across New York Harbor and even spot the Statue of Liberty. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
* Classical music Oct 4, 2009
Its of a celebrated performance conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1986 in the rococo splendor of the Benedictine Abbey of Ottobeuren in southern Germany, with Lucia Popp and Kurt Moll among others as soloists. But its neither the famous names, nor the gorgeous setting, that makes this DVD remarkable. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: The Inaugural Concert Makes Its Television Debut on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances Series in October Oct 2, 2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Named one of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2009 and frequently described as the most dynamic young conductor to arrive on the classical music scene since the legendary Leonard Bernstein, 28-year-old Gustavo Dudamel begins his tenure as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in fall 2009. Making his American television debut on the Great Performances telecast of Carnegie Hall Celebrates Berlin in January 2008, Dudamels... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Musical majesty in Philharmonic season Sep 30, 2009
It's the first time a new work had been scheduled for a Philharmonic gala opener since 1962, when Leonard Bernstein led Copland's "Connotations" to celebrate the orchestra's move to Lincoln Center. Cellist brings Saroyan to life. (Fresno Bee)
From Eastern and Western traditions, one true sound Sep 25, 2009
The Chinese composer Bright Sheng once asked Leonard Bernstein, his teacher, whether it was possible to fuse the traditional Chinese music he learned in his youth with the Western music he was studying in America. Bernstein s response was memorable. (Boston Globe)
Jazz's roots dig deep Sep 24, 2009
That's where boldface names such as Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton watched wide-eyed as the Ornette Coleman Quartet made a 90-degree musical turn ... That's where boldface names such as Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton watched wide-eyed as the Ornette Coleman Quartet made a 90-degree musical turn. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Bernstein's music brought to London Sep 22, 2009
Leonard Bernstein was one of the greatest figures in the history of American music. Now there is a season-long project devoted to his work at London's Southbank Centre. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
In Jewish hall of fame: Streisand, no Stooges Sep 22, 2009
So did Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Golda Meir, and Sandy Koufax ... Leonard Bernstein: composer and conductor of New York Philharmonic. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Arthur Ferrante, 88, half of duo playing themes from movies Sep 22, 2009
Next up was a Top 10 recording of Tonight, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim s song from West Side Story in 1961. They soon became known as the Movie Theme Team after releasing themes from The One-Eyed Jacks (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Cleopatra (1963), and others. (Boston Globe)
Daily TV and radio guide Sep 19, 2009
5) Young Person s Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten s classic with Leonard Bernstein conducting. Mountain Stage 2 p.m. WUMB-FM (91. (Boston Globe)
Kick off to the arts: A listing of local arts organizations and events for 2009-2010 Sep 18, 2009
The season will conclude with concerts in Bisbee on April 24 and April 25 featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein and other American choral composers. Rehearsals are Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bisbee Senior Center on Collins Road, a half mile south of Highway 92 on the left side of Naco Highway, except first Thursdays when they are held at the Covenant Presbyterian Church Annex in Old Bisbee just up and across the street from the Copper Queen Hotel. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Muse Cover 'West Side Story' Classic For Video Music Awards Promo Sep 9, 2009
The band also performs on the awards show, which airs 00004000 live Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.. ""Yeah, 'West Side Story' is really cool. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Tucson Symphony tunes up for new season Sep 5, 2009
Another B composer, Leonard Bernstein, will be represented along with Beethoven with his Chichester Psalms and a piece from Candide. It s American Romantic music in April with Copland s Appalachian Spring, Gershwin s Concerto in F, a favorite of pianist Oscar Levant and Hanson s Romantic symphony and a world premiere of Composers 11. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Curtains rise as local theaters debut their seasons Sep 5, 2009
"Manoa Valley Theatre 2833 E. Manoa Road 988-6131Tickets: $30 to $35Inside tip: If you are 25 or younger, tickets are $20. "Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit" Today through Sept. 20Broadway show tunes, characters, personalities and plots are parodied in this award-winning spoof by Gerard Alessandrini. "Winter Wonderettes" Nov. 12-29The Marvelous Wonderettes set out to create a rockin' '60s party to celebrate the holidays with friends and family amid news of shop closings. "The Dixie Swim... (Honolulu Advertiser)
A four-letter word could honor Carlin Sep 3, 2009
Among its competitors in the grab-bag category of outstanding special-class program: the extravagant, jaw-dropping opening of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics; the Tony and Academy Award ceremonies; and a Carnegie Hall tribute to composer Leonard Bernstein. The weird categories in which Carlin s specials have competed are part of the problem, his daughter said, with voters comparing apples and oranges among the nominees. (Boston Globe)
No comments posted. Aug 29, 2009
West Side Story is the product of four Jewish geniuses: Leonard Bernstein (music), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), Arthur Laurents (book, based on Shakespeare s Romeo and Juliet ) and Jerome Robbins (choreography). It revolutionized musical theater in 1957, not only with its volatile subject matter of gang warfare and a gritty look at urban life and prejudice in the 1950s, but in the way dance was totally integrated with character and narrative. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Leonard Bernstein's Jeremiah Sympho... Aug 23, 2009
Leonard Bernstein's Jeremiah Symphony. Leonard Bernstein's Jeremiah Symphony ... Leonard Bernstein's first attempt at a symphony is at times distressing and at times heartfelt. (Suite101.com)
Hildegard Behrens, singer famed for Wagnerian roles, 72 Aug 21, 2009
She was riveting as Wagner s Isolde, a role she recorded with Leonard Bernstein conducting; Senta from Der Fliegende Hollaender ; and, especially, Bruennhilde. She learned the three Bruennhilde roles of Wagner s Ring cycle (in Die Walkuere, Siegfried and Goetterdaemmerung ) simultaneously, because she thought of the four operas as an entity, an organic operatic drama. (Boston Globe)
Orchestra celebrates Mahler's majesty Aug 21, 2009
Robertson's complete Leonard Bernstein program will have the conductor's pianist wife, Orli Shaham, performing the concertante part in Bernstein's Age of Anxiety symphony, inspired by W.H. Auden's poem. Midori will return to play violin concertos by Stravinsky and Mozart, and Nigel Kennedy will be back to play and direct Bach and Duke Ellington and take the orchestra on tour to Brisbane and Canberra. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Opera singer Hildegard Behrens dies in Tokyo Aug 19, 2009
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At 80, clarinetist Stanley Drucker calls it quits Aug 7, 2009
While Drucker is reluctant to single out any of the music directors he played under, he harbors special memories of Leonard Bernstein, who named him to the principal chair in 1960. Among his proudest achievements is the concerto composed for Drucker, Bernstein, and the Philharmonic by John Corigliano (son of the aforementioned concertmaster), as well as recordings of works by Nielsen and Debussy. (Boston Globe)
• With season of free concerts, Sun Valley marks symphony's quarter-century Jul 31, 2009
The Aug. 8 concert will include a Leonard Bernstein tribute featuring vocalists Tiffany Haas, Zachary Prince and Chad Johnson ... Former board president Harriet Parker-Bass says the symphony owes a great deal of credit to Eberl, a professional musician who performed with Leonard Bernstein and Frank Sinatra before pursuing his dream of creating a high-caliber orchestral music festival in Sun Valley that would be free to everyone. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Staying calm amidst the storm Jul 29, 2009
Specifically, vocal works by Virgil Thomson and Samuel Barber were framed with a pair of symphonies - by Roy Harris and Leonard Bernstein - both premiered by the BSO under Koussevitzky. If only more Tanglewood programs displayed this level of forethought. (Boston Globe)
Song Selections Revealed for Love Is The Answer, the Avidly Anticipated New Studio Album by Barbra Streisand Jul 28, 2009
"Some Other Time," a rarely-covered gem composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Comden and Green from the 1944 musical "On The Town." ... "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden/Adolph Green) ... "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden/Adolph Green). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Michael Steinberg, 80; critic, writer expanded horizons for music listeners Jul 27, 2009
One of his first reviews attacked Leonard Bernstein s Symphony No. 3 as a work of such unashamed vulgarity. that the hearing of it becomes as much as anything a strain on one s credulity. (Boston Globe)
Recent highlights from the Ideas blog Jul 26, 2009
Because Mahler s influence can be heard in many composers who did, in one way or another, chronicle the horrors of the century that followed 1900: Alban Berg, Dmitri Shostakovich, Benjamin Britten, Leonard Bernstein, and others. In his lifetime, however, Mahler hardly seemed such a central figure: French composers dismissed him as German, Germans considered him to be Viennese and the Viennese either admired or detested him for being a Jew. (Boston Globe)
Thomas Hampson shines at Tanglewood Jul 25, 2009
Other powerful songs were Arthur Farwell s Song of the Deathless Voice, the magnificent funeral song of an Omaha warrior, and one of Leonard Bernstein s better songs in a serious vein, To What You Said, to Whitman s confession of his love for men. The second half was a selection of 11 songs by Charles Ives, arranged by Hampson, again somewhat artificially, in stages to create a chronicle of Ives s life (childhood, youth, etc. (Boston Globe)
Skaneateles Festival to celebrate 30 years Jul 21, 2009
Broadway Comes to Brook Farm will be Saturday, Aug. 29, and will include selections from Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein. Week Four, Viva Latina. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Leiber and Stoller write about music legacy Jul 19, 2009
" "I can't think of two Jews who were less Jewish," says Leiber, who once wrote a musical without Stoller that was never produced. Leonard Bernstein was his collaborator and Jerome Robbins was the director. Based on the work of Bertolt Brecht, the book for the proposed show never quite came together. "It was a Communist tract," says Leiber, "but I turned it into Amos 'n' Andy. " Leiber and Stoller have been dusting off a couple of their own musicals. Their Oscar Wilde piece is getting some... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Violinist David Garrett channels... Jul 17, 2009
Violinist David Garrett channels Michael Jackson - CNN.com. Violinist David Garrett channels Michael Jackson. (CNN -- Law)
Scene & Herd: 'Accidental biographer' pens new tale Jul 17, 2009
On July 24, Rebecca Hains, soprano; Angeliki Theoharis, mezzo-soprano, and Thomas Dawkins, pianist, will perform music from "West Side Story" and "Candide" by Leonard Bernstein. The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society will host its annual Artisans Market and Summer Exhibit and Sale opening Saturday, July 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Parson Gallery and on the Society s grounds at 130 Waltham St.. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
• Events calendar Jul 17, 2009
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Featuring guest conductor Erich Kunzel and vocalists Tiffany Haas, Chad Johnson and Zachary Prince with a Leonard Bernstein tribute program. Free admission. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
They Know How To Stick It Jul 14, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Last Update: 04:45 AM EDT. hide topics THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Philharmonic mulls Cuba tour Jul 13, 2009
The late Leonard Bernstein led America's oldest philharmonic orchestra in a watershed tour of the Soviet Union in 1959, and later in communist China and Eastern Bloc countries in the 1980s. Mehta said some of the visiting musicians might give masters classes to Cuban students and allow them to sit in on dress rehearsals. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Bernstein biography Jul 11, 2009
Leonard Bernstein s remarkable life, from 1918-1990, not only spanned much of the 20th century, it encompassed much of its tumult as well ... In Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician, Barry Seldes makes a convincing case that to truly understand one of the most influential musicians of the last century, you need to understand how he responded directly to the moral climate and social-political milieu in which he lived ... LEONARD BERNSTEIN: The Political Life of an... (Boston Globe)
Sculptors Chosen for the Chance to Recreate the "Angel of Music" at Gravesite of Legendary American Composer & Pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery Jul 7, 2009
Among the nearly 600,000 souls interred here are Leonard Bernstein, Horace Greeley, FAO Schwartz, Samuel Morse, Boss Tweed, Albert Anastasia and more than 3,000 veterans of the Civil War. The cemetery was named a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2006. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Thomas Hampton to take stage at Beethoven festival Jul 5, 2009
The program includes songs by Stephen Foster, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Virgil Thomson, Leonard Bernstein and Amy Beach. His accompanist is Craig Rutenberg, the head of music administration at the Metropolitan Opera. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Some Friday afternoon travelin’ music, in tune with the holiday Jul 4, 2009
Leonard Bernstein AND John Philip Sousa are American icons. Have a great Independence Day, all. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
An all-American Independence Day in London Jul 3, 2009
St. Martin's hosts a series of U.S.-themed concerts from July 2-4, including a family friendly event Saturday featuring works by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. If you go. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Berkeley Rep director heads to Broadway. Again. Jul 3, 2009
Pope John XXIII, Leonard Bernstein. I'd put Michelangelo very near the top of my list. (San Francisco Chronicle)
‘West Side Story’ at Arts Center of Cannon Co. Jul 2, 2009
With music by the legendary creative team of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story features some of Broadway s most beloved music including Somewhere, One Hand, One Heart, Tonight and Maria. This classic American musical chronicles the war between two teenage gangs the Jets and the Sharks whose battle for turf and superiority provides the backdrop for the romance of two young people caught in a violent cross-cultural struggle. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
AP Review: Maazel's farewell to NY Philharmonic: A 'grand finale' with a favorite orchestra Jun 29, 2009
But this was Mahler, not Mozart, a force-of-nature piece requiring the kind of visceral, on-the-edge passion the late Leonard Bernstein could coax from an orchestra even from tepid players. In this case, those roles were reversed, with the Philharmonic breaking away from Maazel's elegant control and plunging into Mahler's anguish-turned-ecstasy ending to "Faust.". (FOX61, CT)
Betty Allen, opera singer, recitalist, and teacher; at 82 Jun 28, 2009
In the early 1950s, Ms. Allen studied at Tanglewood in Massachusetts, where Leonard Bernstein chose her to be the mezzo-soprano soloist in his Symphony No.1 ( Jeremiah ); she was later a frequent soloist with Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. Ms. Allen made her New York recital debut at Town Hall in 1958 in a program that included Brahms and Faure. (Boston Globe)
Virgil Thomson's Symphony on a Hymn... Jun 27, 2009
Leonard Bernstein chose to memorialize him this way. "Most of us preferred his unpredictable, provocative prose. But he will always remain brightly alive in the history of music, if only for the extraordinary influence his witty and simplistic music had on his colleagues, especially on Aaron Copland, and through them on most of American music in our century.". (Suite101.com)
Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra: Following the Pied Piper of our Ramblin town Jun 26, 2009
Not unlike the 20th century s renowned piper, Leonard Bernstein, Bayes is eager for young people to appreciate all kinds of music. Bernstein amazed the nation by luring immense audiences of youth to his long-running television series of Young People s Concerts aired from 1958 to 1972. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Celebrating the 4th of July...in London? Jun 24, 2009
St. Martin's hosts a series of U.S.-themed concerts from July 2-4, including a family friendly event Saturday featuring works by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. Those hoping to catch a glimpse of the rockets' red glare may be disappointed. (Fox News)
Blue Stars debut 2009 show with a WWII theme Jun 18, 2009
Then men are welcomed home with a celebration set to the song Fancy Free, written by Leonard Bernstein. We re extremely excited, Sullivan said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Six Decades at the New York Philharmonic Jun 17, 2009
Named Principal Clarinet by conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1960, Drucker holds the Guinness World Record for the longest career of any clarinetist ... The wall was coming down, and Leonard Bernstein changed the German text in the "Ode to Joy" from "joy" to "freedom." It was a very moving experience. (Time.com)
Preserving The Sounds Of The Century Jun 16, 2009
Dylan Thomas" 1952 recording of "A Child's Christmas in Wales" for Caedmon Records, credited with launching the audiobook industry in the United States. "A Festival of Lessons and Carols as Sung on Christmas Eve in King's College Chapel, Cambridge," featuring the King's College Choir (1954). The original Broadway cast recording of "West Side Story" (1957), which captures the infectious score by Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. "Tom Dooley," as interpreted by The Kingston Trio on... (CBS News)
NY musician sets standard for new Guinness World Record: longest career as clarinetist Jun 5, 2009
He was 19 when he joined the orchestra in 1948 and was named principal clarinet in 1960 by Leonard Bernstein. Drucker has played under 400 conductors, from Bruno Walter and Zubin Mehta to the current, outgoing music director, Lorin Maazel. (FOX61, CT)
OKM to feature 2 charter guests Jun 4, 2009
A frequent soloist with the Orchestra, he has been featured in Leonard Bernstein s Age of Anxiety with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting, in San Francisco and on tour, and last May he was featured in Martin s Petite Symphonie Concertante. In 1996, his recording of Bach s Goldberg Variations was released on the d Note label. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Newport history for sale Jun 1, 2009
Amram, who has collaborated with Jack Kerouac and Leonard Bernstein, marveled at the antiques, admired the Gothic ballroom and climbed to its dusty loft, where he played the pipe organ with gusto. "At 78 years old, I feel like I'm a 12-year-old going to Versailles or Monticello," Amram said afterward, telling Tinney he hoped to return. (Boston Globe)
Obituary: Ruth Saltman May 30, 2009
She also enjoyed the music of the American musical theater, particularly that of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. She taught voice at her home in Marblehead and mentored students from all over the North Shore of Boston. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Tanglewood fare ranges from Tchaikovsky to Taylor May 17, 2009
Aug. 16, 2:30 p.m. Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert. Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. (Boston Globe)
Michael Tilson Thomas went from Yiddish theater to Tanglewood May 17, 2009
Weighty comparisons were made to Leonard Bernstein but Thomas set his own course, and for a long stretch in the 1990s, it did not include much guest conducting. He returns this August to Tanglewood, where he will lead the BSO for the first time since 1988. (Boston Globe)
Using Wii, he conducts a digital orchestra May 16, 2009
He later studied at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and was tutored by noted conductor Sergiu Celibidache, whose insistence on the primacy of the concert hall experience left a lasting impression. Smith first experimented with digital music in the 1980s at MIT's Media Lab, where he tinkered with Kurzweil samplers and a 14-foot Bosendorfer piano hooked up to a Macintosh computer. (Boston Globe)
Recession sing-along May 15, 2009
Even Leonard Bernstein would get a big laugh. Posted by DINGLE BESTINEGLE. (Harper's Magazine)
Italian mezzo-soprano Bartoli wins Sonning prize May 14, 2009
Previous winners include Leonard Bernstein, Mstislav Rostropovich, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim. Comments. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Infotainment May 13, 2009
The piece, played by the New York Philharmonic and conducted by new director Alan Gilbert, was the same as conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1959. The centre. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Lincoln Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary May 13, 2009
NEW YORK -- The New York Philharmonic played Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" for Lincoln Center's 50th anniversary on Monday, recreating the piece that Leonard Bernstein conducted at the arts complex's 1959 groundbreaking. The anniversary celebration began in the gleaming new 1,100-seat Alice Tully Hall, which reopened in February after a $159 million, 22-month renovation that has been praised for its superb acoustics and design. (Newsmax)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: Not quite the final curtain May 10, 2009
He has, in any case, always been willing to indulge in crossover X witness his much-criticized West Side Story with Leonard Bernstein in 1985 and his disc of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs in 1990, a step too far for Gramophone magazine, which refused to review it. Why did he make such records. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Gustavo Dudamel - The 2009 TIME 100 - TIME May 10, 2009
The conductor to whom Gustavo is most often compared is Leonard Bernstein, arguably history's most charismatic conductor. After a 25-year-old Bernstein made his New York Philharmonic debut in 1943, the New York Times reported, "Mr. Bernstein advanced to the podium with the unfeigned eagerness and communicative emotion of his years. He showed ... his brilliant musicianship and his capacity both to release and control the players.". (Time.com)
Unexpected joy - Polson mother, inspired by her son Avery, writes about their journey with Down syndrome May 9, 2009
He is 5 1/2 years old, and on this day, he is Leonard Bernstein. Raising both arms, he starts nodding his head, and gets a beat going. (Missoulian, MT)
Past Master: Stephen Sondheim May 9, 2009
Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, 79, continues to dominate the genre he has constantly reinvented, first with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on West Side Story in 1957, Company (1970), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) and Sunday in the Park with George (1984). Related. (Time.com)
