NPR’s Scott Simon and Jamie Bernstein joined Maestro Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony for a Leonard Bernstein Centennial celebration in Baltimore this month.
Alsop, an orchestral conductor, and Bernstein, whose new book (Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein) comes out in June, tell stories of LB: the mentor, conductor, educator, father, composer, and citizen artist.
“In a way, [Leonard] Bernstein lived his life as a symphony,” concludes Simon.
Listen to Simon’s interview with Alsop and Bernstein below, including excerpts in Leonard Bernstein’s own words.
Read Simon’s and Ned Wharton’s summary or the transcript on NPR. Follow Scott Simon on Twitter @nprscottsimon.
