The Bernstein Story
4:00 pm
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Washington Performing Arts, with The United States Air Force Band
Music Center at Strathmore
Washington, DC, United States
Colonel Larry H. Lang, commander and conductor; Jamie Bernstein, narrator
“Now that Leonard Bernstein has been lionized… who can speak for what he truly meant to the American music scene?” asked the Philadelphia Inquirer. The answer: Jamie Bernstein, acclaimed narrator, broadcaster, writer, and daughter of the late Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre. Featuring arrangements recently made for the Philadelphia Orchestra, the U.S. Air Force Band and Bernstein partner to take us on a romp through music including West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, Age of Anxiety, and more.