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In the News: Rare Footage of Bernstein Conducting Copland Unearthed: The New York Times

The Bernstein Experience on Classical.org unveiled rare footage of America’s favorite composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein, leading one of his final rehearsals of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Michael Cooper of The New York Times reported January 24, 2018.

Cooper described the footage of Bernstein conducting Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3 as “deeply moving.”

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