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Leonard Bernstein’s “ability to teach and connect with a young audience … made a lasting impression”

I remember him at one concert describing Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and evoking so vividly the vision of someone walking down the hall at a museum and looking at the paintings.

LB on Passion in Music

Quote | "You can never have too much passion in what you write..."

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 […]

Bernstein Rehearses Copland at Tanglewood: Rare Footage, Part 1 (Video exclusive)

Classical.org is pleased to share with you for your exclusive viewing a Leonard Bernstein rehearsal video that the world hasn’t seen: Bernstein rehearsing Copland’s 3rd Symphony with the Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) Orchestra, just days before his final concert with the TMC on August 14, 1990. (Part 1 of 3)

“Leonard Bernstein reminds me that art matters”

"To me, he will always represent the passionate pursuit of expression and a love for beauty in spite of the pain and tragedy of life," says Matt W. of California in this week's edition of remembering Bernstein.

In the News: ‘Anno Leonardo’ – the Year of Lenny

"Thus has begun — with nearly 2,500 events around the globe — Anno Leonardo, or the Year of Lenny," writes music critic Mark Swed in the Los Angeles Times January 11, 2018.

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