To most of the audience at this New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert in 1967, Leonard Bernstein was their first introduction to the wild, adventurous music of Charles Ives (1874-1954).
Academy award-winning actor Jeremy Irons reads Leonard Bernstein's poem, a negotiation with a gender-changing God, penned six months before his death.
Listen and learn about three Leonard Bernstein world premieres at one concert: October 11, 1977, in Washington DC.
Leonard Bernstein takes us from the very beginning of music all the way through the 20th century in the way only he can.
These two Leonard Bernstein poems from 1939 and 1990 reveal a lifetime of longing for knowledge and meaning from everything: from a bar of soap to battling cancer. Read:
Love West Side Story? Here are five remakes and remixes to rekindle your romance with this classic musical.
That April night in 1962, New York Philharmonic audiences had no idea they were about to witness a historic performance.
Find out what you have in common with Gustav Holst, composer of "The Planets."
Written in Hebrew for his teacher in Tel Aviv, "Poem for Yom Kippur," captures Leonard Bernstein's devotion to, and struggle with, his Jewish identity. Actress Laila Robins reads.
