Summer Theater Preview: Where to Watch West Side Story and Six Ways to Get in the Mambo Mood!
What better time than summer to see a local production or big-screen classic film of one of the best musicals ever made, West Side Story?
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Introduction to Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms”
How well do you know Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms? Explore this Bernstein choral favorite!
Make Music Day with a Selfie or Yoga?
Not every day can be World Music Day, National Selfie Day, International Yoga Day, AND land on the Summer Solstice. But, can every day be this special? Yes: make music every day!
A Fugue is like a Ferris Wheel: Bernstein Asks and Answers, “What is Classical Music?” (Video)
How is composing a fugue like building a Ferris wheel? Leonard Bernstein explains this and more in this classic 1959 Young People's Concert with the New York Philharmonic.
Fun Five about Leonard Bernstein (#10): Visit, Watch, Explore
Visit one of the country’s best museum exhibits, watch the winning Harvard student conduct the Boston Pops, and learn eight fast facts about our favorite American maestro in the latest edition of The Bernstein Experience Fun Five!
Bernstein on Elvis, Mozart, and Brahms: How Notes and Ideas Blossom into Beautiful Music (Video)
"Development is really the main thing in life, just as it is in music," says Leonard Bernstein in the fourth Young People's Concert; "because development means change, growing, blossoming out; and these things are life itself."
Travel Dispatch: Where in the World is “Famous Father Girl”? (Part 1)
Enjoy a whirlwind "Reader's Digest" panorama from Leonard Bernstein's eldest daughter, Jamie. Her memoir, "Famous Father Girl," is available June 12.
June 6 & 8, 1968: Bernstein, Mahler, and Remembering Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy
"It was just a movement from Mahler's Fifth," said Leonard Bernstein of the music for Robert Kennedy's funeral. "But somehow nothing could be emotional or passionate enough to express that moment."
The Bernstein Centennial Summer at Tanglewood (Audio)
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer of 2018 celebrates the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth through film, dance, and, of course, astonishing music.
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