Bernstein’s Poem for Yom Kippur (Audio)
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.
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‘Til Time Shall End’: Bernstein on Meeting Copland (Audio Exclusive)
"Did I tell you how we met on his birthday?" Bernstein says to the interviewer. "Oh, I must have!" Listen to Lenny tell the story of meeting Aaron Copland, only on Classical.org. (Plus, read the sonnet he wrote for Aaron's 80th birthday!)
Bernstein on Koussevitzky: Passing the Tanglewood Baton (Audio exclusive)
Leonard Bernstein says Olga Koussevitzky hadn't mentioned Serge's failing health on the phone; yet, somehow he "knew" that he had to rush back to Boston. Bernstein got one last chance to talk with his beloved conducting mentor. Listen to this exclusive audio clip of Bernstein.
Life is Juicy: A Poem by Leonard Bernstein, 1947 (Audio exclusive)
Actor Jeremy Irons reads "Life is Juicy," a poem written by Leonard Bernstein in 1947 "on the mucky shore" of a lake near Tanglewood.
Bernstein on Koussevitzky, the Boston Symphony’s “Benign Tyrant” (Audio Exclusive)
Leonard Bernstein describes Serge Koussevitzky to interviewer John Gruen during the summer of 1967. Listen to tapes Gruen recorded as notes for his biography of Bernstein, made available to the public this year, only on Classical.org, official digital partner of the Bernstein Centennial.
Bernstein on the Paradox of Vacation, the “Great Rallentando” (Audio Exclusive)
Lenny had a fundamental discomfort with the very notion of a vacation. "And yet sometimes in my period of great activity, I long fiercely for just a period when I don't have to do anything, and I can just lie around and think." Listen to Lenny, in his own voice.
Bernstein’s Dilemma: To Conduct or to Compose? (Audio Exclusive)
When Bernstein was offered the New York Philharmonic in 1957, he saw a chance to find the “locus” that he’d been missing. But he knew the cost to his composing would be high.
Bernstein Speaks on the Genesis of ‘West Side Story’: “Of Course It Can’t Be on the East Side!” (Audio exclusive)
The Bernstein Experience brings to you, for the first time ever, exclusive audio footage from the intimate recording sessions of Leonard Bernstein with John Gruen. In these first clips (of more to come), Bernstein talks about the origin of West Side Story, on the heels of a failing Candide.
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