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.
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Letters from Bernstein: The First Summer at Tanglewood, 1940
"These last six weeks have been the happiest and most productive of my life," writes twenty-two-year-old Leonard Bernstein to Serge Koussevitzky, following a momentous summer at Tanglewood Music Festival in 1940.
Prince Isaac: A Poem by Leonard Bernstein for Isaac Stern
Leonard Bernstein wrote a poem for the 60th birthday celebration of his beloved friend and musical collaborator, American violinist Isaac Stern. Enjoy Bernstein's poem for Stern and explore their decades of musical collaboration and friendship.
Introduction to Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms”
How well do you know Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms? Explore this Bernstein choral favorite!
1951, Leonard Bernstein: “Tanglewood is not a school… Tanglewood is a musical universe”
"Tanglewood is not a school, in the strict sense. It does not offer courses, degrees, credits," Leonard Bernstein said at the opening exercises in 1951. "Tanglewood is a musical universe..."
Letters from Bernstein: On West Side Story
Jamie Bernstein discusses the months leading up to WSS's opening, and outlines the correspondence between her parents during that time.
“The gift of imagination… the gift of dreams”
Quote | Leonard Bernstein reminds us that even "the dullest of dullards among us has the gift of dreams at night".
“… I didn’t exist without music”
Quote | Leonard Bernstein on the importance of playing piano when he was growing up.
LB on Passion in Music
Quote | "You can never have too much passion in what you write..."
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