Photographing Lenny: 12 Leonard Bernstein Photos by Ruth Orkin
Ruth Orkin photographed Leonard Bernstein's public and private moments. Here are twelve of our favorite.
Tag: Tanglewood
‘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’s “Very Personal” Rehearsal: Rare Tanglewood Footage, Third Movement (Video Exclusive)
Watch the next installment of the Leonard Bernstein rehearsal video that the world hasn’t seen: Bernstein rehearsing Aaron Copland’s 3rd Symphony with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, just before his final concert with them on August 14, 1990. (Part 2 of 3)
Happy Birthday, Leonard Bernstein! The Lenny Centenary-Worthy Fun Five
It's nearly August 25th, and our favorite publications are sharing the Bernstein love. Here are just a handful of Bernstein birthday long-reads worth your attention.
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.
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.
Understanding Serge Koussevitzky and Leonard Bernstein: A Primer
So how did Leonard Bernstein meet Serge Koussevitzky, and how did Koussevitzky decide to take Bernstein under his wing? Find out more in this primer.
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.
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