/tags/leonard-bernstein Leonard Bernstein en-US Copyright Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:05:55 GMT /npr-news/2023-11-22/maestro-chronicles-the-brilliant-bernstein-and-his-disorderly-conduct Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:05:55 GMT /npr-news/2023-11-22/maestro-chronicles-the-brilliant-bernstein-and-his-disorderly-conduct Anastasia Tsioulcas /show/classical-music-with-jennifer-hambrick/2020-03-11/brazils-quarternaglia-guitar-quartet-at-classical-101 Here in America, we love our guitar heroes. Name any one of them – Hendrix, Prince, Santana, Van Halen – and memories of monster riffs start rolling… Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:22:00 GMT /show/classical-music-with-jennifer-hambrick/2020-03-11/brazils-quarternaglia-guitar-quartet-at-classical-101 Jennifer Hambrick /show/the-american-sound/2018-08-23/join-classical-101-for-leonard-bernsteins-birthday-party Over the last few months, during Classical 101's Bernstein Summer, you've enjoyed our Bernstein Minutes on-air and online, along with countless… Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:59:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-08-23/join-classical-101-for-leonard-bernsteins-birthday-party Jennifer Hambrick /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-08-23/celebrating-the-centennial-of-1918-landmark-moments-in-music My OCD tendencies were satisfied when I decided to make this list of artists for whom 2018 is a significant anniversary.Leonard Bernstein, born Aug. 25,… Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-08-23/celebrating-the-centennial-of-1918-landmark-moments-in-music Christopher Purdy /show/classical-music-with-cheryl-dring/2018-08-22/west-side-story-composer-leonard-bernstein-conducted-score-years-after-film For the 1961 movie West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein was not the conductor. So when, in the '80s, he had the chance to make a recording of the… Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:39:10 GMT /show/classical-music-with-cheryl-dring/2018-08-22/west-side-story-composer-leonard-bernstein-conducted-score-years-after-film Cheryl Dring /show/classical-music-with-cheryl-dring/2018-08-16/leonard-bernstein-marked-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-with-ode-to-freedom For East Germans, the Berlin Wall wasn't just a vast, 96-mile structure — it represented what they called "the wall in the head," a looming feeling of no… Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:47:55 GMT /show/classical-music-with-cheryl-dring/2018-08-16/leonard-bernstein-marked-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-with-ode-to-freedom Cheryl Dring /show/classical-music-with-kent-teeters/2018-08-15/celebrating-leonard-bernstein-the-lenny-list It's simply too difficult to create a list of recordings made by conductor Leonard Bernstein that could be called "The Best of Lenny" or "The Definitive… Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/classical-music-with-kent-teeters/2018-08-15/celebrating-leonard-bernstein-the-lenny-list Kent Teeters /show/the-american-sound/2018-08-13/leonard-bernstein-had-bette-davis-eye Like many people in the 1940s, Leonard Bernstein was a fan of actress Bette Davis. And, as Bernstein's conducting and composing careers skyrocketed, the… Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:11:31 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-08-13/leonard-bernstein-had-bette-davis-eye Jennifer Hambrick /podcast/classical-101-podcasts/2018-08-01/soundreels-dancing-with-the-devil-in-leonard-bernsteins-score-for-west-side-story Even if you’ve never seen the 1957 hit musical West Side Story, I'll bet you can hum the tune from "Tonight," "Maria," "America" or any number of the… Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:33:00 GMT /podcast/classical-101-podcasts/2018-08-01/soundreels-dancing-with-the-devil-in-leonard-bernsteins-score-for-west-side-story Jennifer Hambrick /show/the-american-sound/2018-07-25/even-leonard-bernstein-pulled-an-all-nighter-in-college Here’s the story of one of Leonard Bernstein’s college capers.Bernstein was a senior at Harvard University when he met Aaron Copland at a concert in 1938.… Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-07-25/even-leonard-bernstein-pulled-an-all-nighter-in-college Jennifer Hambrick