Leonard Bernstein
Indian conductor Zubin Metha, the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts a dress rehearsal at the newly renovated Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv on May 24, 2013. The auditorium is a concert hall in Tel Aviv, Israel, which was opened in 1957 at Habima Square. It is home to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Leonard Bernstein conducted the inaugural concert, with pianist Arthur Rubinstein, as a soloist.
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It starts with the feel of a medieval chant, grows more melodic, has a section like you get in a conga band – I play those eight bars with my hands, instead of the mallets – and then I come in with brushes and mariachi sticks, like Leonard Bernstein used in ‘West Side Story.’
As you can see ... there is not a single possibility for me to conduct your music. You must do it yourself — but I will make the public relations for you.More quotes »
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Leonard Bernstein's 'Rite of Spring' Thrill Ride
If you think all the twitchy rhythms and random shards of melody flashing through Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring sound complicated, consider the poor musicians who have to learn it. And then there's the conductor, who needs to perfectly place every picc 6:23 AM from NPR Read more »
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'Plimpton!': A Fond Look At A Man Of Letters
Freddy Plimpton / Laemmle Zeller Films If ever there was a man who made a virtue out of failure, it was George Plimpton. He played quarterback with the Detroit Lions without even knowing where to put his hands to take the snap. He had his nose bloodied b from NPR Read more »
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Plimpton! A film of life lived fully, richly, strangely—and by just one man.
George Plimpton was a man who believed in participatory journalism. He took a writer’s notebook with him as he quarterbacked for the Detroit Lions, played percussion with Leonard Bernstein’s New York Philharmonic, or boxed Archie Moore. He also was a man from THE FIVE Read more »
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Summer classical 2013: San Francisco Symphony celebrates Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'
San Francisco Symphony. In the 1960s, Michael Tilson Thomas was mentored by two giants of 20th century music: Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein. In the coming weeks at Davies Symphony Hall, Tilson Thomas explores the worlds of both those geniuses. To from The San Jose Mercury News Read more »
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Jackson Middle School celebrates Leonard Bernstein's Artful Learning Program with visit from his children
An air of barely suppressed excitement filled Southwest Portland's Jackson Middle School last week. Girls in long black dresses and boys in suits and ties ran through the halls to a last rehearsal. View full sizeAlexander and Jamie Bernstein (far left) p from Oregon Live Read more »
