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Review

on BBC Two England

The weekly arts magazine presented by James Mossman

Composer, conductor, pianist, and jazz enthusiast Leonard Bernstein combines the highest musical standards with a unique popular appeal.
In London recently, en route for Vienna where he is conducting Fidelia for the Beethoven bicentenary celebrations, the composer of West Side Story talked to James Mossman about his personal achievements and ambitions, the directions of modern music, and all things musical from Mahler to Hair.

The Producer: This week the Arts Council publish the results of a two-year survey on the British theatre. One man who is enthusiastic about its future is the Broadway producer Alexander Cohen, the only man who produces both in America and Britain.
Review filmed him at work at first rehearsals, out-of-town openings, and glittering first nights, to build up a portrait of a man who gambles as much as £100,000 on his belief in a script.

Contributors

Presenter/editor:
James Mossman
Interviewee:
Leonard Bernstein
Director (Leonard Bernstein):
Terence Dixon
Subject (The Producer):
Alexander Cohen
Producer:
Peter Adam
Producer:
Darrol Blake
Producer:
Christopher Martin

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