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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Bernstein 100: One Hell of a Splash

One Hell of a Splash

Bernstein 100

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bernstein 100, One Hell of a Splash

Donald Macleod sizes up Bernstein’s reputation as a musical thinker

Donald Macleod assesses Leonard Bernstein’s reputation as a musical thinker who trod a delicate line between the innovative and the kitsch.

“One didn’t know from which springboard he’d dive, but one knew there would be a hell of a splash”. That was one famous critic’s perceptive account of Bernstein in the New York Times. Today a look at Bernstein’s reputation as a musical thinker as he a treads a delicate line between the innovative and the kitsch.  Donald Macleod presents, with contributions from conductor Marin Alsop who was mentored by Bernstein in her early career. 

Slava! A Political Overture
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Mass (excerpts)
Jubliant Sukes, celebrant
Ahser Edward Wulfman, boy soprano
Morgan State University Choir
Peabody Children’s Choir
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

I Hate Music!
Roberta Alexander, soprano
Tan Crone, piano

Kaddish (1st mvt)
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Jamie Bernstein, speaker
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Producer: Michael Surcombe

Composer of the Week: Bernstein 100

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores Bernstein's life as composer, pianist, thinker and entertainer.

Donald Macleod is joined by Leonard Bernstein protegée, the conductor Marin Alsop, to look back at Bernstein's hectic life as composer, pianist, thinker and entertainer.

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