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Composer of the Week

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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: American Dreams

American Dreams

Bernstein 100

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bernstein 100, American Dreams

A look at how Bernstein forged his position as a superstar ambassador for American music

Donald Macleod and Bernstein protegée Marin Alsop explore the composer’s all-American journey from upstart son of a Jewish immigrant, to superstar ambassador for his nation’s music

Leonard Bernstein blazed a trail for American conductors when he became the first native to take the reins of one of the country’s ‘big 5’ orchestras. To end this centenary week, Donald Macleod and Bernstein protegée Marin Alsop explore Bernstein’s journey from upstart son of a Jewish immigrant, to superstar ambassador for American music. 

Samba (Divertimento)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor

Mr and Mrs Webb Say Goodnight  (Arias and Barcarolles)
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Neil Percy & Simon Carrington, other voices
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

On the Waterfront (Suite)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Lindberg, conductor

Songfest (excerpts)
Walter Plante, tenor
Patricia Spence, alto
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Lucky to be Me (On the Town)
John Reardon, singer
On the Town Orchestra

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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