/tags/a-bernstein-summer A Bernstein Summer en-US Copyright Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:59:00 GMT /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鈥� 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,鈥� 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鈥� 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 鈥� it represented what they called "the wall in the head," a looming feeling of no鈥� 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鈥� 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鈥� 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鈥檝e 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鈥� 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鈥檚 the story of one of Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 college capers.Bernstein was a senior at Harvard University when he met Aaron Copland at a concert in 1938.鈥� 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 /show/the-american-sound/2018-07-22/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-leonard-bernstein If all you know of Leonard Bernstein is the thrilling music from West Side Story, you鈥檙e in for an eye-opening summer.Bernstein was a groundbreaking鈥� Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:00:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-07-22/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-leonard-bernstein Cheryl Dring /show/the-american-sound/2018-07-17/the-missing-planet-watch-leonard-bernstein-improvise-pluto-the-unpredictable You could say that Pluto is the Rodney Dangerfield of planets.Downgraded from 鈥減lanet鈥� to 鈥渄warf planet鈥� in 2006, and with nearly 100 planets discovered鈥� Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-07-17/the-missing-planet-watch-leonard-bernstein-improvise-pluto-the-unpredictable Jennifer Hambrick