Composer of the Week - Leonard Bernstein
Donald Macleod explores Bernstein's life and work - as an inexhaustible conductor, educator, performer and personality
Composer of the Week - Leonard Bernstein - Bad Times
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): 4/5. Bad Times. Donald Macleod examines a turbulent period in Bernstein's life, when his seemingly idyllic existence was threatened.
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Composer of the Week - Leonard Bernstein - Early Influences
Donald Macleod focuses on Leonard Bernstein's early influences and student years, from his weekly visits to the synagogue in Boston to his time as a student at Harvard.
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Composer of the Week - Leonard Bernstein - Episode 2
Donald Macleod reveals how Bernstein was thrust into the limelight after deputising for Bruno Walter in conducting the New York Philharmonic.
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Composer of the Week - Leonard Bernstein - Episode 3
Donald Macleod asks why LeonardBernstein's name has long been associated with the cultural fabric of New York, from the concert hall to Broadway.
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Composer of the Week - Leonard Bernstein - The Final Years
Donald Macleod reveals how after his wife's death in 1978, Leonard Bernstein began thinking his own mortality and creating a legacy.
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