Total Immersion: Leonard Bernstein
Total Immersion: Leonard Bernstein Calendar
By Year
Sat 27 Jan 2018
- 11:00Barbican, London
Film: Leonard Bernstein, Young People’s Concerts – what is impressionism?
- 13:00Milton Court
Bernstein on a small scale, revealing his prodigious ability to write music of charm, substance and a miraculous and genre-defying gift of melody.
Bernstein on a small scale, revealing his prodigious ability to write music of charm, substance and a miraculous and genre-defying gift of melody.
Programme
- Arias & Barcarolles
- Clarinet Sonata
- Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda
- Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Performers
- Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Dramaensemble
Composers
- 15:00Barbican, London
Leonard Bernstein – the man and the music: Edward Seckerson in conversation with Andrew McGregor.
- 17:00St Giles' Cripplegate, London
Bernstein the choral composer drawing on his Jewish heritage as well as writing for the Christian church – both fused in his popular Chichester Psalms.
Bernstein the choral composer drawing on his Jewish heritage as well as writing for the Christian church – both fused in his popular Chichester Psalms.
Programme
- Hashkiveinu
- Missa Brevis
- The Lark (French Choruses)Soldier's Song
- Chichester Psalms
Performers
- Ragnar Bohlinconductor
Composers
- 18:45Barbican, London
The culmination of a BBC Symphony Orchestra learning project based on the music of Leonard Bernstein.
- 19:30Barbican, London
A rare chance to hear Bernstein’s song-cycle Songfest and his Plato-inspired Serenade in a concert launched with the fireworks of Candide’s Overture.
A rare chance to hear Bernstein’s song-cycle Songfest and his Plato-inspired Serenade in a concert launched with the fireworks of Candide’s Overture.
Programme
- Candide – overture
- Serenade
- Songfest
Performers
- David Charles Abellconductor
- Vadim Gluzmanviolin
- Sophia Burgossoprano
- J’Nai Bridgesmezzo-soprano
- Fleur Barronalto-soprano
- Nicky Spencetenor
- Nmon Fordbaritone
- Brandon Cedelbass
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