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Composer: Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)

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© Phil Sharp

Holywell Music Room

Thu 15 Oct at 19:00

Butterworth, Elgar, Mozart, Handel, Wagner, Costello, Fauré, Weill, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Wolf, Bowie, Mahler, Mitchell, Bernstein, Peel, Poulenc, Hahn, Schubert, Quilter, Lehmann, Berlin, Bach, Brel, Chaney, Lennon, Strauss R.

Coote, Inns, Drake, Fardell

© CityMusic Promotions

St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Sat 17 Oct at 18:00

Kander, Schönberg, Lloyd Webber, Loewe, Miranda, Lopez, Rodgers, Sondheim, Loesser, Bernstein

The Piccadilly Sinfonietta

© Thierry Cohen

L'Auditori: Sala Pau Casals

Sun 18 Oct at 18:00

Gould, Brandt, Gershwin, Bernstein

Pascual-Vilaplana, Nakariakov, Banda Municipal de Barcelona

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Matilda Lloyd © Neda Navaee

Matilda Lloyd celebrates all things American – and beyond – with Ensemble 360

Randall Goosby, Thomas Wilkins and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO

Amid turmoil, the Boston Symphony delivers a stirring Dvořak 8

By Cameron Kelsall

Yanki Yau (Anna II) and Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Anna I) in The Seven Deadly Sins © Julian Guidera

Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill

By David Karlin

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© Stockholms Konserthusstiftelse

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen

Debussy, Ewald, Persichetti, Bernstein, Bach

Stephenson, Alin, Powell, Agnas, Poulson, Schöpfer, Frisendahl, Elf

© Nadja Sjöström

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen

Brahms VC, Bernstein, Gershwin

Gilbert, Szeps-Znaider, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall

Bernstein 2, Barber, Adams

Alsop, Thibaudet, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

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Leonard Bernstein, 1985 © Sjakkelien Vollebregt | Dutch National Archive

Growing up with Maestro: Jamie Bernstein on her father’s musical life

By Edward Seckerson

New York City Ballet in Justin Peck’s Easy, set on Bernstein's music © Paul Kolnik

On the side of the angels: Bernstein is third most performed composer of 2018

Musical score © Photo by Marius Masalar on Unsplash

Ten works from the 20th century that shaped contemporary classical music

By Benjamin Poore

Bernstein, Leonard

Bernstein, Leonard

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Year of birth	1918
Year of death	1990
Nationality	United States
Period	Early 20th century

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