Bernstein 100: West Side Story

Life, liberty, and big, big tunes – American music never does anything by halves! And from the joyous shouts of the Chichester Psalms to the urban rhythms of West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein always put on one heck of a show. Cristian Macelaru conducts, and all-American piano virtuoso George Li stars in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Finally, discover Barber’s First Symphony: packed with all the melody, drama and raw emotion you’d expect from the composer of the famous Adagio.