Way back in 1989, I was studying to be a church choir director at Westminster Choir College. The Westminster Choir performed Chichester Psalms with Bernstein conducting his work. An amazing experience. He was so friendly and interested in all of us.
Bernstein was a fascinating and insightful talker. As he explains, all musical forms have value and communicative strength when conceived with a certain belief and mission.
Thank you for posting. I did not know this interview, and I deeply admire the completly unpretentious frankness of Bernstein's answers. This is definitely part of his unparalleled human approach to music and people and life in general. Someone so intensely immersed in all this and burning for it arguably had no choice than to "balance" himself in some way with cigarettes and alcohol and amphetamines. Thank you, L.B. for bringing music to so many people in an unforgettable way. R.I.P.
Thank you. I remember this from years ago when it was first broadcast. I always liked the Levin interviews. I'm not sure I agree that every modern atonal composer yearns for tonality. Not at least listening to the compulsory modern work we are regularly forced to sit through during our local concerts.
a lot has changed since 1982. a lot of niches and sub-cultures. which now and then pop up in main-stream. and don't forget internet happened, information everywhere... so then, what is main-stream.
I suppose minimalism proves Lenny's point about music becoming approachable again. And we mustn't forget about film music, which is filling concert halls everywhere.
Ligeti , Xenakis, Stockhausen and Cage have all written music which is fairly approachable . Try the Sonatas and Interludes by Cage, or Ligeti's Violin Concerto. Beehoven's 'Diabelli Variations' is a much more demanding listen, to my ears atleast,. Needleless to say, there's nothing wring with a challenge either. Depends what mood i'm in.
Way back in 1989, I was studying to be a church choir director at Westminster Choir College. The Westminster Choir performed Chichester Psalms with Bernstein conducting his work. An amazing experience. He was so friendly and interested in all of us.
Lenny's command of the English Language was extraordinary. He also spoke Spanish, French, German and Yiddish.
It was not extraordinary he was simply very well educated,and took full advantage of it.
I think he spoke Italian a bit also
Levin's command of the English language was even more extraordinary.
@@edmundgreen8041 Yes an astute man.
Bernstein was a fascinating and insightful talker. As he explains, all musical forms have value and communicative strength when conceived with a certain belief and mission.
Thank you for posting. I did not know this interview, and I deeply admire the completly unpretentious frankness of Bernstein's answers. This is definitely part of his unparalleled human approach to music and people and life in general. Someone so intensely immersed in all this and burning for it arguably had no choice than to "balance" himself in some way with cigarettes and alcohol and amphetamines. Thank you, L.B. for bringing music to so many people in an unforgettable way. R.I.P.
I enjoyed this interview though, I must confess, I spent the first minute thinking "put down that blasted cigarette".
Thanks for the upload. Surprised there aren't more views.
Bravo. Is excellent upload. Lenny was truly in a class by himself.
Great to see Lenny again in an interview previously unseen by me (no new details sadly, merely very well known biography).
Great upload and interview thanks!
"The quality of survival"--a bigger issue now than then.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Spring 1982.
thanks was going to ask
Thank you. I remember this from years ago when it was first broadcast. I always liked the Levin interviews. I'm not sure I agree that every modern atonal composer yearns for tonality. Not at least listening to the compulsory modern work we are regularly forced to sit through during our local concerts.
a lot has changed since 1982. a lot of niches and sub-cultures. which now and then pop up in main-stream. and don't forget internet happened, information everywhere... so then, what is main-stream.
I suppose minimalism proves Lenny's point about music becoming approachable again. And we mustn't forget about film music, which is filling concert halls everywhere.
Ligeti , Xenakis, Stockhausen and Cage have all written music which is fairly approachable . Try the Sonatas and Interludes by Cage, or Ligeti's Violin Concerto. Beehoven's 'Diabelli Variations' is a much more demanding listen, to my ears atleast,. Needleless to say, there's nothing wring with a challenge either. Depends what mood i'm in.
@@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist A present day composer I can recommend is Anna Clyne.
cool channel
filmed at Savoy Hotel London
Please give the date of the interview, not just the date of posting.
1982
Thank God Lennie isn't alive now to see the ravages of post modernism.