Wall Street Journal

‘Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony’ Review: Prayerful Music on PBS

Leonard Bernstein’s third and final symphony, known as the “Kaddish,” was first performed in Israel in 1963 and had its U.S. premiere in Boston in 1964. As conductor and Bernstein protégée Marin Alsop ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Before Netflix’s ‘Maestro,’ Leonard Bernstein was ‘triple-threat’ conductor at Music Hall

Leonard Bernstein, the acclaimed director and dynamo conductor, is back in the limelight – cast by the recent Netflix biographical film “Maestro,” directed by and starring Bradley Cooper. Immortalized ...
The New Yorker

“Maestro” Honors the Chaotic Charisma of Leonard Bernstein

In 1955, Leonard Bernstein explored the art of conducting on an episode of the CBS show “Omnibus.” After leading a studio orchestra through the opening bars of Brahms’s First Symphony, Bernstein walks ...
Brandeis University

Leonard Bernstein and the Music of Boston’s Congregation Mishkan Tefila

From a young age, Leonard Bernstein attended religious services at Congregation Mishkan Tefila, the first synagogue in Boston to align itself with Conservative Judaism. Geared to young upwardly mobile ...