Leonard Bernstein archive
Listen Best Of Broadway: Bernstein's 'West Side Story'
September 1, 2009 – The original Broadway cast recording still sounds fresh more than 50 years after the show opened.
Listen Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin At His Greatest
June 30, 2009 – Leonard Bernstein performs American music with mid-century flair in this 1959 recording.
Listen N.Y. Philharmonic Bids Farewell To Clarinetist
June 2, 2009 – After 60 years, Stanley Drucker gives his final performances with the orchestra.
Listen The Real-Life Drama Behind 'West Side Story' WNYC
January 7, 2009 – The groundbreaking musical's behind-the-scenes tension brought out the drama on stage. WNYC
Listen Bold Beginnings: The Art Of The Opening Notes
January 5, 2009 – Hear Rob Kapilow discuss the ways composers can set a tone in their works' opening seconds.
Listen Copland: Early Music From America's Composer
December 27, 2008 – Conductor Marin Alsop explores the bold and bucolic sides of Aaron Copland's early music.
A Classical Thanksgiving Harvest WVXU
November 24, 2008 – Five tasty tunes to enjoy while preparing the feast for family and friends on Thanksgiving. WVXU
Listen Revisiting Bernstein's Immodest 'Mass'
September 27, 2008 – Conductor Marin Alsop uncovers the personal philosophy within Bernstein's most controversial work.
Read Classical Road Trip: Musical Milestones WVXU
June 10, 2008 – Visit the sights and sounds of America through the music of some of its greatest composers. WVXU
Listen A Dream Team, a Dream Musical: 'West Side Story'
September 26, 2007 – A show by Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein turned out okay.
Listen Rimsky-Korsakov Lets the Symphony Tell the Story
May 12, 2007 – Conductor Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony tell the tale of Scheherazade.
Listen America Sings!
December 14, 2006 – A varied history of American choral music from colonial anthems to the music of Leonard Bernstein.
Listen Shostakovich at 100: Symphony No. 5
September 25, 2006 – Leon Botstein, Laurel Fay and Valery Gergiev discuss the enigmatic final movement of Symphony No. 5
Listen Hearing History in Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
September 23, 2006 – Marin Alsop reflects on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, who was born 100 years ago Monday.