Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Part One
Monday 30 May 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Monday 30 May 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
With Humphrey Burton.
1/5. Presented from New York, Leonard Bernstein's biographer Humphrey Burton introduces highlights from Bernstein's music for Broadway. The programme includes excerpts from the Jerome Robbins' ballet Fancy Free (1944) , the musical On the Town (1944) and JM Barrie's play Peter Pan (1950), for which Bernstein wrote the songs.
With contributions from, among others, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Bernstein's collaborators and lifelong friends.
Playlist
Fancy Free (excerpts)
No. 2 Opening dance; No. 3 Scene at the bar;
No. 6 Waltz; No. 7 Danzon; No. 8a Galop
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
SONY 4715 4
On the Town (excerpts)
New York, New York; I can cook too; So long, baby; I wish I was dead; You got me
Adolph Green, Cris Alexander, Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Chorus
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
COLUMBIA CK 2038
On the Town (excerpts)
Carried away; Times Square
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
COLUMBIA CK 2038
Peter Pan - incidental music (excerpts)
My House; Pirate Song
Maria Henderson
Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
COLUMBIA CK 4312
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