Performed from Highland Park’s Ravinia Festival, Great Performances presents legendary composer Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish symphony featuring the talent of Uniting Voices (formerly Chicago Children’s ...

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 ...

Of all the multifold moods and personalities that course through the music of Leonard Bernstein, there are two traits that stand out as particularly characteristic — his jazzy energy and his tender, ...

NEW YORK — Top names in the classical music world are converging on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home of Tanglewood to celebrate the legacy of Leonard Bernstein on his centennial. On what ...

For a little more than a minute on Saturday night, the only sound that could be heard in the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox was the pure, silvery tone of a single violin. The hundreds of people in ...

Maestro Joseph Giunta has served as the music director at the Des Moines Symphony for 34 years and is currently leading them in their 86th season. For renowned musician Joseph Giunta, his admiration ...

The South Florida Symphony Orchestra premieres “Candide” as part of its “Icons & Rebels Masterworks” season with performances in Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Key West. (Photo courtesy of South ...

Leonard Bernstein was never happy with the text to his Symphony No. 3, written to lament the death of President Kennedy. Following its 1963 debut, he believed the version of the Jewish prayer for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jacksonville Symphony will perform “Romeo and Juliet: Tchaikovsky & Bernstein” on Feb. 13 and 14 at Jacoby Symphony Hall. The ...

Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue … ...