Composer Study - Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
""To achieve great things, two things are needed: A plan, and not quite enough time."
Composer Study
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Music Lesson Plan
Music Links
Read Alouds
Time & Place Connection Subjects
Recipe
Multi-Subject Connections
Science Activity, read aloud
Art Activity, read aloud
Literature Activity, read aloud, copywork
History Activity, read alouds, decoding worksheets
Bernstein related food: Black & White Cookies
Make and eat this American Dessert. Click on the picture below to go to the recipe.
Bernstein’s Music
Song 1: Cynthia Erivo performs "Somewhere" from West Side Story with the National Symphony Orchestra
Broadway superstar Cynthia Erivo performs "Somewhere (There's a Place For Us)" from West Side Story with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
From the National Symphony Orchestra's season opening Gala performance, featuring new Music Director Gianandrea Noseda. Sunday September 24, 2017.
SONG 2: Tonight
Tonight · Symphony Orchestra, Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story (Original 1957 Broadway Cast Recordings)
Song 3: Mass - Hymn and Psalm: A Simple Song: Hymn and Psalm - A Simple Song
Mass - Hymn and Psalm: A Simple Song: Hymn and Psalm - A Simple Song · Leonard Bernstein · Alan Titus · Mass Cast Studio Orchestra
The Bernstein Songbook
Song 4: Candide Overture: Leonard Bernstein conducting
Candide Overture, conducted by the composer himself, Leonard Bernstein. Concert performance of Candide with June Anderson, Jerry Hadley, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda - London Symphony Orchestra (London, December 13, 1989).
Song 5: Leonard Bernstein - Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" | WDR Funkhausorchester | A. de la Parra
Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" is Leonard Bernstein's love letter to New York with many dance and rhythm elements. Alondra de la Parra is one of the most famous female conductors in the world and performed this piece together with the WDR Funkhausorchester on 24.05.2019 at the WDR Funkhaus in Cologne.
00:00:00 I. The Great Lover Displays Himself. Allegro pesante
00:01:59 II. Lonely Town: Pas De Deux
00:05:02 III Times Square: 1944. Allegro