Bernstein on Broadway
Jul. 20th, 2007 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mojosmomLeonard Bernstein was a complete and utter genius! My god, talk about your American composers, has there been anyone before or since who could do/has done what he did? I love Copland, Corigliano and a host of others, but just in scope and variety Bernstein has them all beat to hell.
There was the most marvelous concert of his work for Broadway at the Pritzker Pavilion tonight (or should I say, "Tonight, tonight . . ."?). Some of my favorites from Candide and On the Town, stuff from Wonderful Town and West Side Story, little known work from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Peter Pan. It ended with two of my favorite ensemble pieces: "Some Other Time", from On the Town, and "Make Our Garden Grow", from Candide. Beautiful voices, beautiful symphony orchestra, and a beautiful summer night. It was a short concert, only 90 minutes without intermission. I ran into a friend afterwards and we agreed that they could have played all night (oh, wait, that's Lerner and Loewe, isn't it?), and we'd have stayed and listened.
There was the most marvelous concert of his work for Broadway at the Pritzker Pavilion tonight (or should I say, "Tonight, tonight . . ."?). Some of my favorites from Candide and On the Town, stuff from Wonderful Town and West Side Story, little known work from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Peter Pan. It ended with two of my favorite ensemble pieces: "Some Other Time", from On the Town, and "Make Our Garden Grow", from Candide. Beautiful voices, beautiful symphony orchestra, and a beautiful summer night. It was a short concert, only 90 minutes without intermission. I ran into a friend afterwards and we agreed that they could have played all night (oh, wait, that's Lerner and Loewe, isn't it?), and we'd have stayed and listened.
