Poster Leonard Bernstein, Tania Leon
Composers/conductors Leonard Bernstein and Tania Leon
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Tania Leon on meeting Bernstein

Tania Leon is a composer, conductor and a Distinguished Professor of Music at the City University of New York. On this weekend's Performance Today, Tania Leon tells us about meeting Leonard Bernstein, that "...(it) was like meeting a mythological figure."

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Tania Leon: Del Caribe, Soy!
Nestor Torres, flute; Tania Leon, piano
Del Caribe, Soy!
Naxos 8579016

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 60 in G Major, Op. 76, Mp. 1, Hob.III:75
Jasper String Quartet
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown, NY

Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Cynthia Sibitzky from Haslett, TX

Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Mambo
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Fiesta
DG 11340

Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria
Pablo Villegas, guitar
Americano
harmonia mundi 907649

Hour 2

Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra: Movement 8 In Memoriam: March, 'The BSO Forever'
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop: The Complete Naxos Recordings
Naxos 8508018

Flamenco Improvisation: Bulerias
Pepe Romero, guitar
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City, NY

Leonard Bernstein: On the Town: 3 Dance Episodes
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Sony 42263

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421
Ebene Quartet
Schwetzingen Festival, Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen, Germany

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