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Leonard Bernstein and Westside Story (2017 Audio)

aka: Juliet Appears Above, At a Window

Subject

Shakespeare; Social sciences

As a two-year global celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s work commences, Neva Grant interviews two experts on the great composer to explore his legacy and the creation of the adaptation of Romeo and Juliet,...

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Music in the Air: A History of Classical Music on Television (2012)

Director

Reiner E Moritz

Subject

Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 85 minutes), £19.15

Documentary covering the history of classical music on television which examines how the televisual medium has been instrumental in popularising music, preserving performances and making events accessible to...

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Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story (1993 Video)

Director

Christopher Swann

Producer

Humphrey Burton

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In September 1984 Leonard Bernstein conducted for the first time a complete performance of his 1957 musical ‘West Side Story’, based on the Romeo and Juliet theme. Using multiple cameras, this...

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Softest Music to Attending Ears (Radio)

Subject

Drama; Music

Radio broadcast. Graham Fawcett reflects on Romeo and Juliet as interpreted by composers Bernstein, Bellini and Gounod.

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Tonight Tonight, It’s West Side Story Night (Radio)

aka: Something’s Coming From West Side to World Wide

Producer

Emma Kingsley

Subject

Drama; Music

Radio documentary. As part of a three-hour tribute celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bernstein’s musical, two documentary programmes look at the origins of the musical, how it made its way to Broadway,...

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