Word: leonard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three scheduled concerts with the New York Philharmonic last week, Leonard Bernstein chose a single work...
...YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN (CBS, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). Bernstein is billing Hector Berlioz's still fascinating Symphonic Fantastique as "the first psychedelic symphony in history...
...MOST conservative piece of the evening was Leonard Lehrman's String Trio, written with frank lyricism, at times slightly oleoginous, culminating in a strong last page of almost botanical beauty. The work is not wholly successful as its ostinato Intermezzo is banal. The piece is redolent of the elegaic Bartok but would be properly described as derivative rather than eclectic...
...back East, Ethel moved down the aisle, placing pillows under the heads of friends, squeezing their arms, kissing them, urging them not to feel bad. In New York, it was Ethel who made most of the funeral arrangements, planning the seating, working out the prayer card, suggesting roles for Leonard Bernstein and Andy Williams, even finding places for the children to stay. She told Archbishop (now Cardinal-designate) Terence Cooke that she accepted Bobby's death as God's will, and therefore she wanted the ceremony to be as affirmative and optimistic as possible...
...Philadelphia: it desperately needed a big-name orchestra on its roster. The Boston Symphony, a big seller in the days of Serge Koussevitzky, has not done nearly so well under Conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Columbia has two other popular orchestras on its roster: The New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein, and George Szells Cleveland Orchestra. RCA's winning bid was a reported $340,000-a-year royalty guarantee over the next five years. That is a lot of money, but RCA thinks it has a very good chance not only of recovering its costs, but of coming out ahead...