Leonard Bernstein News

Whether he's foraging in the land of Radiohead, spelunking with the Cocteau Twins, or indulging in a little purified Bach-mania, eclectic pianist Christopher O'Riley seeks the true center of each piece of music he performs.

Fifty years after its release, the MGM re-mastered film returns to the big screen in high definition with its original vocals and dialog intact.

By Cynthia Leitich Smith for Cynsations Susan Goldman Rubin is the author of Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein , the Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Older Readers Category.

Humor will be served up music style at the Jan. 29 concert performed by the Mid-Columbia Symphony in Kennewick.

Byron called his poem Manfred a metaphysical drama, but when Tchaikovsky used the story of self-imposed exile as the basis of his programmatic symphony, the parallels with his own personal torment, his homosexuality, must have been painful.

Concert and cabaret artist Anna Bergman returned to Feinstein's at Loews Regency on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14 .

Pianist Lars Jansson's music is beyond category. Its roots are in jazz but, especially on Worship Of Self , it also embraces the Western classical tradition, bringing to mind the genius of Leonard Bernstein.