Leonard Bernstein

They conduct classical, but they love pop and rock too

2013-01-05 05:00:00

Ever wonder what longhairs listen to when they let their hair down? Once upon a time, when conductors were regarded as remote intellectual titans, no one would have thought to ask. Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, once described...

Paul Tanner dies at 95; trombonist with Glenn Miller Orchestra

2013-02-06 21:23:00

Paul Tanner, a trombonist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra who became a prominent jazz educator at UCLA and created an unusual electronic musical instrument heard on the Beach Boys' classic 1966 hit "Good Vibrations," has died. He was 95. Tanner died...

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett dies at 76; composer had 3 Oscar nods

2012-12-30 12:10:00

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, a prolific British composer, arranger and pianist whose film scores were nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City. He was 76. Bennett died Dec. 24 after a brief illness, his publisher Novello & Co...

Conrad Bain of 'Diff'rent Strokes' dies; co-stars' tragedies 'painful'

2013-01-16 11:48:00

Conrad Bain, the actor who played a white millionaire who adopted�two African American boys on the NBC comedy "Diff'rent Strokes," has died. He was 89. Bain's daughter Jennifer said�Bain died of natural causes in Livermore, where he had been moved to...

Conrad Bain dies at 89; played father on 'Diff'rent Strokes'

2013-01-17 00:00:00

While portraying the white millionaire father on the hit TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," Conrad Bain was often asked whether he enjoyed working alongside such scene-stealing young co-stars as Gary Coleman, who precociously played one of his two adopted...

Review: Jewish songwriters set 'Broadway Musicals' singing on PBS

2013-01-01 15:06:00

"Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy," which airs New Year's night on PBS (that's PBS SoCal, for local viewers) as part of its "Great Performances" series, shares again the great open secret that American culture is to a great extent Jewish culture. More...

Dave Brubeck dies at 91; jazz legend

2012-12-05 16:33:00

In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn't drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like "baloney!" and "you bet" over ruder alternatives. He had a prodigious work ethic that had been...

'Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars' recap: Ladies' Night

2012-11-26 20:38:00

We’re down to the wire, ballroom fans. In Monday’s round of “Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars” two-night finale extravaganza, the three remaining all-stars danced two full routines. The first was a repeat dance, in which each...

Elliott Carter dies at 103; inventive American composer

2012-11-06 00:00:00

Elliott Carter, the great American composer who was born in the horse-and-buggy era but whose music persistently looked ahead by reflecting and unabashedly celebrating the intricacies of modern life, died Monday of natural causes at his home in New York,...

Review: 'Reinventing Bach' by Paul Elie casts a wide net

2012-09-30 00:00:00

-------------------- Reinventing Bach Paul Elie Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 498 pp., $30.00 -------------------- Halfway through reading Paul Elie's "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? All-purpose angst? Or could it be that Bach...

L.A. Philharmonic will spotlight dance in season opener

2012-08-13 12:54:00

The Los Angeles Philharmonic will open its new season with a program that will focus on ballet and modern dance. The gala concert, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, is set for Sept. 27 at Walt Disney Concert Hall and is being organized in partnership with...

Library of Congress names new entries for National Recording Registry

2012-05-23 04:36:14

**1/2 (out of four) "What are you doing, why, and what's the point?," asks Austrian actor/director Peter Kern of the filmmakers making a documentary about him. Later, he claims the film will contain no truth about him.

2012-10-04 14:55:00

. Scored for speaker, soprano, chorus and orchestra, the score incorporates the Hebrew liturgy for mourning and a monodrama written by Bernstein, his emotional conversation with God. The absorbing, challenging piece deserves to be better known.

2012-09-11 00:00:00

Claire Bloom performs the speaking part in Leonard Bernstein's "Kaddish" symphony with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

2012-09-11 00:00:00