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\u201cHe was a night owl,\u201d Jamie Bernstein explained of her famous father, Leonard. \u201cHe could never shut his motor off, and so, so much of his most creative times happened in the middle of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Ms. Bernstein \u2014 an accomplished narrator, writer and radio host \u2014 went on to explain, these bursts of midnight-oil-fueled musical inspiration could just as easily draw her dad to the piano at an after-hours party as it would to his home studio, but the results were always brilliant and singularly Bernstein. \u201cHe would be the last one at a party still playing the piano at four o\u2019clock in the morning, coming up with these ideas,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
This proclivity lies at the heart of \u201cLate Night with Leonard Bernstein,\u201d an intimate portrait of Leonard Bernstein that aims to recreate for a concert audience the moments of inspiration, humor, beauty, and experimentation that friends and family came to expect from the legendary musician, conductor, and composer in those magical predawn hours.<\/p>\n
The show, which opened in 2011 with a well-received run at Lincoln Center and continued at Copland House, an intimate venue in Westchester County, New York (about an hour north of New York City), incorporates familiar Bernstein favorites with rarities and celebrated tunes in their unfamiliar original contexts. In addition, the performance \u2014 which features vocalist Amy Burton, pianists John Musto and Michael Boriskin, along with spoken interludes by Ms. Bernstein \u2014 incorporates diverse works by some of the Bernstein\u2019s favorite composers and artists, including Aaron Copland, Shubert, Noel Coward, and Chopin, as well as rare video and audio clips that capture Bernstein in his many creative moods.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe really was such a larger-than-life figure,\u201d pianist and Copland House Artistic and Executive director Michael Boriskin explained. \u201cLate Night with Leonard Bernstein is a really creative and enchanting program that gives us a more personal, private view of Bernstein, who was, after all, not only one of America\u2019s greatest musicians, but also an extraordinarily public and theatrical figure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The original idea for the performance came about when the New York City Opera presented a revival of Bernstein\u2019s 1983 dramatic opera, A Quiet Place. \u00a0\u201cGeorge Steel (General Manager and Artistic Director of New York City Opera) arranged for A Quiet Place to be done,\u201d Jamie Bernstein explained, \u201cand then he created all of these events around the opera, and \u201cLate Night\u2026\u201d was one of them.\u201d From there, the four-person show played for packed housed in the New York area, and the cast is currently set to take the \u201cLate Night with Leonard Bernstein\u201d on the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was interest throughout the country, with various presenters, as in Macon,\u201d Michael Boriskin remarked. The show with the original cast will be performing \u201cLate Night\u201d at Wesleyan\u2019s Porter Auditorium in Macon on Friday, March 8th at 7:30pm. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited to bring this intimate celebration of Leonard Bernstein\u2019s life and music to Porter Auditorium,\u201d Rosemary Spiegel of the Macon Concert Association \u2014 the sponsor of the concert \u2014 said. \u201cThis will really be a special concert and a unique event for Macon.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Jamie Bernstein, \u201cLate Night with Leonard Bernstein\u201d is a unique opportunity to share a glimpse of her famous father outside of the concert halls, opera houses, and lecterns where he was so at home. \u201cThis is just the way he was, coming up with zany late-night ideas,\u201d she explained. \u201cI love telling stories about my father. He was such a character, and my family were all such fans of his music and we just enjoyed his presence. It\u2019s great to share this with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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