“ There's a theme that appears in much of your work, I say to Maurice on my last visit to Connecticut, and I can only hint at it because it's difficult to formulate or describe. It has something to do w… Jonathan Cott
“ She also thought it would be helpful to send Bernstein a copy of a book of conversations I had done with the pianist Glenn Gould, who, it turned out, was one of Bernstein’s musical heroes, as well as… Jonathan Cott
“ WOW! A GALVANIZED Igor Stravinsky reportedly exclaimed after listening to Leonard Bernstein’s astonishing recording of The Rite of Spring—a still-unsurpassed performance that Columbia Records captured… Jonathan Cott
“ In 1945, the producer Hal Wallis of Paramount Pictures seriously discussed the idea of making a biopic in which Bernstein would have played Tchaikovsky and Greta Garbo would have played Baroness von M… Jonathan Cott
“ The only moments I have when I play that are worth anything to me are when I can blissfully ignore the people I am supposed to be entertaining. No me; no silly public to amuse; only the heart and the… Jonathan Cott
