'The result of my pondering:' Bernstein's 'Psalms,' 'Meditations' and more

By Dan Margolies,

Published August 9, 2023 at 9:31 AM CDT

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs with Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony

This week, Michael Stern and Dan Margolies continue to celebrate the life and work of Leonard Bernstein. We'll hear his Suite from "On the Waterfront," "Three Meditations from Mass" and "Chichester Psalms." We'll also hear Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A minor and the rollicking "Academic Festival Overture" by Johannes Brahms.

An agreement with the Kansas City Symphony allows us to share audio for this program up to four weeks after the program's original air date. You can listen to currently available episodes here.

Hosts

Michael Stern
Dan Margolies

Program

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
by Johannes Brahms
Live performance, January 2012

Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 82
by Alexander Glazunov
Carlos Miguel Prieto - guest conductor
Tianwa Yang - violin
Live performance, November 2011

Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
by Leonard Bernstein
Live performance, February 2014

Three Meditations from Mass
by Leonard Bernstein
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Live performance, March 2018

Chichester Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra
by Leonard Bernstein
Kansas City Symphony Chorus - Charle Bruffy, director
Joe Rogers - boy treble soloist
Live performance, April 2018