Harvey Brownstone Interviews Leonard Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2023
- Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Leonard Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein
About Harvey's guests:
Today’s guest, Jamie Bernstein, is an author, narrator, director, broadcaster and filmmaker who also happens to be the daughter of one of the greatest legendary composers and conductors the world has ever known, Leonard Bernstein.
He’s been immortalized by the genius of his many iconic compositions. His Broadway shows: “On the Town”, “Wonderful Town”, “Candide” and “West Side Story”; the film score to the movie, “On the Waterfront”; and his magnificent, timeless operas, symphonies, ballets and theatre pieces including “Trouble in Tahiti” and the sequel, “A Quiet Place”, “Prelude, Fugue and Riffs”, Symphony Number 1: Jeremiah; “Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers”, Symphony Number 3: Kaddish, Dybbuk, Songfest, Divertimento, and Arias and Barcarolles. And his renowned, groundbreaking Young People’s Concerts turned all of us into music lovers.
Our guest writes and narrates educational concerts all around the world, not only about her father in “The Bernstein Beat”, but also about Mozart, Aaron Copland, Stravinsky, and other great composers. She’s produced and hosted the New York Philharmonic’s live national radio broadcasts, as well as many summer broadcasts from Tanglewood, and educational concerts for the New World Symphony in Miami.
She also narrated the highly acclaimed podcast “The NY Phil Story: Made in New York.” And she co-directed the multi-award winning documentary film entitled, “Crescendo: the Power of Music”, which celebrates the amazing social transformation that happens when children from disadvantaged urban communities, participate in youth orchestra programs.
Our guest has dedicated her career to perpetuating and honoring her father’s legacy. In addition to presenting the “Bernstein Beat” concerts, she created and edits a newsletter called “Prelude, Fugue & Riffs,” to keep the international community of Leonard Bernstein fans connected.
In 2018 our guest released her highly compelling, fascinating and poignant book entitled, “Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein”.
And she and her 2 siblings Alexander and Nina, provided much input into the making of the brand new film about their father called, “Maestro”, starring Bradley Cooper, which is now showing on Netflix.
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What a phenomenal interview with a kind, generous, and grounded human being, Jamie Bernstein. This conversation was riveting and a blessing to the world!
WOW what a beautiful thing to say. Thank you so much!
Great interview! Love how Jamie Bernstein is keeping her dad's wonderful legacy alive for a new generation of music lovers.
She’s a wonderful person
After seeing the Leonard Bernstein biopic "Maestro" on Netflix, I just had to invite Bernstein's daughter Jamie on our show to discuss her book ("Famous Father Girl"), her father's brilliant music career, and of course, her thoughts about the movie. In this candid in-depth interview she provides many fascinating insights which really enhanced my appreciation of the movie. I'm not at all surprised that this episode of our show has gone viral. I hope you'll enjoy this conversation with the daughter of a true American legend.
Thank you Harvey Brownstone for providing such a wonderful interview and can’t say enough great about Jamie Bernstein!! Jamie I enjoy listening to your interviews as much as I enjoyed Maestro! Thank you for sharing your family and your thoughts with us!
Thank you so much for watching this very special episode of our show
Wonderful, sympathetic interviewer, and it's fascinating to hear someone so articulate and with the closest personal connections to Leonard Bernstein describe their family life. It nicely compliments the film. Thank you both!
Thank you so much for watching our show.
Bravo Harvey!! What an excellent interview!! I absorbed every second! You always ask the best questions!!
Thank you Alan for watching so many of my interviews. What an incredibly loyal and supportive friend you are. I appreciate you immensely
I love the message of kindness. That comes across from Jamie very clearly, and you exude kindness and empathy yourself, Harvey. I came through the growing up years in the 60s and 70s not knowing what to do with my LGBTQ feelings. Love you Harvey. Jeffrey
Oh Jeffrey I can so easily relate to what you’re saying about dealing with our sexual identities in the 60s and 70s. Thank you for your very kind comments about me. I’m so grateful that you appreciate what I do.
Great interview. What a pleasure from both.
Thank you so much for watching
Leonard, Quincy and Michael. .WOW!
Yes!!!
It is so impressive, the amount of homework Mr. Brownstone does prior to each interview. I think it's one reason why he gets so much from his subjects (guests). They know he's deeply interested in them and their work, and has taken the time to prepare. It's uncommon in todays world of journalistic sloth.
I put my heart and soul into every interview, and spend many hours researching each guest’s life and career. Feedback like yours means the world to me. Thank you so much for your very kind support of our show. Please spread the word!🙏❤️
Thanks for this enjoyable discussion. It was great to listen today as I will see the film Maestro tomorrow. I read about a year ago the book by Jamie Bernstein and liked it very much.
I wish you had seen the movie before watching this interview
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 You do? At the end you asked, what Jamie Bernstein would like a viewer to think about her father as a person. It was a very good question and Jamie gave a very good answer.
I agree it was a good question. But I disagree with her answer. In my opinion, the more we grew to like Felicia, the more we disliked Leonard.
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 Now after seeing the film I understand your opinion. She says that she would like people to like LB as a complicated and loving human being (this is not an accurate quote). I am not a film critic and certainly not any LB expert, but I say this: After reading the book by Jamie Bernstein I was surprised that the film lacked a personal view on LF:n life and personality. It was just a very general look without any central figure to relate to. Jamie Bernstein talks a lot about her family. A warm and happy family. I couldn't sense that in the film. The courtship of Leonard and Felicia went on and on and suddenly they had two children. I don't remember, if Nina and Alexander were just distant figures, who hardly had had any lines. Okay, LB was fooling around... There was a powerful scene with Leonard and Felicia, when Felicia finally confronted her husband. But in the whole everything just happened in the film without any particular significance. It didn't effect me emotionally, and all the time I was trying to memorize, how Jamie told about those events in her book. I certainly felt sorry for Felicia. Life with a person like LB must have been hard and challenging. It's amazing that she didn't just walk out of the marriage. It must be a trying task to live with those larger than life people - we are aware about all Mommie Dearest books. LB's children treasure the legacy of their father and rightly so. I haven't sensed any bitterness from their interviews. I don't regret watching the Maestro, but I had waited for more. LB's music was present, which is good. But there was no emotional impact. Not for me. That assistant/lover of LB, who's name is escaping me: LB described him to his family members as a brilliant young man. In what way? One can only guess as his supposed brilliance was not shown in any way.
@1arttu thank you for your very insightful comments. I agree with much of what you said
This is fantastic
Fabulous to get her insights and discover more about the legend.
Thank you so much for watching.
Lovely interview Harvey 👏👏👏
Thank you so much
Great interview
Thank you so much for watching
I love the guest and I am only a few minutes in xx
I loved her from the start too!
Very enjoyable
Thank you so much!! Greatly appreciated!❤️
Love your pronunciations ❤ - Harvey you are the G.O.A.T.
Thank you so much!!
Loved the interview with Jamie Bernstein and the Movie. I am thrilled to have a chance to sing in Bernstein’s Mass in April ‘24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thank you for making this an even more exciting journey.
That’s wonderful about your upcoming performance!! Wishing you the best of luck!! Thank you so much for watching our show!❤️
Very interesteing, though I wish it had been longer. He was such a worldfamous conductor, and would have liked his views of the wonderful orchestras and singers he worked with all over the world. And what he thought of the many critics who put him down as a conductor.
Hmmmm very interesting comments. Maybe we should invite her back for a Part 2?
This is a companion to the book I gave you!
What book did you give me?
All credit to Bradley Cooper s portrayal of Leonard Bernstein in the movie Maestro. Mahler's 2nd Symphony The Resurrection was showcased in the movie
Glad you enjoyed the movie. I hope you enjoyed this interview.
Woo hoo
Too bad the movie didn’t show more about lenny holding his fantastic Master Classes,… his wonderful Young People’s Concerts,.. his incredible interpretation of how he approached studying Mahler,
Who cares about his sex life, just another way of amoney maker,
I agree. For some reason the main focus was Bernstein’s sex life and the very sad impact it had on his marriage
Yes Bugs Bunny for sure
Sadly, I loved him more before this movie. I don’t think the movie did a good job of conveying his love of the music.
So sorry to hear that.
" Thanks " to Maestro the move, Leonard Bernstein will be only remembered as a man with a hidden sexlife.
How unfortunate.
That thought did enter my mind when I watched the movie. But as you can see from this interview, his family feels differently.
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 Your interview was incredible.. touched all bases --musical and political. I did post a blog review of Maestro with its "ups and downs," and do feel so much was left out in the movie, that we who are in are 70s, (and being musicians) had longed for. The gay aspect, was known to many of us New Yorkers who followed the Phil. It was not paramount to our adoration of Lenny. What was central was his all encompassing expression in so many forms--his genius, his energy, his immense gift as a communicator. He inspired so many-- and nurtured so many---Marin Alsop, for example.. Andre Watts, to name just a few. When Lenny died, so did a piece of us.
@ShirleyKirsten thank you so much for your beautiful comment.
The last scene with predator Bernstein in a nightclub, having sex with conducting students, was truly puzzling.
@Dan474834 that’s an interesting word… puzzling