LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S JEWISH LEGACY, incl. the KADDISH and JEREMIAH symphonies, and selections from MAHLER and GERSHWIN - 97.3 wrir

Here are some relevant articles for you to enjoy:

https://forward.com/culture/572865/leonard-bernstein-jewish-maestro-bradley-cooper-music/

In 1985, Bernstein made a video essay exploring Mahler’s Jewishness as expressed in his music. He says, “The term ‘jewishness’, of course, represents many things. It is a tradition, a faith, a school of moral philosophy, an official religion based on the laws of Moses, plus the Talmud, plus the Kabbalah, plus a certain outlook conditioned by the collective ghetto experiences of millennia. Moreover, at the time of Mahler’s birth in the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the 1860’s, ‘jewishness’ also meant being subject to a quite specific number of laws and regulations–not at all from the Mosaic code–involving most aspects of daily life. For example, there was the so-called Familiengesetz, or ‘Families Law’, which quite arbitrarily proscribed the maximum number of legal Jewish marriages, a number fixed for some reason at 8600 for the whole of Bohemia.” Here you can watch that film in its entirety:

Here you can read a translation of the text to Mahler’s song “The Drummer Boy”.

Leonard Bernstein tirelessly championed and interpreted the music of Gustav Mahler, as seen here in a 1960 broadcast:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_People%27s_Concerts

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Jean Barr, “Invocation and Trance (from Dybbuk)”

from Bernstein: Jewish Legacy (A)

Milken Archive of Jewish Music - 2003

Leonard Bernstein & Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam, “Symphony No. 1, III. Feierlich und gemessen”

from Panorama: Gustav Mahler

Deutsche Grammophon - 2000

Barry Snyder & Angelina Reaux, “Psalm 148”

from Bernstein: Jewish Legacy (A)

Milken Archive of Jewish Music - 2003

Christa Ludwig, Leonard Bernstein & London Symphony Orchestra, “Candide: Act I, No. 14, I Am Easily Assimilated”

from Bernstein: Theatre Works

Deutsche Grammophon - 2010

Bonita Boyd & Barry Snyder, “Halil (arr. for Flute and Piano): Halil”

from Bernstein: Jewish Legacy (A)

Milken Archive of Jewish Music - 2003

Leonard Bernstein, “Mass. A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers: XIII. The Lord's Prayer: 1. Our Father...”

from Bernstein: Mass

Sony Classical - 1971

Leonard Bernstein, “IV. Adagietto, Sehr langsam”

from Mahler: Sympony No. 2, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 8 (part one)

Sony Classical - 2018

Leonard Bernstein, “Kaddish, Symphony No. 3 (To the Beloved Memory of John F. Kennedy): I. Invocation. Kaddish 1”

from Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Kaddish & Chichester Psalms

Sony Classical - 1964

Leonard Bernstein, “Jeremiah, Symphony No. 1: III. Lamentation”

from Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Jeremiah & The Age of Anxiety

Sony Classical - 1962

Leonard Bernstein, “Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung”

from Mahler: Sympony No. 2

Sony Classical - 2018