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BERNSTEIN: A White House Cantata.(Review)
BERNSTEIN: A White House Cantata
[] J. Anderson, Hendricks; Hampson, Acquah, Tarver, N. Jenkins, Watson; London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Nagano. English texts only. DG 289 463 448-2
In May 1976, Leonard Bernstein's last Broadway show, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, opened and closed in less than a week. An informal history of the White House and some of its more prominent occupants, the musical had noble intentions but a chaotic, shockingly unwieldy structure that liberally mixed history, metaphor and a fictional storyline concerning the artists of a stranded theatrical troupe. A single pair of actors played a gallery of Presidents and First Ladies, from John and Abigail Adams to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. As Bernstein's 1600 collaborator, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, later confessed, "It takes great talent to make great mistakes."
During a four-year preparation period (and an unusually arduous tryout tour), Bernstein composed massive amounts of music for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. A White House Cantata is a concert adaptation of Bernstein's work, drawn chiefly from the original musical's historical episodes. There is some stirring music here, and some charming music. The lyrics are stylish and clever, the ...
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...young composers. The season, which focuses on the interaction of voices and instruments: - Leonard Bernstein: A White House Cantata - Oct. 10 and 11 at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis. A semi-staged concert version of Bernstein's 1976 flop...
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