Episode 5 with music by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990).
1. Ballet music from: West Side Story (1959).
Theatre orchestra led by Robert Prince.
2. Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters sing Leonard Bernstein (1963).
Songs from: On The Town, West Side Story, Candide and Wonderful Town.
You will be also hearing The Ray Charles Singers
& Enoch Light and His Orchestra.
3. ‘Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein’ (1959).
Dave Brubeck, piano. Paul Desmond, altsax. Eugene Wright, contrabass. Joe Morello, drums.
The New York Philharmonic, the Dave Brubeck Quartet led by Leonard Bernstein.