Revisiting Bernstein's Immodest 'Mass'
Sep 27th, 2008 · Leonard Bernstein wrote his Mass to memorialize John F. Kennedy. But conductor Marin Alsop says that the dizzyingly eclectic work reveals more about its composer than anyone else.
Sep 27th, 2008 · Leonard Bernstein wrote his Mass to memorialize John F. Kennedy. But conductor Marin Alsop says that the dizzyingly eclectic work reveals more about its composer than anyone else.
Aug 19th, 2008 · Pastor Rick Warren asked both presidential candidates about their definition of "rich" this weekend. They gave very different answers. Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute offers his definition of rich, middle class and upper middle class.
Jul 1st, 2008 · The credit crunch has hit many Americans. Jared Bernstein, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and author of "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Economic Mysteries)," discusses the effect on consumers and credit card firms.
Mar 26th, 2008 · The keyboardist delivers a historically informed performance worthy of the passion behind Handel's Organ Concertos on a new CD. Egarr possesses a remarkable gift for combining subtle musical gestures with forward–moving, irrepressible rhythms.
Jun 12th, 2007 · A Georgia judge called Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence for consensual teen sex "a grave miscarriage of justice" and ordered him released from prison. But the former high school football star and scholar remains behind bars following a notice of appeal. B.J. Bernstein, Wilson's attorney, talks about the case that is stirring national debate.
Jun 5th, 2007 · In his new biography of Sen. Hillary Clinton, writer Carl Bernstein claims to cut through what he calls the "self-generated myth" about the presidential candidate. Bernstein talks about the details of his new book, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Jan 4th, 2007 · Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra rings in the new year at Tonic in New York. The MTO re-imagines 1920s Midwestern-style territory charts and giddily wails into 2007. A recent profile of Bernstein on Morning Edition sums it up: "There's magic in mixing the strange and the familiar."
Oct 9th, 2006 · Steven Bernstein mashes the sound of big band era jazz with well-known pop songs. His latest band, the Millennial Territory Orchestra, has just released its first album: 'MTO Volume One.'