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Sotheby's Auction Readers rt• News for friends of Leonard Bernstein Winter 1998 To Our Sotheby's Auction Readers his issue is reaching you a Tlittle late, but oh, do we have excuses! 1997 was an intensely busy year in the world of Leonard Bernstein, culminat­ ing in a frenzy of activity sur­ rounding the auction at Sotheby's in December. 1998 promises to be equally action­ packed, as Bernstein's 80th birthday year sparks commemo­ rative events around the world. From Hokkaido to Hamburg, from Italy to Indiana: concerts, ballets, panels and competitions are now in preparation. As we enter the 8th year of Bernstein's physical absence, it appears that the world appreciates his gifts more than ever. Check the "Guest Book" at the website, and you'll see what we mean. Or talk to a kid who's just seen a video of a Young People's Concert. Or listen to the raves The "B-52" at home. of an audience streaming out of a production of WEST SIDE by Nina Bernstein and The Maestro's batons, some tion. Bidders in the room, simul­ STORY in England. It's a Jamie Bernstein Thomas originally owned by other musical taneously with those connected by cheerful task, reminding the giants such as Arturo Toscanini telephone from around the world about Leonard Bernstein; fter weeks of sorting, and Sir Georg Solti, elicited fierce world, engaged in a heated com­ the job is half-done before we lifting and packing; competition among the bidders. petition that culminated at get there. J.B. T. • after months of meet­ Those who prevailed paid as $350,000 - enough to warrant a Aings, databases and much as $16,000 for a single story in the New York Times the paperwork; after scores of inter­ baton. Portraits and caricatures of next day. We were not permitted views, articles and announce­ Mr. Bernstein were also especially to know who the buyer was beyond ments - the week of the favored; an Al Hirschfeld carica­ "a cultured American physician." Bernstein Sale at Sotheby's finally ture went for $3,250, while a por­ It was a strange sensation for arrived. The evening of trait by Larry Rivers, drawn on the family, associates and close December 10 was the first of music notation paper, sold for friends who watched from a win­ three sessions, in which many sig­ $15,000. Three evening capes, dow above the sale room while nificant items from Leonard one given to Bernstein by his men­ objects and furnishings as familiar Bernstein's professional life tor, Serge Koussevitzky, exceeded as the backs of our hands were revo lved one by one into view on their estimated value ten times by parceled out to strangers - and the Sotheby's turntable, like some fetching $4,750. yet not actually strangers. After surreal high-culture TV game But it was the Bi:isendorfer all, those who came to bid have show. The spirited bidding, how­ grand piano, "My B-52," as our an abiding affection and fascina­ ever, was no game. Some items father referred to it, that proved tion with Leonard Bernstein, and sold for many times their value. to be the centerpiece of the auc- (continued on page 3) The BETA Fund Grants Awarded Website Update Leonard Bernstein envisioned. his ideas about the arts and their by Nina Bernstein We would like to take the time to crucial connection to education. reiterate this mission and share Central to Leonard Bernstein's n November 14 leonard with you some of the grants that teaching was his belief that educa­ Obernstein.com turned one BETA have been made. tion should be concerned not year old, and we are proud of For his achievements as con­ merely with imparting received what we have accomplished in FUND ductor, composer, performer and knowledge, but in cultivating a that time. We have run seven fea­ teacher, Leonard Bernstein is rec­ lifelong appetite for new discov­ tures on the site: the New York ognized as one of the most influ­ ery. In particular, he was keen Philharmonic debut and other he Bernstein Education ential artists of the Twentieth to demonstrate that the arts can November 14 Bernstein anniver­ TThrough the Arts (BET A) Century. The passion he brought illuminate connections between saries; the televised educational Fund, Inc. is a not-for-profit phil­ to his work sprang from his con­ subjects, which Bernstein believed legacy; WEST SIDE STORY; anthropy dedicated to encourag­ viction that the arts, far from was the essence of creative think­ CANDIDE; Bernstein at ing the love of learning by means being a form of elitist amusement, ing. The BET A Fund is active Tanglewood; ON THE TOWN of the arts. are essential to the well-being of both nationally and locally, and MASS. We have run five suc­ We are grateful that the con­ both the individual and society. supporting programs which inte­ cessful contests, the most recent tinuous support for the BETA In 1990, the last year of his life, grate the arts into teaching and of which solicited essays about Fund over the past few years has Bernstein created The BET A Fund learning. • Bernstein's influence on people's enabled it to carry out the mission in order to expand and develop educational lives. (Two outstand­ ing entries are reproduced on page 5). One year in the life of the Grants made since inception Eastern Suffolk School of Music National Public Radio: "Wynton Internet is a long time - and (All grants in New York State Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Marsalis: Making the Music" many new technologies are now except where indicated): Evanston In-School Music New World Records available to us that didn't exist Association (Evanston, IL) Shakespeare Globe Center (USA) when we launched the site. As a 92nd Street "Y": Festival of Music Society for New Music result, N2K, our site producers, "Musical Introduction Series" Fools Company, Inc. Sylvan Winds will perform some renovations on 92nd Street "Y": Fortress Productions Symphony Space Curriculum leonardbernstein.com that will Teacher Training in Schools Turtles, Inc. Arts Project make it simpler and more effec­ Music Program & Schools Harlem Educational Activities TADA! tive to use. These improvements Partnership Project Fund The 52nd Street Project will take a few months to accom­ Aaron Davis Hall: Harlem School of the Arts The American Place Theatre plish, so we will offer no new fea­ "MEET THE ARTIST" Hartt School of Music (West The Children's Storefront School tures until April or May. Affiliate Artists: Hartford, CT) The Leonard Bernstein Center for However, previous features are "I DREAM A WORLD" Irondale Ensemble Project Education Through the Arts still on the site, so if you missed Alliance For The Arts: Lincoln Center for the Performing (Nashville, TN) one, or if you would like to post Kids Culture Arts: Jazz at Lincoln Center- The Midori Foundation a message in the Guest Book, or Alliance for Young Artists & "Jazz For Young People." The Neighborhood School offer suggestions as to what you Writers: Scholastic Art & Los Angeles Education Through University of Michigan School would like to see improved, you Writing Awards the Arts (Los Angeles, CA) of Music (Ann Arbor, MI) are always welcome. Americans for the Arts Meet The Composer, Inc. Vermont Institute for Teaching We look forward to seeing you (Washington, DC) Moab Music Festival, Inc. The Arts (Montpelier, VT) at the launch in the spring! • 2 Arts in Community Education (Moab, UT) WKAR: Michigan State ArtsConnection Music Educators National University (East Lansing, MI) Atlanta Arts Alliance, Inc. Conference Young Concert Artists, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) Music Outreach Youth & Music (London) Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra NARAS: Grammy Musical Classic 89 FM (Pierce, FL) Minutes (Los Angeles, CA) Concordia (Orchestra) National Dance Institute Leonard Bernstein International Sotheby's Auction, continued Composing Competition The international jury of the (continued from page 1) York Philharmonic Principal '· Leonard Bernstein Jerusalem that, in some way, makes them Clarinetist Stanley Drucker per- International Composing kin. There were also some out- forming Bernstein's CLARINET Competition decided not to and-out familiar faces there. We SONAT A; Betty Comden and award the title of Leonard were particularly delighted to see Adolph Green providing their Bernstein Jerusalem Laureate, pianist Krystian Zimerman and inimitable interpretation of 1997 at the finals. However, the baritone Thomas Hampson, Carried Away from their jury awarded Honorable beloved colleagues of the Maestro Broadway collaboration with Mentions to Ramon Lazkano as well as family friends. It was Bernste in , ON THE TOWN; (Spain) for his composition heartwarming to know that our and irresistible soprano Harolyn Lamentation, and Pascal Dusapin father's entire record collection Blackwell tossing off Glitter and (France) for his composition Celo . will now be in Hampson's safe- be Gay. After her triumphant Each composer received a cash keeping. rendition of that challenging aria, prize of $10,000, and their com- The main purpose of the auc- Ms. Blackwell recalled how hear- positions were performed at a tion was to stand the Bernstein ing WEST SIDE STORY at an Gala Concert on December 3, Education Through the Arts early age changed her life. 1997 by the Jerusalem Symphony (BETA) Fund on its own two feet, Reminiscences from , among oth- Orchestra and the Kodaly Choir and we achieved this goal. Our ers, Lauren Baca ll, Isaac Stern, of Debrecen, conducted by Mendi father had created the BETA Fund and Michael Wager rounded out Rodan. in the last year of his life, when he the picture of Bernstein as warm, The competition was open to and oratorio). All of these artists was concentrating more than ever witty and accessible.
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