Performances of Leonard Bernstein’s compositions were near the top in 2018. That’s one of the intriguing placements in the Classical Music Statistics of 2018 compiled by the website Bachtrack. In this extended version of Staccato, hear Bachtrack founder Alison Karlin explain how Bernstein’s 100^th birthday celebration pushed him near the top and how women composers and conductors are making a very slow climb.

 

 

 

 

Alison Karlin 

 

 

 

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