Maestro
WARNING ! This article contain spoilers for Maestro ( 2023 ) !
Summary
The inspiration for Bradley Cooper ’s young movie , Maestro , is the fabled composer Leonard Bernstein , who created many famous writing throughout his career that are still well - recognise today . Nine - time Oscar nominee Cooper return as director with the Bernstein biopicMaestro , which marked the second title he directed after 2018’sA Star Is Born . Cooper co - wroteMaestrowith Josh Singe , which they also produce , alongside Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese . The biopic mostly focuses on Bernstein ’s kinship with his wife , Felicia Montealegre ( Carey Mulligan ) , butit also play up the life and career of the large - than - life twentieth century melodic figure .
Bernstein earned legion awards over his calling as an acclaimed music director , composer , and pianist , let in a remarkable 16 Grammy Awards . He even became Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 1958 , a exploit recognized throughoutMaestro ’s story . On top of his valued part to medicine , he was also involved in many human-centered upshot , such as the Civil Rights Movement and HIV / AIDS inquiry . Throughout his career , which traverse almost five decade , Bernstein ’s musical compositions included operas , film scores , symphony orchestra , and musical theater , with some of his creations being part ofMaestro’ssoundtrack .
15"Prelude, Fugue, And Riffs"
Composed in 1949
Prelude , Fugue and Riffsis a malarkey physical composition and one of Bernstein ’s in force works , which he composed in 1949 . It was originally write for the Woody Herman striation , but by the meter Bernstein dispatch the employment , the band had broken up ( viaLeonard Bernstein Office ) . The first sentence it was aired was in 1955 on a television system show Bernstein hosted calledThe World of Jazz . Bernstein’sPrelude , Fugue and Riffsis one of his most ofttimes perform concert employment .
14"Serenade After Plato’s Symposium"
Completed in 1954
Serenade After Plato ’s Symposiumis a half - hour - long composing for solo fiddle , train , and pleximetry , which was inspired by the philosopher Plato ’s workThe Symposium . It ’s one of Bernstein ’s most melodic compositions , dedicated to Serge Koussevitzky and commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation ( viaLeonard Bernstein Office).Bernstein conducted the premiere ofSerenade After Plato ’s Symposiumwith violinist Isaac Stern and Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice in 1954 .
13"Divertimento For Orchestra"
Completed in 1980
12"Symphony No.3, ‘Kaddish’"
Completed in 1963
Leonard Bernstein ’s notable composition Symphony No . 3"Kaddish"is among his most striking works , which is intended to consist of a narrator , choir , soprano soloist , and a enceinte orchestra when performed . The musical work ’s deed , Kaddish , is a computer address to the Jewish prayer of the same name that is chanted as a mourning ritual at temple services . The composition by the 45 - year - old Bernstein was aptly consecrate to President John F. Kennedy ’s memory , as he had died only weeks before the symphony ’s first performance in 1963.Part of the symphony also made it into Bradley Cooper’sMaestroas the final Sung .
11"On The Waterfront"
Completed in 1955
Among Berstein ’s majuscule accomplishments link up to his study as a film composer , which included the score to the Best Picture Oscar - acquire movieOn the Waterfront(1954 ) . The movie , starring Marlon Brando and directed by Elia Kazan , was Bernstein ’s only motion picture score not adapted from a stage play with songs . Bernstein ’s piece of work paid off , because , among the motion picture ’s Academy Awards nomination , itreceived an Oscar nod for Best Music Score , but the moving picture did n’t win in that class . TheMaestrosoundtrack also includes snipping of the Symphonic Suite fromOn the Waterfront .
10"Symphony No.1, ‘Jeremiah’"
Completed in 1942
Symphony No . 1,Jeremiahwasthe work that established Bernstein as an authoritative symphonist , and nock the institution of a theme that would continue to inspire many of his works thereafter . Including three drive ( " Prophecy , " " Profanation , " and " Lamentation"),Jeremiahis distinguish after the major Hebrew prophet and includes text from the Hebrew Bible for the latter section . The premiere of this oeuvre came in 1944 , shortly after Bernstein ’s conducting launching with the New York Philharmonic after covering for Bruno Walter – the event that kicks ofMaestro ’s fib . As depicted inMaestro , Bernstein did n’t have a effective relationship with his father , but the two harmonise after his overwhelming receipt at Carnegie Hall , leading him to dedicateJeremiahto his father , Sam .
Actor Bradley Cooper asterisk in and directed Netflix ’s Maestro , but along with that , he admit his 6 - year - onetime daughter , Lea , in the cast .
9Chichester Psalms
Completed in 1965
While Bernstein was on a sabbatic from his view as the New York Philharmonic ’s Music Director in 1965 , theDean of the Cathedral of Chichester , Walter Hussey , ask Bernstein to write a piece for the Cathedral ’s 1965 euphony festival . Chichester Psalmswas his first man after 1963 ’s Symphony No . 3Kaddish , and although it was mean for the festival , the three - movement choral report premier first at the Philharmonic Hall in New York City . The 2nd movement made it inMaestro ’s end credits .
8Wonderful Town
Completed in 1953
Leonard Bernstein write the score for the 1953 musicalWonderful Town , and he did so on very poor posting . It reunited him with his old friends Betty Comden and Adolph Green , who wrote the lyric . The musical , adjust from the bookMy Sister Eileen , open on Broadway on February 25 , 1953 , and won five Tony Awards . fantastic Townincludes element of his early objet d’art , Prelude , Fugue , and Riffs , and is remembered as one of his lightest and most frequently do make-up .
7Trouble In Tahiti
Completed in 1951
Another of the real Leonard Bernstein ’s most famous compositions isTrouble in Tahiti , a one - act opera house consisting of seven setting with an English libretto publish by Bernstein . WhereasWonderful Townis one of his unclouded , Trouble in Tahitiis the darkest among the composer ’s work . inhalation hit him while he was on his honeymoon with Felicia Montealegre , and the opera tells the chronicle of a daytime in the life-time of an unhappy young couple . It was based on his relationship with his parent , though he changed his female parent ’s name in the opera from Jennie to Dinah . The intermezzo of the 1952 - premiering opera house also makes it into Netflix’sMaestro .
6On The Town
Completed in 1944
In one ofMaestro ’s most memorable fantasy scenes , at which clock time young Leonard Bernstein is courting Felicia Montealegre , the couple watches performance of his compositionOn the Townbefore Bernstein himself connect in and dances . On the Townwas Leonard Bernstein ’s first paw at musical theater , born from a ballet calledFancy Free . It tells the story of three navy man on 24 - hour leave of absence in New York City , which is remembered as a loving ode to the city that Bernstein bid dwelling house .
The composer ’s friends , Betty Comden and Adolph Green , write the lyric , with Paul Feigay create the show . The musical was an inst hit on Broadway , although Bernstein was comparatively unidentified at the clock time . Several melodic numbers fromOn the Townare featured in Bradley Coopr’sMaestro , including " Lonely Town , " " New York , New York , " and " deport off . "
