Wednesday, November 17, 2021
7:30 PM

Pianist and raconteur Bruno Leone returns to the Athenaeum on November 18 with an exciting and explorative adventure into “The World of Music & Movies.” Beginning with Hollywood’s earliest attempts at combining music and drama on the silver screen and moving on to the Golden Age of music and cinema, he will play, sing and chat his way through many of cinemas most memorable musical moments.

ONLINE BRUNO LEONE MUSIC LECTURE

George and Ira Gershwin rank high among the greatest composer/lyricist teams in America. From Broadway to Hollywood and until George’s untimely death at age 38, the Gershwin brothers were dominant figures in the world of popular music. George was renowned for his melodies. In fact, Leonard Bernstein, in his Joy of Music, wrote that “not since Tchaikovsky has there been a more inspired melodist than George Gershwin.” For his part, Ira was the master of the prosaic. Inspired by his brother’s music, he skillfully developed a compositional philosophy which premised that “a good lyric should be rhymed conversation.” Pianist and historian Bruno Leone will chat, play and sing his way through many of the Gershwin’s most memorable melodies. Join Mr. Leone as he weaves the melodic excellence of George and the lyrical beauty of Ira into a tapestry of songs and stories taken from a truly golden era in American music.

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