Online Videos with Leonard J. Lehrman
Helene Williams, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman on synthesizer,
sings "Listen" -
his setting of words by Walt Whitman, #26 from his Leaves of Grass
at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, in the 15th Annual NYSCA Decentralization Awards Ceremony
hosted by the Huntington Arts Council, Diana Cherryholmes, director
Feb. 8, 2012
Patrice Eaton, mezzo-soprano, and Mimi Stern-Wolfe, pianist,
perform the world premiere of Leonard Lehrman's setting of
Langston Hughes' poem
"Let America Be America Again"
at St. Marks-in-the-Bowery, Jan. 15, 2012
(The composer takes a bow at the end.)
Shirley Romaine interviews Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman, Dec. 19, 2011
on Artscene on Long Island, telecast in Jan. 2012:
Helene Williams & Leonard perform The Broadway You Know & Don't Know
Syosset Public Library, Dec. 3, 2011
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" from Showboat
"Our Private World" from On the Twentieth Century
"To Keep My Love Alive" from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
"People Will Say We're in Love" from Oklahoma
"Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler on the Roof!
"So in Love" and
"I Hate Men" from Kiss Me, Kate
"You Must Meet My Wife" from A Little Night Music
"Memory" from Cats
"Carried Away" from On the Town
"Send in the Clowns" from A Little Night Music
"Let's Change the Woild" by Leonard Lehrman & Guenter Loscher
Great Neck Library, Nov. 20, 2011
Video by Amy Strauss Glass
Rockville Centre Public Library, Nov. 13, 2011
"Make Believe" & "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" from ShowboatJericho Jewish Center's Kosher Kabaret, Sunday evening, Nov. 6, 2011
Leonard Lehrman accompanies Cantor Barry Black in
Chazonim oyf Probe and
A Yiddishe Momme
Leonard Lehrman accompanies himself in Tom Lehrer's
Hanukkah in Santa Monica & Goot Yuntif,
the latter with lyrics by Lehrman
The Motyl String Quartet's first performance of Leonard's
Suite for String Quartet #2: Remembrance (4 movements)
at Kupferberg Center, Queensborough Community College,
Kristallnacht Commemoration of Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6, 2011
Harvard College Class of 1971 40th Reunion Performing Arts Event
Science Center, Sept. 24, 2011
Helene Williams & Reunion Class Choir sing Leonard Lehrman's & Abel Meeropol's
Conscience conducted by Rick Wilson, accompanied by the composer
Vicki Smith & Helene Williams, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman, sing Gioacchino Rossini's Cat Duet.
John Posner leads the Reunion Choir in Harvard Songs, accompanied by David Smith & Leonard Lehrman
Harvard College Class of 1971 40th Reunion Memorial Service
Memorial Church, Sept. 23, 2011
Reunion Class Choir sings Leonard Lehrman's
Blessing & Prayer for Healing
conducted by Rick Wilson, accompanied by the composer
Leonard Lehrman performs his "Harvard-Radcliffe Reflections,"
an organ postlude based on the musical letters
HArvArD-rADCliFFE rEFlECtionS: "worSt ClASS EvEr"
plus "Fair Harvard," "10,000 Men of Harvard,"
"Change the World, It Needs It" and "Let's Change the Woild!"
Harvard's Memorial Church Choir, Sept. 23, 2011, at Morning Prayer,
sings Leonard Lehrman's
We Wish You Peace
Songs of Protest, Naturism & Broadway
with Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman
presented by New York Green Fest at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Videotaped by Ross Scott, August 6, 2011
excerpts:
Lehrman Family Cabaret
with Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman
performing at 125th Anniversary Lehrman Family Reunion
at Kutsher's in Monticello, NY, June 18, 2011
excerpts:
Court Street Music House Concert/StudentRecital
Valley Stream, NY, June 12, 2011
Excerpts from video by Robert Goldberg
Leonard Lehrman Conducts (& Accompanies)
The Blaue Jung's and Hanseaten Deern German Chorus
in concert in East Meadow, NY, April 10, 2011. Highlights:
"Die Lorelei" by Heinrich Heine and Friedrich Silcher (Frauenchor)
"Die Lorelei" by Heinrich Heine and Franz Liszt (Solo: Helene Williams)
"An de Alster, an de Elbe, an de Bill" by Richard Gerner
sung by Heinz Wieglieb and Men's Chorus
An Afternoon of Song by Leonard Lehrman & Charles Osborne
performed by them and Helene Williams, David Perper,
and (host) Faith Steinsnyder, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 23, 2011
at The Village Temple in Manhattan; videotaped by Jessica Lehrman
David Bernz, Leonard Lehrman, and others
perform their new words to
Woody Guthrie's "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You,"
and Pete Seeger leads them all in his "If I Had A Hammer," at the
Memorial to Art Kamell,
videotaped by Joe Friendly, Dec. 4, 2010 in Beacon, NY.
Also present: Helene Williams, Connie Hogarth,
David Amram, Charlie King, Karen Brandower
Announcement at Five Towns Forum Meeting, Hewlett, NY, Nov. 12, 2010
of the formation of an
International Committee on the Arts for Social Justice
Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, Mahwah, NJ, Aug. 8, 2010
Repeat of 60th Birthday Concert of Music by Charles Osborne & Leonard Lehrman;
excerpts:
Court Street Music House Concert/Student Recital
Valley Stream, NY, June 27, 2010
Excerpts from video by Robert Goldberg:
Earl Robinson Centennial Celebration at Local 802, Manhattan
presented by the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case (NCRRC)
with Helene Williams, Perry Robinson, Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus
videotaped by Casey Butcher, June 17, 2010
Leonard's Meditation for 2 Pianists
for Marcio Bezerra & Estibaliz Gastesi in memory of Terry Winter Owens
premiered by them, March 19, 2010, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
Joint 60th Birthday Concert for Charles Osborne & Leonard Lehrman
Bryant Library, Roslyn, NY, Aug. 20, 2009
Excerpts from Video by Robert Goldberg:
Helene Williams, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman, sings
Shakespeare sonnet settings
by Joel Mandelbaum (#73 [world premiere] & 116)
and Leonard Lehrman (#29 [world premiere]),
presented by Downtown Music Productions, St. Marks-in-the-Bowery, June 22, 2008
The Booby Trap or Off Our Chests
a musical on the link between bras & breast cancer
by Sydney Ross Singer (book & lyrics) & Leonard Lehrman (music & additional lyrics)
performed by Cary Bair, Kathryn Wieckhorst, Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman
presented by Womanspace at the Senior Center, Great Neck, NY
as part of "Prevention Is the Cure" Week, May 17, 2008
in memory of Susan Blake
The Opera/Musical Theatre Special Interest Group of The Naturist Society
performance at Empire Haven, Moravia, NY,
part of the Northeast Naturist Festival, Aug. 10, 2007
featuring Susan Blake, Helene Williams, Cary Bair, and Leonard Lehrman
Video by Stephen Van Eck
Bajour (lyrics & music by Walter Marks, 1964):
Where Is the Tribe for Me? (Susan)The Booby Trap or Off Our Chests
by Sydney Ross Singer (Book, Lyrics) & Leonard Lehrman (Music, Additional Lyrics)
E.G.: A Musical Portrait of Emma Goldman,
music by Leonard Lehrman, book & lyrics by Leonard Lehrman & Karen Ruoff Kramer,
in performance at The Living Theatre, May 1, 2007,
presented by The Libertarian Book Club,
starring Helene Williams with the composer at the piano,
Susan Blake at the projector, and Carol Jochnowitz at the lightboard,
videotaped by Bill Castleman. Performance dedicated to the memory of Paul Avrich.
Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 5, 2002
Poetry Into Music: Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano
Introduction by Alex Skovron
Introduction by Leonard Lehrman
The Bourgeois Poet #1-5 (poetry: Karl Shapiro; music: Leonard Lehrman)
Introductory - The Bourgeois Poet - Deep-Thinking Machine - When Suffering Is Everywhere - How Do I Love You?
Chris Wallace-Crabbe (1934- ) reads "Antipodean Heads" by John Forbes (1950-1998)
and her own "Missing Him"
Jacob Rosenberg (1922-2008) reads "A Strange Bird" by Michael Dransfield (1948-1973)
and his own "I Remember"
Alex Skovron (1948- ) reads
"Crosstalk" by John Tranter (1943- )
Alex Skovron (1948- ) reads his own "The Golem"
Alison Croggon (1962- ) reads "Love Sonnet #9" by Edith Speers (1949- ), "Woman's Song" by Judith Wright (1915-2000),
and her own "Fugue"
Ian McBryde (1953- ) reads "After Babel" by Peter Goldsworthy (1951- ) and his own "Equatorial"
Helene Williams sings
Gordon Brisker's setting of Jacob Rosenberg's "I Remember"
Finale (#8) from The Bourgeois Poet: A'men
Introduction #2 (and Acknowledgments) by Alex Skovron
An Australian Odyssey
Sacco and Vanzetti
an opera in 3 acts
words & music begun by Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)
completed in 2001 by Leonard Lehrman
world premiere production, concertante with piano
starring Gregory Mercer (Sacco), James Sergi (Vanzetti),
with Helene Williams, Monica Harte, Tammy Hensrud, Tara Venditti,
Steven Tharp, Mark Wolf, Lars Woodul, Robert Osborne,
Nicole Mercer, Maurice Edwards, Leonard Lehrman
conducted from the piano by Leonard Lehrman, assisted by Michael Pilafian
videotaped by Benjamin Spierman at final performance of Aug. 19, 2001
at The White Barn Theatre, Westport, CT:
Symposium on Sacco and Vanzetti at White Barn Theatre, Aug. 18, 2001
Introduction by Vincent Curcio
Opening Speech by Joan Peyser
Speech by Leonard Lehrman
Speech by Robert Palmer
Speech by Brenda Lewis
Speech by Anton Coppola
Q&A Part 1
Q&A Part 2
Tom Lehrer Songfest, Eastern Naturist Gathering, June 21, 2000:
Leonard Lehrman performs
New World: An Opera About What Columbus Did to the "Indians"
2-act opera commissioned by the Puffin Foundation for the Columbian Quincentennial
world premiere Aug. 11, 1992 at Heckscher Park, Huntington
co-sponsored by Long Island Composers Alliance
libretto by Joel Shatzky, music by Leonard Lehrman, conducted by the composer
directed by Benjamin Spierman, starring
Mark Wolff, Ronald Edwards, Helene Williams, Janis Sabatino Hills,
Robert Ross, Herman Gaddy, and John Sharpe
with members of the Long Island Singers & Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus
Tales of Malamud
3 one-act operas based on stories by Bernard Malamud:
Idiots First, based on the eponymous story, begun by Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964), completed in 1973 by Leonard Lehrman
Suppose A Wedding, based on the eponymous Scene of a Play, composed by Leonard Lehrman in 1995
Karla, based on "Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party," composed in 1974 by Leonard Lehrman
Merkin Concert Hall, June 23, 1991
Helene Williams, accompanied by Leonard Lehrman, sings
Zelophehad's Daughters
by Leonard Lehrman, with the Wendy Osserman Dance Group,
videotaped by Richard Corey
Other songs by Leonard, sung by Helene at that concert:
The SDI Waltz
Crimes (text by Edith Segal)
She also sang Edith's Underneath the Spanish Stars, with Edith on castanets.
Speakers at the NCRRC meeting preceding the concert included
Morris U. Schappes, Nathaniel S. Lehrman, and Edith Segal.
Marymount Manhattan Theater, June 11, 1989
Leonard Lehrman conducts Peter Schlosser, Helene Williams,
and The Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
in his Rosenberg Cantata, We Are Innocent
based on The Death House Letters by Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
used by permission of their sons, commissioned by
The National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case
and The Professor Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation for Ethics, Religion, Science, and the Arts.
The following movements, videotaped by Richard Corey, are posted on YouTube:
Harlem School of the Arts, Jan. 15, 1989
Leonard Lehrman conducts William Warfield, Ronald Edwards
and The Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus
accompanied by Christine Niehaus
in Elie Siegmeister's cantata I Have A Dream
on text by Edward Mabley based on the Aug. 28, 1963 speech
of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
in its Manhattan premiere, hosted by Robert Sherman and Betty Allen
videotaped by Richard Corey
E.G.: Scenes from the Life of Emma Goldman,
music by Leonard Lehrman, book & lyrics by Leonard Lehrman & Karen Ruoff Kramer,
first performance, benefit for U.S. Americans for Peace,
West Berlin, May 4, 1986, on the 100th anniversary of the Haymarket Riot,
featuring soprano Elizabeth Parcells with Leonard Lehrman at the piano.
The Family Man
one-act one-character opera by Leonard Lehrman
after story by Mikhail Sholokhov
performed by Ronald Edwards
accompanied at the piano by the composer
staged by Lou Rodgers for Golden Fleece, Ltd., June 1985
Sima
two-act opera by Leonard Lehrman
after "Tscheta Krasovitskikh" (The Krasovitsky Couple)
by David Aizman, tr. by Edgar H. Lehrman
performed at Barnes Hall, Cornell University, 1976
co-sponsored by Ithaca Opera Association
broadcast on Cable TV May 1977
with chorus, piano, harpsichord & organ
conducted by the composer
directed by the composer & Glen Becker
starring Paul Gibbons & Carol Skinner as Yakov & Regina Krasovitsky,
Joanne Ball as Manya, Yvonne Parkes as Lyuba,
and Julie Gibbons as Sima
Video by Louis Mezgar