Well, two years after reading Joe's post about Bernstein's Harvard Lectures, I've now watched all 6. As the subject says: wow! (I downloaded them and they've been on a memory stick in the back of my last two TVs.) I've learnt a lot. And not only about music: in #6 he analyses poetry by E E Cummings and T S Eliot and draws parallels with Stravinski.

But I'd like a second opinion on many of Bernstein's theories and assertions. I wonder if other modern conductors could present a similar analysis? Do any current conductors have Bernstein's breadth of knowledge?

A few months ago, or maybe a few years ago, I watched a docu about Marin Alsop on Sky TV (here in the UK): The Conductor

I'm also part-way though LB's biography by Humphrey Burton, which I recommend.