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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 7:00 PM
San Francisco Symphony / Opening Night Gala
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director and Conductor
Dawn Upshaw, Soprano
Christine Ebersole, Vocalist
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Ensemble selected from the Vocal Arts Department and the Drama Division of The Juilliard School

BERNSTEIN  Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN  Selections from A Quiet Place
·· Prelude from Act I
·· You're Late
·· Morning. Good morning.
·· Postlude from Act I
BERNSTEIN  "I Can Cook Too" from On the Town
BERNSTEIN  Meditation No. 1 from Mass
BERNSTEIN  "What a Movie!" from Trouble in Tahiti
BERNSTEIN  "To What You Said" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN  "Danzón" from Fancy Free
BERNSTEIN  "Gee, Officer Krupke" from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN  "Ya Got Me" from On the Town


Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, Music Director and Conductor
Robert Langevin, Flute
Kiera Duffy, Soprano
Joyce Yang, Piano

MAHLER  Adagio from Symphony No. 10
LORIN MAAZEL  Music for Flute
PIERRE BOULEZ  Pli Selon Pli: Improvisation II sur Mallarmé
BERNSTEIN  Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"


Friday, September 26th, 2008 at 11:00 AM
New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, Music Director and Conductor
Robert Langevin, Flute
Kiera Duffy, Soprano
Joyce Yang, Piano

MAHLER  Adagio from Symphony No. 10
LORIN MAAZEL  Music for Flute
PIERRE BOULEZ  Pli Selon Pli: Improvisation II sur Mallarmé
BERNSTEIN  Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"


Saturday, September 27th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, Music Director and Conductor
Robert Langevin, Flute
Kiera Duffy, Soprano
Joyce Yang, Piano

MAHLER  Adagio from Symphony No. 10
LORIN MAAZEL  Music for Flute
PIERRE BOULEZ  Pli Selon Pli: Improvisation II sur Mallarmé
BERNSTEIN  Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"


Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Andres Felipe Aristizabal, Boy Treble
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
Jane Gilbert, Mezzo-Soprano
Bryan Griffin, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass

BERNSTEIN  Chichester Psalms
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 9


Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at 6:30 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Moscow

Walter Reade Theater

  Performance excerpts from Bernstein's 1959 trip to Moscow with the New York Philharmonic, a groundbreaking cross-cultural move during the Cold War.

Introduced by Barbara Haws, Archivist and Historian, New York Philharmonic.


Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at 9:00 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
From West Berlin to Tokyo with the New York Philharmonic

Walter Reade Theater

  Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Tokyo and Berlin: In these made-for-America television programs, Bernstein makes his case for universal understanding through music.

Introduced by Stanley Drucker, Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic.


Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching For The Note
Jewish Museum

  The Emmy Award-winning American Masters documentary Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note uses personal materials and historical footage to convey Bernstein's story as well as the broader context of his time. The film includes interviews with family members and noted collaborators such as Jerome Robbins, Isaac Stern, and Stephen Sondheim.

Susan Lacy, Executive Producer of the American Masters series, and director, writer, and producer of Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note, will introduce the screening.


Friday, October 17th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
The New York Pops
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
The New York Pops
Constantine Kitsopoulos, Conductor
Christiane Noll, Soprano
Lillias White, Vocalist
Martín Solá, Tenor
Tomoko Ohno, Piano
Sara Caswell, Violin
Special Guest: Phyllis Newman

JOHN WILLIAMS  For New York (Variations on Themes by Leonard Bernstein)
BERNSTEIN  Slava! (A Political Overture)
BERNSTEIN  "The Wrong Note Rag" from Wonderful Town
BERNSTEIN  "I Can Cook Too" from On the Town
BERNSTEIN  "Lonely Town" from On the Town
BERNSTEIN  "Lucky to Be Me" from On the Town
BERNSTEIN  Fancy Free Excerpts
BERNSTEIN  "One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man" from Wonderful Town
BERNSTEIN  "Spring Will Come Again"
BERNSTEIN  A Musical Toast
BERNSTEIN  LEONARD BERNSTEIN West Side Story Film Overture
BERNSTEIN  "Maria" from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN  "Tonight" from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN  "Somewhere" from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN  In Memoriam; March: "The BSO Forever" from Divertimento for Orchestra
BERNSTEIN  "It’s Gotta be Bad to be Good"
BERNSTEIN  "Conga" from Wonderful Town
BERNSTEIN  "My New Friends" from The Madwoman of Central Park West
BERNSTEIN  "Build My House" from Peter Pan
BERNSTEIN  "Take Care of This House" from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue


Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert
Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic
Delta David Gier, Conductor
Jamie Bernstein, Host
Tom Dulack, Scriptwriter and Director
Guest Artists to be announced

BERNSTEIN  "The Great Lover" from Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
COPLAND  "Skyline" from Music for a Great City (excerpt)
GERSHWIN  "I Got Rhythm" from Girl Crazy
BERNSTEIN  "America" from West Side Story
COPLAND  Fanfare for the Common Man
BERNSTEIN  On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite (excerpt)
SEBASTIAN CURRIER  "quickchange" from Microsymph
BERNSTEIN  Overture from Candide


Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
The Gift of Music- An Intimate Portrait

Walter Reade Theater

  This warm documentary portrait of Bernstein, directed by Horant H. Hohlfield, includes rare interview footage as well as excerpts from performances and his children's concerts. Introduced by Michael Barrett. (85 minutes)


Saturday, October 18th, 2008 at 4:00 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
The Art of Conducting

Walter Reade Theater

  In this Omnibus broadcast, Bernstein shows his audience the basic skills of good conducting and then transcends them to demonstrate how great conductors make music. The screening concludes with Bernstein conducting the Orchestre National de France in Ravel's Bolero.


Sunday, October 19th, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Bernstein Mass Project: A Choral Exploration
Zankel Hall

  Original choral anthems inspired by Bernstein’s Mass, composed and sung by New York City middle and high school students. The performance will also include specially chosen repertoire, including excerpts from the Bernstein Mass.


Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 6:30 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
Bernstein on Teachers and Teaching

Walter Reade Theater

  Bernstein discusses the conductors and composers who shaped his music education, among them Fritz Reiner, Aaron Copland, and Serge Koussevitzky. (59 minutes)

Excerpts from Leonard Bernstein in Salzburg 1989 conclude the screening.


Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Standard Time with Michael Feinstein
Zankel Hall
Michael Feinstein, Artistic Director

With Special Guests:
Jason Danieley
Karen Morrow
Karen Ziemba

With Pianists:
Dan Lipton
Joseph Thalken



Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
The Creative Performer

Walter Reade Theater

  Introduced by Brian Kellow, Features Editor, Opera News and author of Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell.

Bernstein leads Glenn Gould and the New York Philharmonic in Bach's D-minor Piano Concerto, and soprano Eileen Farrell in the "Suicidio" aria from La Gioconda, and Igor Stravinsky conducts excerpts from his own Firebird Suite.


Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy
Jewish Museum

  This concert of mostly unknown Bernstein works on Jewish themes is narrated by Jack Gottlieb, Bernstein’s longtime editor, and will shed new light on some of the composer’s more celebrated pieces. A number cut from West Side Story, lyrics by Sondheim, combined with another piece from an aborted musical project with lyrics by Comden and Green, will be revealed in a surprising transformation as a Bernstein choral setting in Hebrew.
  Among the other works are world premieres of A Choral Quilt (an arrangement by Gottlieb) and a song Bernstein wrote in reaction to anti-Semitism. Photographs and video footage from the Maestro’s personal and professional life will also be featured.

Artists include vocalists Janice Meyerson, Robert Abelson, Heather Buck, the Amor Artis Chamber Choir and soloists conducted by Johannes Somary, and the piano duo of Eric Birk and Bernadette Hoke.


Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, Music Director and Conductor
Kevin Newbury, Director
Jubilant Sykes, Celebrant
Asher Edward Wulfman, Boy Soprano
Ryan Kiernan, Acolyte
Street Chorus
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway, Director
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun, Founder and Artistic Director
Leslie Stifelman, Music Supervisor
Sean Curran, Musical Staging
Alan Adelman, Lighting Designer
Acme Sound Partners, Sound Design
Jessica Jahn, Costume Consultant

BERNSTEIN  Mass


Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
Bernstein and the World of Jazz

Walter Reade Theater

  In Omnibus' The World of Jazz, Bernstein discusses improvisation and popular song, and concludes with a performance of his Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs with clarinetist Benny Goodman, for whom he wrote the piece.


Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 3:00 PM
The Bernstein Mass Project
United Palace Theater
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, Music Director and Conductor
Kevin Newbury, Director
Jubilant Sykes, Celebrant
Asher Edward Wulfman, Boy Soprano
Ryan Kiernan, Acolyte
Street Chorus
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway, Director
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun, Founder and Artistic Director
Leslie Stifelman, Music Supervisor
Seán Curran, Musical Staging
Alan Adelman, Lighting Designer
Acme Sound Partners, Sound Design
Jessica Jahn, Costume Consultant



Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 4:00 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein

Walter Reade Theater

  This family program will include excerpts from a variety of Bernstein's landmark, nationally televised concerts for children, and will include a discussion by our own panel of very young critics.


Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 6:30 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
On the Waterfront

Walter Reade Theater

  Bernstein's score for On the Waterfront was nominated for an Academy Award. Enjoy the opportunity to see this classic film on the big screen.


Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic
David Robertson, Conductor
Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-Soprano
Steven Stucky, Host

COPLAND  Appalachian Spring Suite
ELLIOTT CARTER  Of Rewaking
BERNSTEIN  Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah"
ROUSE  Rapture


Friday, October 31st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic
David Robertson, Conductor
Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-Soprano
Steven Stucky, Host

COPLAND  Appalachian Spring Suite
ELLIOTT CARTER  Of Rewaking
BERNSTEIN  Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah"
ROUSE  Rapture


Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Carnegie Hall Family Concert: The Bernstein Beat
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Barrett, Conductor
Jamie Bernstein, Host

  THE BERNSTEIN BEAT is an innovative concert developed by Jamie Bernstein and Michael Barrett, and modeled after the famous Young People’s Concerts® led by Jamie’s illustrious father, Leonard Bernstein. Featuring the musical compositions of Bernstein himself, this family concert explores rhythm through excerpts from such well-known works as Fancy Free, MASS, On the Town, and West Side Story!


Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 2:00 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
Bernstein and Mahler, Part I

Walter Reade Theater

  Bernstein conducts an excerpt of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra from 1972.

This performance is paired with The Little Drummer Boy, in which Bernstein highlights his discussion of Mahler's music with performances by Janet Baker, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, and others.


Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 4:30 PM
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film
Bernstein and Mahler, Part II

Walter Reade Theater

  Two days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Bernstein, as a national act of mourning, led the New York Philharmonic in a live telecast of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection" . Excerpts from the CBS program will be shown along with a complete performance with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1973.


Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Avery Fisher Hall
New York Philharmonic
David Robertson, Conductor
Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-Soprano
Steven Stucky, Host

COPLAND  Appalachian Spring Suite
ELLIOTT CARTER  Of Rewaking
BERNSTEIN  Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah"
ROUSE  Rapture


Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy Encore
Center for Jewish History

  An encore performance of Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy.

  This concert of mostly unknown Bernstein works on Jewish themes is narrated by Jack Gottlieb, Bernstein’s longtime editor, and will shed new light on some of the composer’s more celebrated pieces. A number cut from West Side Story, lyrics by Sondheim, combined with another piece from an aborted musical project with lyrics by Comden and Green, will be revealed in a surprising transformation as a Bernstein choral setting in Hebrew.
  Among the other works are world premieres of A Choral Quilt (an arrangement by Gottlieb) and a song Bernstein wrote in reaction to anti-Semitism. Photographs and video footage from the Maestro’s personal and professional life will also be featured.

Artists include vocalists Janice Meyerson, Robert Abelson, Heather Buck, the Amor Artis Chamber Choir and soloists conducted by Johannes Somary, and the piano duo of Eric Birk and Bernadette Hoke.


Saturday, November 8th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Bernstein's Broadway
Trouble in Tahiti

Paley Center

  Two versions of Bernstein’s one-act opera about a troubled marriage will be screened: the 1952 NBC Opera Theatre production, conducted by Bernstein and starring Beverly Wolff and David Atkinson; and the 2001 BBC Wales film (which has a Mad Men look and feel), directed by Tom Cairns and conducted by Paul Daniel, and starring Stephanie Novacek and Karl Daymond. (90 minutes)


Sunday, November 9th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Bernstein's Broadway
Candide

Paley Center

  Includes the acclaimed 1988 BBC documentary Breast of Peacock, Apple Pie: Leonard Bernstein’s "Candide" and the 1989 BBC telecast of the Scottish Opera production of Candide, directed by Jonathan Miller and John Wells, and conducted by John Mauceri. The cast includes Mark Beudert, Nickolas Grace, Marilyn Hill Smith, and Ann Howard. (3 hours 20 minutes)


Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Glenn Dicterow, Violin
Ana María Martínez, Soprano
Paul Groves, Tenor
New York Choral Artists
Joseph Flummerfelt, Chorus Director

BERNSTEIN  On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite
BERNSTEIN  Serenade (After Plato's Symposium)
BERNSTEIN  West Side Story Suites Nos. 1 and 2
  
Encores:
BERNSTEIN  Overture from Candide
BERNSTEIN  Mambo from West Side Story


Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Discovery Day: Leonard Bernstein
Weill Recital Hall

  12:30 PM to 5:30 PM

  12:30 Welcome/Bernstein's New York: An Audio-Visual Overview
Barbara Haws

12:45 Panel Discussion: The Miracle of Television
Ron Simon, Moderator
Mary Ahern
Roger Englander
Janis Ian
Brian Rose

2:00 Break

2:30 Panel Discussion: Leonard Bernstein's Social Activism in Context
Paul Boyer, Moderator
Ira Glasser
Jonathan Rosenberg
Greg Sandow

4:00 Panel Discussion: Leonard Bernstein as New Yorker

Barbara Haws, Moderator
Burton Bernstein
Alex Bernstein
Jamie Bernstein
Nina Bernstein Simmons
  
Bernstein as media innovator. Bernstein as social activist. Bernstein as New Yorker. In this Discovery Day, all these subjects and more will be explored through a series of panel discussions and multimedia presentations, hosted by Barbara Haws, Archivist and Historian of the New York Philharmonic.
  Sound Insights


Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Bernstein's Broadway
West Side Story

Paley Center

  Includes the “balcony scene,” with original cast stars Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert, from The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); a 1958 episode of Look Up and Live, with director/choreographer Jerome Robbins and Lawrence, Kert, and Michael Callan; a 1961 episode of the WCBS program American Musical Theatre with guest Stephen Sondheim; and the 1985 Great Performances: Bernstein Conducts West Side Story, with Kiri Te Kanawa and José Carreras. (2 hours 45 minutes)


Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
Eyal Ein-Habar, Flute
David McFerrin, Baritone

BERNSTEIN  Halil
BERNSTEIN  Concerto for Orchestra, "Jubilee Games"
TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 4
  
Encores:
PUCCINI  Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
ABREU  Tico-Tico No Fubá


Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Bernstein's Broadway
Wonderful Town

Paley Center

  The complete 1958 telecast of Wonderful Town, with Rosalind Russell and other members of the original cast, Sydney Chaplin, and Jacquelyn McKeever, conducted by Lehman Engel; plus bonus selections from On The Town, including Betty Comden and Adolph Green performing “Carried Away” on the 1959 CBS program Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic: The Humors of Music. (2 hours 5 minutes)


Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Seminar: Bernstein's Broadway
Paley Center

  Director Rick McKay (Broadway: The Golden Age) moderates a discussion with star performers and collaborators who worked on Bernstein's shows, including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, West Side Story, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The evening will include archival footage from The Paley Center collection.


Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center Encores!
On The Town

New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
Directed by John Rando
Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Sets by John Lee Beatty
Costumes by Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting by Clifton Taylor
Sound by Tom Morse
Cast:
Tony Yazbeck (Gabey)
Christian Borle (Ozzie)
Justin Bohon (Chip)
Jessica Lee Goldyn (Ivy)
Leslie Kritzer (Hildy Esterhazy)
Jennifer Laura Thompson (Claire DeLoone)
Andrea Martin (Madame P. Dilly)
Michael Cumpsty (Pitkin W. Bridgework)
Julyana Soelistyo (Lucy Schmeeler)
Ensemble: Lawrence Alexander, Andrea Beasom, Kristine Bendul, Tanya Birl, Angie Canuel, John Carroll, Rachel Coloff, Michael Cusumano, Susan Derry, Emilee Dupre, Autumn Hurlbert, Ryan Jackson, Mary MacLeod, Monica L. Patton, Adam Perry, Steve Schepis, Geno Segers, Charlie Sutton, Kevin Vortmann, Price Waldman, J.D. Wester and Ashley Yeater.

  On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins


Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center Encores!
On The Town

New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
Directed by John Rando
Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Sets by John Lee Beatty
Costumes by Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting by Clifton Taylor
Sound by Tom Morse
Cast:
Tony Yazbeck (Gabey)
Christian Borle (Ozzie)
Justin Bohon (Chip)
Jessica Lee Goldyn (Ivy)
Leslie Kritzer (Hildy Esterhazy)
Jennifer Laura Thompson (Claire DeLoone)
Andrea Martin (Madame P. Dilly)
Michael Cumpsty (Pitkin W. Bridgework)
Julyana Soelistyo (Lucy Schmeeler)
Ensemble: Lawrence Alexander, Andrea Beasom, Kristine Bendul, Tanya Birl, Angie Canuel, John Carroll, Rachel Coloff, Michael Cusumano, Susan Derry, Emilee Dupre, Autumn Hurlbert, Ryan Jackson, Mary MacLeod, Monica L. Patton, Adam Perry, Steve Schepis, Geno Segers, Charlie Sutton, Kevin Vortmann, Price Waldman, J.D. Wester and Ashley Yeater.

  On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins


Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center Encores!
On The Town

New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
Directed by John Rando
Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Sets by John Lee Beatty
Costumes by Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting by Clifton Taylor
Sound by Tom Morse
Cast:
Tony Yazbeck (Gabey)
Christian Borle (Ozzie)
Justin Bohon (Chip)
Jessica Lee Goldyn (Ivy)
Leslie Kritzer (Hildy Esterhazy)
Jennifer Laura Thompson (Claire DeLoone)
Andrea Martin (Madame P. Dilly)
Michael Cumpsty (Pitkin W. Bridgework)
Julyana Soelistyo (Lucy Schmeeler)
Ensemble: Lawrence Alexander, Andrea Beasom, Kristine Bendul, Tanya Birl, Angie Canuel, John Carroll, Rachel Coloff, Michael Cusumano, Susan Derry, Emilee Dupre, Autumn Hurlbert, Ryan Jackson, Mary MacLeod, Monica L. Patton, Adam Perry, Steve Schepis, Geno Segers, Charlie Sutton, Kevin Vortmann, Price Waldman, J.D. Wester and Ashley Yeater.

  On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins


Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 PM
New York City Center Encores!
On The Town

New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
Directed by John Rando
Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Sets by John Lee Beatty
Costumes by Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting by Clifton Taylor
Sound by Tom Morse
Cast:
Tony Yazbeck (Gabey)
Christian Borle (Ozzie)
Justin Bohon (Chip)
Jessica Lee Goldyn (Ivy)
Leslie Kritzer (Hildy Esterhazy)
Jennifer Laura Thompson (Claire DeLoone)
Andrea Martin (Madame P. Dilly)
Michael Cumpsty (Pitkin W. Bridgework)
Julyana Soelistyo (Lucy Schmeeler)
Ensemble: Lawrence Alexander, Andrea Beasom, Kristine Bendul, Tanya Birl, Angie Canuel, John Carroll, Rachel Coloff, Michael Cusumano, Susan Derry, Emilee Dupre, Autumn Hurlbert, Ryan Jackson, Mary MacLeod, Monica L. Patton, Adam Perry, Steve Schepis, Geno Segers, Charlie Sutton, Kevin Vortmann, Price Waldman, J.D. Wester and Ashley Yeater.

  On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins


Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Bernstein's Broadway
Candide

Paley Center

  Includes the acclaimed 1988 BBC documentary Breast of Peacock, Apple Pie: Leonard Bernstein’s "Candide" and the 1989 BBC telecast of the Scottish Opera production of Candide, directed by Jonathan Miller and John Wells, and conducted by John Mauceri. The cast includes Mark Beudert, Nickolas Grace, Marilyn Hill Smith, and Ann Howard. (3 hours 20 minutes)


Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center Encores!
On The Town

New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
Additional artists to be announced
Cast:
Tony Yazbeck (Gabey)
Christian Borle (Ozzie)
Justin Bohon (Chip)
Jessica Lee Goldyn (Ivy)
Leslie Kritzer (Hildy Esterhazy)
Jennifer Laura Thompson (Claire DeLoone)
Andrea Martin (Madame P. Dilly)
Michael Cumpsty (Pitkin W. Bridgework)
Julyana Soelistyo (Lucy Schmeeler)
Ensemble: Lawrence Alexander, Andrea Beasom, Kristine Bendul, Tanya Birl, Angie Canuel, John Carroll, Rachel Coloff, Michael Cusumano, Susan Derry, Emilee Dupre, Autumn Hurlbert, Ryan Jackson, Mary MacLeod, Monica L. Patton, Adam Perry, Steve Schepis, Geno Segers, Charlie Sutton, Kevin Vortmann, Price Waldman, J.D. Wester and Ashley Yeater.

  On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins


Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Bernstein's Broadway
Omnibus

Paley Center

  OMNIBUS: Leonard Bernstein (Television Debut) analyzes Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Broadcast over the CBS Television Network - November 14, 1954 (33 min.)

OMNIBUS: Leonard Bernstein on The Art of Conducting
Broadcast over the CBS Television Network - December 4, 1955 (48 min.)

in English with Japanese subtitles



Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Bernstein's Broadway
Wonderful Town

Paley Center

  The complete 1958 telecast of Wonderful Town, with Rosalind Russell and other members of the original cast, Sydney Chaplin, and Jacquelyn McKeever, conducted by Lehman Engel; plus bonus selections from On The Town, including Betty Comden and Adolph Green performing “Carried Away” on the 1959 CBS program Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic: The Humors of Music. (2 hours 5 minutes)


Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 PM
New York City Center Encores!
On The Town

New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
Directed by John Rando
Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Sets by John Lee Beatty
Costumes by Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting by Clifton Taylor
Sound by Tom Morse
Cast:
Tony Yazbeck (Gabey)
Christian Borle (Ozzie)
Justin Bohon (Chip)
Jessica Lee Goldyn (Ivy)
Leslie Kritzer (Hildy Esterhazy)
Jennifer Laura Thompson (Claire DeLoone)
Andrea Martin (Madame P. Dilly)
Michael Cumpsty (Pitkin W. Bridgework)
Julyana Soelistyo (Lucy Schmeeler)
Ensemble: Lawrence Alexander, Andrea Beasom, Kristine Bendul, Tanya Birl, Angie Canuel, John Carroll, Rachel Coloff, Michael Cusumano, Susan Derry, Emilee Dupre, Autumn Hurlbert, Ryan Jackson, Mary MacLeod, Monica L. Patton, Adam Perry, Steve Schepis, Geno Segers, Charlie Sutton, Kevin Vortmann, Price Waldman, J.D. Wester and Ashley Yeater.

  On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins


Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic Presents The Juilliard Orchestra
Avery Fisher Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Samuel Pisar, Speaker
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Music Director
Young People's Chorus of New York City
Francisco J. Núñez, Artistic Director

BERNSTEIN  Symphony No. 3, "Kaddish"
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica"


Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Bill Charlap Trio
Zankel Hall
Bill Charlap Trio
·· Bill Charlap, Piano
·· Kenny Washington, Drums
·· Peter Washington, Bass

  One of the finest pianists in modern jazz, Bill Charlap leads his acclaimed trio through unique interpretations of the Leonard Bernstein songbook.


Saturday, December 13th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Leonard Bernstein: Arias, Barcarolles, A Sonata, And Riffs
Zankel Hall
Robert Spano, Conductor and Pianist
Susan Graham, Mezzo-Soprano
Rod Gilfry, Baritone
Ricardo Morales, Clarinet
Jeremy Denk, Piano
Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic

BERNSTEIN  Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
BERNSTEIN  "Music I Heard with You" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN  "What Lips My Lips have Kissed" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN  “Rabbit at Top Speed” from La bonne cuisine
BERNSTEIN  "Tavouk Gueunksis" from La bonne cuisine
BERNSTEIN  "A Simple Song" from Mass
BERNSTEIN  "Lucky to Be Me" from On the Town
COPLAND  El salón Mexico (arr. Bernstein)
BERNSTEIN  Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
BERNSTEIN  Arias and Barcarolles
  
Encore:
BERNSTEIN  "Take Care of This House" from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue



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