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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
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN Selections from A Quiet Place
·· Prelude from Act I
·· You're Late
·· Interlude
·· Morning! Good Morning
·· Postlude from Act I
BERNSTEIN "Up! Up! Up!" from The Madwoman of Central Park West
BERNSTEIN Meditation from Mass
BERNSTEIN "What a Movie!" from Trouble in Tahiti
BERNSTEIN "To What You Said" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN Selection from Fancy Free
BERNSTEIN "Gee, Officer Krupke" from West Side Story
BERNSTEIN "Ya Got Me" from On The Town
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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"
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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"
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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"
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Place
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Treble to be announced
Soprano to be announced
Mezzo-Soprano to be announced
Tenor to be announced
Bass to be announced
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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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.
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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.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Festival Partner Event
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.
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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
Guest Artist to be announced
Leonard Bernstein’s best-loved songs.
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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. (85 minutes)
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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
Guest Artists to be announced
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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.
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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.
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Standard Time with Michael Feinstein
Zankel Hall
Michael Feinstein, Artistic Director
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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.
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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.
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Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, Music Director and Conductor
Jubilant Sykes, Celebrant
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway, Director
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun, Director
BERNSTEIN Mass
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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.
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008 at 3:00 PM
The Bernstein Mass Project
United Palace Theater
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, Music Director and Conductor
Jubilant Sykes, Celebrant
Morgan State University Choir
Eric Conway, Director
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun, Director
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Carnegie Hall Family Concert: Orchestra of St. Luke's
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Michael Barrett, Conductor
Jamie Bernstein, Host
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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 Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, and others.
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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.
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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
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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)
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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)
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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 Maria Martinez, Soprano
Paul Groves, Tenor
BERNSTEIN On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite
BERNSTEIN Serenade (After Plato's Symposium)
BERNSTEIN West Side Story Suites Nos. 1 and 2
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Discovery Day: Leonard Bernstein
Weill Recital Hall
12:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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. Joining moderator Barbara Haws, Archivist of the New York Philharmonic, will be a host of eminent figures sharing their reminiscences and thoughts on this fascinating figure.
Sound Insights
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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)
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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
BERNSTEIN Halil
BERNSTEIN Concerto for Orchestra, "Jubilee Games"
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
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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)
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Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 6:00 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.
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center's Encores
On The Town
New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center's Encores
On The Town
New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins
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Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center's Encores
On The Town
New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins
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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)
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center's Encores
On The Town
New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins
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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)
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 PM
New York City Center's Encores
On The Town
New York City Center
Jack Viertel, Artistic Director
Rob Berman, Music Director
On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Books and Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins
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Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
New York Philharmonic Presents The Juilliard Orchestra
Avery Fisher Hall
Juilliard Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Soprano to be announced
Narrator to be announced
Choruses to be announced
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, "Kaddish"
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica"
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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.
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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 “Civet à Toute Vitesse” from La bonne cuisine
BERNSTEIN "Tavouk Gueunksis" from La bonne cuisine
BERNSTEIN "What Lips My Lips have Kissed" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN "Music I Heard with You" from Songfest
BERNSTEIN "Lucky to Be Me" from On The Town
BERNSTEIN "A Simple Song" from Mass
COPLAND El salón Mexico (arr. Bernstein)
BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
BERNSTEIN Arias and Barcarolles
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