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Citywide Bernstein Festival Features Film Screenings, Exhibits, and Panel Discussions
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Back to Press Release List > 09/26/2008 - Citywide Bernstein Festival Features Film Screenings, Exhibits, and Panel Discussions
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CARNEGIE HALL AND NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC PRESENT
BERNSTEIN: THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS
A CITYWIDE FESTIVAL CELEBRATING LEONARD BERNSTEIN
September 24 to December 13, 2008
www.BernsteinFestival.org
BERNSTEIN FESTIVAL OFFERS VARIETY OF FILM SCREENINGS,
PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND EXHIBITS AS PART OF CELEBRATION
Carnegie Hall Discovery Day on November 15 in Weill Recital Hall
Explores Many Aspects of Bernstein’s Life and Career
Special Exhibits in Carnegie Hall’s Rose Museum and
Avery Fisher Hall Pay Tribute to Bernstein
The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film Presented by Lincoln Center’s
Great Performers in Association with the New York Philharmonic, Classifilms,
and the Film Society of Lincoln Center in the Walter Reade Theater,
October 15–November 1
Screenings of Bernstein’s Musical Theater Work and a Panel Discussion on
His Broadway Legacy Presented by The Paley Center for Media in November
Documentary Screening and Performance of
Bernstein Works at The Jewish Museum
This fall, Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic present Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds, a citywide festival honoring one of the most important international musicians of the 20th century and a quintessential New Yorker—Leonard Bernstein—in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of his birth, the 50th anniversary of his appointment as the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, and and the 65th anniversary of his famous 1943 debut with the Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. Among the 50 Bernstein concerts and events to be presented at Carnegie Hall, the New York Philharmonic, and partner venues are a variety of films screenings, panel discussions, and exhibits celebrating this remarkable conductor, composer, musician, advocate, and educator.
At Carnegie Hall
On November 15 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Hall presents a Discovery Day in Weill Recital Hall. Through a series of panel discussions and multimedia presentations, the day will explore different aspects of Bernstein’s life and career, including his identity as media innovator, social activist, and New Yorker. Moderator Barbara Haws, New York Philharmonic Archivist/Historian and co-author of the book, Leonard Bernstein: American Original will be joined by a host of eminent figures including Ron Simon, Mary Ahern, Roger Englander, Janis Ian, Paul Boyter, Ira Glasser, as well as members of the Bernstein family including Burton, Jamie, Alex, and Nina Bernstein who will share their reminiscences and thoughts on this fascinating figure.
Over the course of the Bernstein festival, special exhibits at Carnegie Hall’s Rose Museum and Avery Fisher Hall’s Bruno Walter Gallery will pay tribute to Bernstein’s contributions to music, and his artistic achievements as conductor, composer, educator, and media pioneer. At Carnegie Hall’s Rose Museum a special exhibit that shares the same name as the festival, Leonard Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds, will open the night of Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala on September 24 and be on display through December 15. Highlights of the exhibition include materials from the Library of Congress, such as a manuscript score of Fancy Free; a sketch for "New York, New York," from On the Town; Bernstein's Tony Award for Wonderful Town; and manuscripts and sketches from On the Waterfront, Serenade, Candide, West Side Story, and Mass; as well as hand-written scripts for the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts and Omnibus. A timeline highlighting Bernstein's 1943 debut at Carnegie Hall and his earlier life include his high school yearbook and his Harvard transcript. Several items displayed will be the famous cufflinks that were inherited by Bernstein from Serge Koussevitzky (which Bernstein wore at every performance), one of Bernstein's custom-made batons given to Carnegie Hall, as well as his Emmy Award for Omnibus and his Grammy Award for Candide. The exhibition will include two computer terminals where visitors will be able to access the Bernstein festival website— www.bernsteinfestival.org. Also, monitors in the museum will display rare video clips, footage, and highlights of Bernstein’s life.
At the New York Philharmonic
Each year, the New York Philharmonic presents a number of archival exhibitions in the Bruno Walter Gallery; the first of the season is Leonard Bernstein: American Original from September 17–January 10, which marks the 50th anniversary of Bernstein's appointment as New York Philharmonic Music Director, and focuses on his rarely-seen marked conducting scores from the Philharmonic’s Archives. The Archives at the New York Philharmonic is the repository for the nearly 3500 of Bernstein’s conducting scores that had been kept in his own library and were given to the Archives after his death. Curated by Charles Z. Bornstein and Stephen Hedger, the exhibition includes works by Beethoven, Copland, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Nielson, Schumann, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky and shows the detailed, behind-the-scenes discoveries that made his performances unforgettable.
On November 4, the New York Philharmonic presents a lecture entitled Bernstein’s Interpretive Logic with Mr. Bornstein at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. Mr. Bornstein, Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence at the New York Philharmonic from 2005 to 2008, will interpret Bernstein’s score markings in works by Sibelius, Mahler, Beethoven, and others. For more information, please visit nyphil.org.
At Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series, in association with the New York Philharmonic, Classifilms, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, presents The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film at the Walter Reade Theater from October 15–November 1. From Leonard Bernstein’s groundbreaking trips to Moscow and Japan and the exuberance of his Young People’s Concerts to the transcendent Mahler performances with the Vienna Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, The Joy of Music is a survey of one of the 20th century’s most important musical figures. Screenings of films, documentaries, and television programs from 1954 through 1993, as well as rare performance and rehearsal footage will be shown on six different dates. Please see below for complete details. For more information on this film series at Lincoln Center, please visit www.LincolnCenter.org.
At The Paley Center for Media
From November 8–22, The Paley Center for Media will screen several television adaptations of Bernstein’s musical theater work, including some programs never seen before in the United States. Screenings include Trouble in Tahiti, Candide, West Side Story, and Wonderful Town. On Monday, November 17 at 6:00 p.m., filmmaker Rick McKay (Broadway: The Golden Age) moderates a conversation with star performers and some of Bernstein’s chief collaborators in a program to feature archival footage from The Paley Center collection. For more information, please visit www.paleycenter.org.
At The Jewish Museum
Featured events at The Jewish Museum include a screening on October 16 at 6:30 p.m. of The Emmy Award-winning American Masters documentary Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note which uses personal materials and historical footage to convey Bernstein's story. 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. On October 23 at 7:30 p.m., The Jewish Museum presents a special concert entitled 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. Photographs from Bernstein’s personal and professional life will also be featured. Artists include vocalists Janice Meyerson, Robert Abelson, and Heather Buck; the Amor Artis Chamber Choir and soloists conducted by Johannes Somary; and piano duo Eric Birk and Bernadette Hoke. For more information, please visit www.thejewishmuseum.org.
Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds
Presented by Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic—Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds, September 24–December 13, 2008—celebrates a quintessential New Yorker and one of the most important musicians of the 20th century. Renowned nationally and internationally as a leading musical figure in his own lifetime, most notably as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969 and Laureate Conductor from 1969 to 1990, Leonard Bernstein brought his own particular New World sensibility to classical music. Equally at home in a Broadway theater (in such legendary musicals as West Side Story) or the concert hall, Bernstein—who performed at Carnegie Hall over 400 times and with the New York Philharmonic more than 1,200 times during his career—had an enthusiasm for and understanding of music far beyond the classical realm, extending into jazz, world music, American song, and 1960s pop and rock. His charismatic personality and remarkable communication skills through both words and music made him a natural ambassador for music as well as an international celebrity. Through television, Bernstein influenced millions of viewers, sparking excitement and love for classical music that remains with them to this day. With this festival, Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic honor an extraordinary artist, revered as conductor, composer, educator, advocate, and media pioneer.
A number of New York cultural partners will broaden the reach of the festival, presenting Bernstein-themed performances, film screenings, and panel discussions. Joining Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic in these special festivities are Church of St. Ignatius Loyola; The Jewish Museum; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; New York City Center; The Paley Center for Media; Thirteen/WNET, which will nationally broadcast Carnegie Hall’s all-Bernstein Opening Night Gala concert on PBS’ Great Performances on October 29; and WNYC, which presents “Our Lenny,” an 13-day multiplatform festival from September 24 to October 6 that celebrates the radio station’s unique and long-standing relationship with the maestro.
For complete festival program information, please visit www.bernsteinfestival.org. This online companion to Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds features up-to-date information on the citywide events, press releases, and a multimedia survey of Leonard Bernstein’s musical life, including interactive timelines, slide shows, audio clips, and video featuring Bernstein, his family, colleagues, and friends.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
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At Carnegie Hall:
Wednesday, September 24 through Thursday, December 15
Rose Museum at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th Street, 2nd floor
BERNSTEIN: THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS
Exhibit
Admission: Free; 11 AM–4:30 PM, seven days a week. Also available evenings to Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage concert patrons.
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Saturday, November 15 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
DISCOVERY DAY: LEONARD BERNSTEIN
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 and Historian of the New York Philharmonic, will be a host of eminent figures including Ron Simon, Mary Ahern, Roger Englander, Janis Ian, Paul Boyter, Ira Glasser, as well as members of the Bernstein family including Burton, Jamie, Alex, and Nina Bernstein who will share their reminiscences and thoughts on this fascinating figure.
Sound Insights is sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP
Tickets: $20
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At the New York Philharmonic:
Wednesday, September 17 through Saturday, January 10
Bruno Walter Gallery at Avery Fisher Hall
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: AMERICAN ORIGINAL
Exhibit
Hours/Admission
The Bruno Walter Gallery, located on the Grand Promenade of Avery Fisher Hall, may be viewed when concerts and Open Rehearsals are scheduled at the hall. Admission is with a concert ticket.
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Thursday, November 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th Street
BERNSTEIN'S INTERPRETIVE LOGIC
Charles Zachary Bornstein, Speaker
How did Leonard Bernstein's precise and rational approach to scores of major repertory translate into performances of such expression and intimacy? Charles Z. Bornstein interprets the conductor's score markings in works by Sibelius, Mahler, Beethoven, and others.
Tickets: $10
For more information please call 212-875-5656 or visit nyphil.org
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At Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts:
Wednesday, October 15 through Saturday, November 1
Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th Street
THE JOY OF MUSIC: LEONARD BERNSTEIN ON FILM
Wednesday, October 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Cultural Ambassador, Part I
Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Moscow
Performance excerpts from Bernstein's 1959 trip to Moscow with the New York Philharmonic, a groundbreaking cross-cultural move during the Cold War, which includes Copland’s Bill the Kid and Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony “Leningrad”. Introduced by Barbara Haws, Archivist and Historian, New York Philharmonic.
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Wednesday, October 15 at 9:00 p.m.
Cultural Ambassador, Part II
From West Berlin to Tokyo with the New York Philharmonic
In these made-for-American television programs, Bernstein makes his case of universal understanding through music. Concert excerpts include Bernstein conducting from the keyboard Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, the Philharmonic featuring the 26-year-old assistant conductor Seiji Ozawa, and Bernstein conducting the finale of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Introduced by Stanley Drucker, Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic.
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Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 p.m.
The Gift of Music-An Intimate Portrait
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.
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Saturday, October 18 at 4:00 p.m.
The Art of Conducting
In this Omnibus broadcast, Bernstein shows his audience the basic skills of good conducting and then demonstrates 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 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Bernstein on Teachers and Teaching
In this documentary Bernstein discusses the conductors and composers who shaped his music education, among them Fritz Reiner, Aaron Copland, and Serge Koussevitzky. Excerpts from Leonard Bernstein in Salzau 1989 conclude the screening. Introduced by Rob Kapilow.
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Wednesday, October 22 at 8:30 p.m.
The Creative Performer
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 (1960). Introduced by Brian Kellow, Features Editor, Opera News and author of Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell.
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Saturday, October 25 at 2:00 p.m.
Bernstein and the World of Jazz
In Omnibus' The World of Jazz, Bernstein discusses improvisation and popular song, and concludes with a performance of his Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs. Introduced by Larry Blumenfeld.
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Saturday, October 25 at 4:00 p.m.
New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts with Leonard Bernstein
From 1958 to 1972, Bernstein led the New York Philharmonic in 53 nationally televised concerts for children. This family program will include excerpts from a variety of those landmark performances and will include a discussion by our own panel of very young critics.
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Wednesday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m.
On the Waterfront
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. Starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee T. Cobb, and Rod Steiger. Introduced by Kent Jones, Associate Director of Programming, Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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Saturday, November 1 at 2:00 p.m.
Bernstein and Mahler, Part I
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 (1985), in which Bernstein highlights his discussion of Mahler's music with performances by Janet Baker, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, and others. Introduced by Bill McGlaughlin.
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Saturday, November 1 at 4:30 p.m.
Bernstein and Mahler, Part II
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. Introduced by Bill McGlaughlin.
Presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in association with the New York Philharmonic, Classifilms, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Tickets: $15
For more information please contact 212-721-6500 or www.lincolncenter.org
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At The Paley Center for Media:
Saturday, November 8 through Saturday, November 22
The Paley Center for Media, 25 W. 52nd Street
BERNSTEIN’S BROADWAY
The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) will screen several television adaptations of Leonard Bernstein’s musical theater work, including some programs never seen before in the United States.
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
Trouble in Tahiti
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 9, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 22, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
Candide
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 15, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
West Side Story
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 16, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Wonderful Town
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)
Screenings are free with Paley Center admission; suggested donation for admission $10, $8 seniors and students.
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Panel Discussion:
Monday, November 17 at 6:00 p.m.
The Paley Center for Media, 25 W. 52nd Street
SEMINAR: BERNSTEIN’S BROADWAY
An examination of Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway legacy, including excerpts from On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, West Side Story, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Filmmaker Rick McKay (Broadway: The Golden Age) moderates a conversation with some of Bernstein’s chief collaborators in a program to feature archival footage from the Paley Center collection.
Tickets: $15, $30
For more information please contact The Paley Center for Media at 212-621-6600 or www.paleycenter.org.
Presented by The Paley Center for Media in partnership with Carnegie Hall.
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At The Jewish Museum:
Thursday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m.
The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Avenue
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: REACHING FOR THE NOTE
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.
Presented by The Jewish Museum in partnership with Carnegie Hall.
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