A musical service commemorating conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein a month after his death by orchestral musicians and a parade of musical luminaries who were among Bernstein's numerous colleagues, collaborators and friends.
Part 1: 3 Selections from Mass: Meditations from Mass. No. 1, Simple song, Almighty Father / by Bernstein (Hampson, orchestra, Westminster Choir, Thomas) ; Eulogy / read Jamie Thomas ; Sarabande from suite no. 5 / by Bach (Rostropovich) ; Quiet City / by Copland (orchestra, Thomas) -- Part 2: Segment on Copland from Bernstein's writings / read by Bacall ; Subway ride / by Bernstein (orchestra, Thomas) ; Songfest: "To what you said" and "A Julia de Burgos" / by Bernstein (Ludgin, Dale, orchestra, Barrett) ; Reading from Bernstein's writings / recited by Nina Bernstein ; Symphony no. 4, Romanze / Schuman (Eschenbach) ; Reading from Bernstein's writings / read by Chapin ; Symphonic dances from West Side story / by Bernstein (orchestra, Levine) ; At the river / arr. by Copland (Horne, orchestra, Levine) -- Part 3: Haydn unidentified (orchestra, Eschenbach) ; Tribute to Bernstein / by Chapin ; Ruckert Song / by Mahler (Ludwig, orchestra, Levine) ; Overture from Candide / by Bernstein (orchestra, Levine) ; Candide: It must be so / by Bernstein (Hadley, orchestra, Levine) -- Part 4: Excerpt from a poem / written by Bernstein (read by A. Bernstein) ; Chichester Psalms, 3rd mvt / by Bernstein (orchestra, Westminster Choir, Thomas)
Call number
*LTC-A 1633
Note
Title and dates from the original cassette label; credits from audition.
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Source (note)
Margaret Carson
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Title
A concert remembering Lenny (Bernstein)
Production
1990.
Country of producing entity
United States.
Playing time
004107 004432 002830 001622
Type of content
performed music
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello ; Thomas Hampson, Chester Ludgin, baritones ; Clamma Dale, soprano ; Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, mezzo-sopranos ; Jerry Hadley, tenor ; Jamie Bernstein, speaker ; Lauren Bacall, Nina Bernstein, Schuyler Chapin, Alexander Bernstein, narrators ; Westminster Choir ; New York Philharmonic with musicians from the Boston Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra ; Michael Tilson Thomas, Michael Barrett, Christoph Eschenbach, James Levine, conductors.
Event
Recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York 1990 November 14.
Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Linking entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.