EVENTS BY GENRE

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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)

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 Jos� Carreras. (2 hours 45 minutes)

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)

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)

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

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)