1959 Sep 11 / Special / Bernstein

ID:: 10175

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Orchestras

New York Philharmonic

Conductors

Bernstein, Leonard

Soloists

"S" = Soloist
"A" = Assisting Artist

Bernstein, Leonard / Piano / S

Works

Anthem / "Unbreakable Union of Freeborn Republics"
Anthem / The Star-Spangled Banner
Gershwin / excerpt of "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- Unspecified excerpt
Tchaikovsky / Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
- Unspecified excerpt
Copland / Suite from Billy the Kid
- Unspecified
Shostakovich / Symphony No. 7, Op. 60, Leningrad
- Unspecified excerpts
Intermission
Shostakovich / Symphony No. 7, Op. 60, Leningrad
- Allegretto
Show First 3

Dates / Event Types / Venues

Sep 11, 1959 / 3:00PM / Special / Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall / Moscow, USSR

Notes

Taped with an invited audience for broadcast on CBS Oct. 25, 1959. Some Soviet musicians joined the NYP on stage. This show concerned the similarities between Russians and Americans through their music.

Shostakovich was present at the concert; film clips of Pasternak from the farewell concert that evening were also shown as part of the broadcast of the performance.

Bernstein talked during the first half and played excerpts. Taping ended at 6pm due to complications with the camera equipment.

Sponsored by The Ford Motor Company
Directed by Richard Leecock
Produced by Robert Saudek Associates

Project Funder

Leon Levy Foundation

Preferred Citation

Concert program, 11 Sep 1959, Program ID 10175, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives.
https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/0bae8b57-944f-4061-ab4b-fbdf4283282e-0.1

1959 Sep 11 / Special / Bernstein

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