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NYC Free: Leonard Bernstein Tribute Concert

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Evelyn Kanter

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Celebrate the musical legacy of Leonard Bernstein at a FREE eight-hour marathon of his music, plus dance, conversation and film exploring the many facets of his creative life.

The Leonard Bernstein marathon includes selections from West Side Story and On the Town, possibly his most famous works, both about his hometown New York City.

Of course, you don’t have to spend all eight hours at this year’s Wall to Wall festival at Symphony Space.  The program is in three segments, between two-and-a-half and three hours each.

This is the 40th anniversary of the FREE Wall to Wall festival, which has a different musical theme each year.  Leonard Bernstein’s music was the first, and now again the 40th.

Wall to Wall is Saturday, May 19, from 3pm to 11pm.  Expect to wait on line to get in.  Or, you can purchase a reserved seat.

  • Note – Symphony Space is in a residential area of the Upper West Side, on Broadway at 95th St.  Please be kind and respectful to residents and local businesses and do not block the sidewalk.

Learn more about Leonard Bernstein here.

NYC free concertsHere is the scheduled program:

Segment 1: 3 PM – 5:30 PM The 1940s & ’50s featuring Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, The Lark, and instrumental interludes from Candide, West Side Story, and more

Segment 2: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM The 1960s, ’70s, & ’80s including Chichester Psalms, Three Meditations from Mass, Halil, and more

Segment 3: 8:30 PM – 11 PM  A celebration of Bernstein’s Broadway songs from West Side Story, Wonderful Town, Candide, On the Town, Peter Pan, and more.

Full Listing

Segment 1: 3pm – 5:30pm

Prologue & “One Hand, One Heart” from West Side Story
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Synchronicity Piano and Percussion Duo
Garah Landes, Piano
Gregory Landes, Percussion
Randy Landau, Bass
Chad Smith, Clarinet/Alto Sax

Anniversaries, Part 1
Nina Bernstein Simmons, Narrator
Simon Mulligan, Piano

The Lark: French and Latin Choruses
Cantori New York
Mark Shapiro, Music Director

El Salon Mexico (Copland, arr. Bernstein)
“Scherzo” & “Mambo” from West Side Story
DUO: Stephanie and Saar

“Three Dance Episodes” (Dance, with music from On the Town)
Keigwin + Company

La Bonne Cuisine
“Plum Pudding”
“Tavouk Guenksis”
“Ox-tails”
“Rabbit at Top Speed”
Annie Chester, Mezzo-Soprano
Makoto Winkler, Baritone
Grant Wenaus, Piano

“Conquering New York” from Wonderful Town
Overture from Candide
“Three Dances” from Fancy Free (arr. Sam Davis)
with original choreography by Sara Brians
Pit Stop Players
Joshua Rosenblum, Music Director
Andrew Wilson, Dancer
Chaz Wolcott, Dancer
JP Viernes, Dancer

Segment 2: 5:30pm – 8:30pm

“So Pretty”
Harolyn Blackwell, Soprano
Grant Wenaus, Piano

Chichester Psalms (arr. for choir, piano, harp, percussion)
MasterVoices
Ted Sperling, Music Director
Elizabeth Smith, Soprano
Matthew Deming, Alto
Douglas Purcell,Tenor
Aaron Theno, Bass
Stacey Shames, Harp
Garah Landes, Piano
Randy Landau, Bass
Gregory Landes, Percussion

Halil: Nocturne for Flute, Percussion and Piano
Mindy Kaufman, Flute
Eric Huebner, Piano
Daniel Druckman, Percussion
Pablo Rieppi, Percussion
Sae Hashimoto, Percussion

Anniversaries, Part 2
Nina Bernstein Simmons, Narrator
Simon Mulligan, Piano

Simple Song
John Brancy, Baritone
Peter Dugan, Piano
Janet Axelrod, Flute
Summer Boggess, Cello

Three Meditations from Mass
Nick Canellakis, Cello
Michael Brown, Piano

Two Love Songs
Grant Wenaus, Piano
Tesia Kwarteng, Soprano

To What You Said
John Brancy, Baritone
Peter Dugan, Piano
Summer Boggess, Cello

Waterfront (Dance, with music from On the Waterfront)
Keigwin + Company

A Conversation
David Denby
Alexander Bernstein
Nina Bernstein Simmons

Music for Two Pianos
DUO: Stephanie and Saar

Dance Suite
Calliope Brass

Segment 3: 8:30pm – 11pm 

Performers include:

Mikaela Bennett
Adam Halpin
Rebecca Luker
Larisa Martinez
Megan McGinnis
Ryan Silverman
Betsy Wolfe

…and more!

Bernstein’s Broadway segment is curated and produced by Joel Fram and Annette Jolles.

Program is subject to change.

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 17, 2018 | Updated July 7, 2018 Filed Under: Best of NYC · NYC Free Tagged With: Leonard Bernstein· Symphony Space

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