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EST SIDE STORY was a Wco llaboration on the order of one of those once-in-an-eon galactic convergences. Never before or again would Leonard Bernstein, and co ll aborate on a project all together. Yet with this single work, the three authors redefined the boundaries of what it was possible to convey in a Broadway musical. Each new generation seems to rediscover WEST SIDE STORY for itself. High school kids every­ where leap at the chance to per­ form WEST SIDE STORY in their school auditoriums; the finger snaps, slinky bebop and hot mam­ bos speak directly to them - no translation necessary. At last summer, the stu­ dent orchestra tore into SYM­ PHONIC DANCES FROM "WEST SIDE STORY" with all their might; the percussion players, in particular, looked as if they could not believe their good fort une. This year, WEST SIDE Leonard Bernstein rehearses "America" with the Shark girls and at the piano. STORY is getting more attention than usual. A major tour of the musical is making its way around by Jan Herman gave them a simple piece of Leonard Bernstein, lyri­ the world, and there is an intrigu­ cist Stephen Sondheim, director­ advice. "Cast as young as possi ­ ing new recording of the songs rthur Laurents, who ble," but change nothing else. In choreographer Jerome Robbi ns - performed by contemporary pop­ wrote the book for a recent te lephone interview from sid estepped the question of age in ular artists. WEST SIDE STORY, hi s beachfront home in Quogue, casting the two street gangs who Mr. Bernstein's accomplish­ Arejects the notion th at NY, where he has li ved for the frame the show's tragic love story. ments reached far beyond musi­ "At the time, we didn't want to the most electrifying musical of last 40 years, Laurents, 78, said cal theatre. He conducted; he the 1950s doesn 't fit in the 1990s. he wouldn't think of changing so face how young these kids were taught; he wrote books; his com­ "People who say it's dated are much as a word to contemporize when they got involved in gangs," positions spanned the genres. And people who take theater li tera ll y," the script. "Once you start that, he said . "Today it's quite obvious yet, for better or worse, most peo­ he explains. "Theater is not liter­ it's like pulling a card out of a they' re even yo unger. " ple on this who have heard al. It never was." house of cards. You have to He contends that even though of Leonard Bernstein know him So when the producers of the keep it where it was, or the th ing the two gangs in WEST SIDE as "the guy who wrote WEST new touring version of WEST fa lls in. " STORY do battle with quaint SIDE STORY" - the movie! • SIDE STORY came to him for Laurents recounts that he and weapons next to the arsenal of suggestions on mounting their $3 - the creative team for the origin al today's gangbangers, the Sharks million, 33-city reviva l, Laurents 1957 Broadway production - (continued on page 5) The BETA Fund

BETA Fund Supports Moab Festival's Educational Outreach Program

where he gave an assembly before Sa n Juan County High School stu­ dents on the role of the cond uc­ tor. "We're very pleased to reach BETA th e students in San Ju an Co unty," Barrett sa id. "And we hope this FUND will be a first step in laying a fou nd ati on for future work in that community." Plans for the ach yea r th e Moab Music 1996 Educational Outreach EFestival's Educational Program are currently in the Outreach Program brings students works and include a poss ibl e pre­ in ru ral Grand County, Utah, into view concert in Blanding as well direct with world-class as at least one assembly in the professiona l musicians. And each schools there. Barrett and year, the founders and organizers Cellist Felix Wurman instructs students at MMF's Educatio11al Outreach Program . Tomkins have already begun dis­ of the Festi va l receive letters, cussions with ed ucators in Grand and Sa n Ju an counties about phone calls and personal visits Program in area schools. During soprano Lucy Schaufer, coloratu­ other ways to broaden the pro­ from parents who say the pro­ the first two years of the Fes ti val, ra Cyndia Sieden, baritone Patrick gra m's effectiveness. gram has had a noticea ble posi­ performers wo rked with stud ents Mason, and Stephen Bl ier, As in past years, the 1995 tive impact on th eir children. in music teacher Susan Miller's who, along with Barrett, serves as Moab Music Festival Ed ucational What began in 1991 as the Gra nd County High School stri ng co-director of the New York Outreach Program culminated in brainchild of violist Leslie cl ass . This year, the Moa b Music Festi va l of Song. The students the Fami ly Picnic concert in Tomkins and her husband Festi va l's Ed ucational Outreach heard song in a broad variety of Moab's Old City Park. During Michael Barrett, a Program was expanded to include musical styles, with particular this concert, string students have protege and fri end of Leonard a series of master classes in which emphasis on the range and char­ the opportunity to perform pub­ Bernstein, has since blossomed musicians worked indi viduall y acteristics of each vo ice type. licl y alongs id e professional musi­ into an event that adults and chil­ with students several times a week. The Festiva l has also expanded cians brought in by the Festival. dren in this community look for­ This year, fo r the first tim e, beyond Moa b. This year Maestro This year, students from the pro­ ward to every September. wind and brass musicians were Barrett travelled to Blanding, gram's master classes performed Origina ll y conceived as a way included in the Festiva l's lin eup. Uta h, 80 miles south of Moab, Antonio Viva ldi's FLUTE CON­ to bring classical chamber music Trumpet player Stephen Burns CERTO in the . to this remote region of southeast­ and trombonist Martin Demos, Moab Music Festi val concerts ern Utah, the 1995 Moa b Music along with flutist Tim Day, bas­ co ntinue to draw larger an d larger Festival included six regular series soonist Melange Sanguinetti and crowds, but the Festiva l's greatest concerts as we ll as the annual oboe player Pam Epple, were success, according to Barrett and Colorado River Concert, held in a among the featured musicians in Tomkins, is measured in its natural grotto 30 miles down the Festival's centerpiece: Igor impact on th e lives of those in the river from Moab. Strav in sky's L'HISTOIRE DU co mmunity. Every year the Moab As part of th e Festival's ongo­ SOLD AT. These musicians also Music Festival Educational ing mission, many of the profes­ spent time in the sc hoo ls talking Outreach Program fuels creativity sional musicians who perform with students about and insp ires imagin ation in many throughout the seri es also partici­ their respective instruments. 2 yo ung people. That is the most pate in the Educational Outreach The 1995 outreach program lasting legacy of al l. • also included two assemb li es in Gra nd Co unty - one for high school and one for middle sc hool stud en ts - led by Maestro Artistic Director Leslie To111ki11 s and Barrett, and feat uring mezzo- Music Director Michael Barrett. Legacy in Action Leonard Bernstein Conducting Laureate

by Alexander Bernstein they can be learners and creators and scholars and researchers, t the Leonard Bernstein Center all at the same time. They acknow­ Awe are fast approaching the ledge that every student's mind end of the first phase of our work. operates differently and that the As we look ahead to creating a process of learning is, by definition, national network of schools in the ambiguous. near future (we will keep you post­ It is understandable that educa­ ed!), we are finding, most happily, tors would like to make concrete that our organizational structure - that which is ambiguous or unclas­ Artists Center, Education Center, sifiable. Testing exclusively for ana­ and Research Center - fits rather lytical and mathematical skills, for perfectly with Leonard Bernstein's instance, gives solid evidence of legacy as artist, teacher and schol­ achievement in those areas. Often ar. Our collaborating schools in dismissed as merely a ranking exer­ Jerusalem Mayor Ehud O/mert presents Yutaka Sada with the Laureate certificate. Nashville report that the legacy cise, standardized testing is useful gives their work context and a in finding out what students know he First Leonard Bernstein On 12 October, the first Leonard clear focus. At the Center, there is a and don 't know. But it cannot tell TJerusalem International Bernstein Laureate was symbiotic, dynamic relationship you why. It overlooks the very life Conducting Competition began announced - Mr. Yutaka Sada between the three divisions. of a student's mind. Over time, on a sunny day in Jerusalem, as of Japan, a former student of Mr As every reader of p, f & r most students will perceive that 17 young conductors sat around a Bernstein's, who won the $25,000 knows, classifying my father's their mind's life means little to table at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, prize, the medallion and the offer legacy is not a simple proposition . those in authority, and will experi­ drawing lots to determine the of engagements by the sponsoring In fact, there was a debate recently ence a downward spiral of discour­ dates and times of the semi-final institutions. Mr. Wen-Pin Chien in a Nashville third grade class­ agement and disappointing acade­ level auditions. In a different part of Taiwan was awarded an room over who, exactly, Leonard mic performance. The Leonard of the hotel, the Jurors, all repre­ Honorable Mention and a $5,000 Bernstein was: "A composer! " "A Bernstein Center is determined to sentatives of music institutions prize from the Jerusalem conductor!" "A teacher!" It is put an end to th is damaging connected with Maestro Bernstein Municipality. gratifying news that children in dynamic by working with teachers during his lifetime, were enjoying The grand finale was a gala Nashville are interested in LB. But and students to develop alternative a luncheon hosted by Harry concert at the Jerusalem Theatre, more gratifying, still, is that we are techniques for assessment that Kraut, general manager of the with the Jerusalem Symphony beginning to see students and encourage students to express the Estate of Leonard Bernstein and Orchestra, conducted by Mr. teachers redefining themselves as unique and creative nature of their Chairman of the Jury. Sada. Mrs. Shulamit Aloni, Israeli learners and creators. minds. These assessment tech­ Two days later, Jurors and Minister of Communications, Leonard Bernstein was, as all niques, in tandem with inter-disci­ contestants gathered on the stage Science and the Arts; former artists must be, a life-long learner. plinary curricula, form an integral of Henry Crown Hall at the Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek; Continually reshaping his world part of the learning process. Jerusalem Theatre where, as the Bernstein's daughter, Nina, all view with every new experience, he Students can take notice of the conductors conducted, the Jurors addressed the audience, while cur­ found pure joy in learning. He had ways they go about answering watched and analyzed their rent Jerusalem Mayor Ehud a for inquiry and a vigor­ questions as they answer them. By every move. Olm ert presented the awards, ous skepticism. What is more, he learning how their minds work, Six finalists were selected: before officially announcing next allowed and encouraged each facet they take ownership over their Andrey Boreyko from Russia, year's competition for singers, of his life to inform the rest. He learning and celebrate their intellec­ Wen-Pin Chien from Taiwan, and the 1997 competition for conducted as a composer, teacher, tual individuality. Shuang Guo from PR China, . • 3 pianist, lover, scholar. You may By embracing the artistic process George Pehlivanian from the ask, are we not all shaped by the as a model, Leonard Bernstein USA, Yutaka Sada from Japan various parts of our life? Of course Center schools are places and David Wroe from Great we are, but for some reason, school where ambiguity and its offspring, Britain. as we have always known it tries to inquiry, are cherished as opportu­ convince us otherwise. At Leonard nities for learning and self-discovery Bernstein Center schools, students - a tribute, we hope, to an inestim­ and teachers are finding out that able, if unclassifiable, legacy. • Events

Polygram and Bernstein Group Establish Joint Publishing Venture

olyGram International Music encouraging work that crosses PPublishing and the Estate of traditional boundaries between Leonard Bernstein recently pop, classical and show music. announced in New York the sign­ We will seek and sign composers ing of an agreement to establish a whose music, like Maestro new which will become Bernstein's, finds its audience in the publisher of the late compos­ the concert hall, but also among er-conductor's music. The new fans in the non-classical world." company also intends to publish Jamie Bernstein Thomas added: work by other composers. "With of the Leonard The Leonard Bernstein Music Bernstein Music Publishing Publishing Company (LBMPC) Company, we initiate a new phase will be a partnership between in realizing my father 's dream of PolyGram and the Amberson bringing to peo­ Group, which has been Leonard ple all over the world. This ven­ Bernstein's music publisher for Tim Harold, Executive Vice President of Polygram lnternatio11al, Ltd., Alexander ture promises to offer exciting many decades . PolyGram Bernstein and Harry Kraut. new opportunities for contempo­ International Music Publishing is and . The new compa­ directors of the new company. rary and future composers to the third largest music publisher ny wil l operate alongside The LBMPC aims to acq uire communicate their notes to ever­ in the world, managing over PolyGram's existing publishing other music catalogues and to wider audiences. I am sure my 300,000 copyrights including the companies, PolyGram Music and sign new composers of contempo­ father would be gratified." Jerome Kern catalogue and Elton Island Music. David Hockman, rary classical music. David The Leonard Bernstein Music John. Under the new agreement, chief executive of PolyGram Hockman, speaking of the new Pub li shing Company will have its PolyGram will acquire from International Music Publishing, publishing company, said: principal office in New York, and Amberson a 50% interest in the will be the chairman of the new "Leonard Bernstein is one of the will be represented by PolyGram's music publishing rights to the company. Crisp in Evans, most important composers of the network of subsidiaries in 35 entire Bernstein catalogue, which PolyGram Publishing's director of 20th century and PolyGram is countries. The present roles of includes concert and musical the­ legal and business affairs, wil l honored to become his pub lisher. Boosey & Hawkes and G. atre works such as WEST SIDE hold the same responsibilities at We are also proud to be the first Schirmer as licensing agents for STORY, , CHICH­ LBMPC. Jamie Bernstein Thomas major music group to establish a Bernstein will continue. • ESTER , JEREMIAH and Harry Kraut will serve as publishing company dedicated to

Place Leonard Bernstein

n October 16, 1995, Mayor Paris for this honor, after which OJean Tiberi of Paris officially Christopher Snow, Political inaugurated Place Leonard Affairs Officer of the United Bernstein. Place Leonard States Embassy, read a letter from Bernstein is located in the city's President in which he 12th arrondissement, in proximity stated that "Leonard Bernstein 4 to the American Center. was one of the most extraordi­ Ceremonies began with the nary artists of this century. As a unveiling of the Leonard composer, conductor, and teacher, Bernstein plague by Mayor he brought the joy of music to Tiberi, followed by remarks by millions around the world. " Judith Pisar, Chairman Emeritus A reception given by the mayor of the American Center. Nina of the 12th arrondissement, Jean­ Bernstein thanked the City of Fran~ois Pernin, followed. • Mayor Jean Tiberi, Nina Bernstein and Judith Pisar. WEST SIDE STORY

WEST SIDE STORY, continued

. (continued from page 1) in a battle for turf on Sondheim, who at 25 had yet to operatic. Actua lly, it soap-operat­ and the Jets are easily seen as 's lower East Side. make his mark, come in to write ic. For the opening night Steve emblematic of our drive-by shoot­ Naturally, they called it "East new lyrics. But it is Bernstein's gave me those notes engraved on ers, albeit more chivalrous. "One Side Story"-later to become music that Laurents is in thrall to. a gold disc. " Bernstein apparent­ gun," Laurents sa id, "is a WEST SIDE STORY because The score for WEST SIDE ly couldn't help being affected by metaphor for a whole bunch of Broadway legend STORY is "unparalleled theater the second-class treatment of Uzis. WEST SIDE STORY was a "didn't like the title," Laurents music that nobody ha s ever come musical theater in serious musical metaphor then. It's more of a said. Producers Bobby Griffith near, " he said. "CANDIDE is circles. "There was a snobb ism metaphor now. " and , who regarded wonderful, bur rhe music has then, and it still exists," Laurenrs The initial idea for the musical Abbott as their mentor, weren't more pastiche. WEST SIDE said. "I don't doubt that Lenny, came from Robbins, who wanted whom I liked enormously and got to stage a modern retelling of on with wonderfu ll y, might have "." The two wanted WEST SIDE STORY to lovers would be torn apart by be an ." their families over religion. While Laurents never had any Though based on Shakespeare, formal musical training, both the story would be a Jewish­ Bernstein and Sondheim appar­ Catholic sort of "Abie's Irish ently trusted his musical judg­ Rose" set to music. "Jerry want­ ment. "It's because I have a good ed me to write the words and ear. I don't say, 'There you Lenny to write the music," shou ld have a diminished sev­ Laurents recalled. The trio talked enth,' because I don't even know the concept over as early as 1949. what it is. I don't pretend to be a But it wasn't until the summer of technical expert. But I can 1955, when Laurents and explain why in emotional terms Bernstein ran into each other at somethin g works for me or why it the Beverly Hills Hotel, that the doesn't." co ll aboration truly began. Can a new WEST SIDE "Lenny and I were sitting by the STORY speak to us today? pool, " he recounted. "It was just Laurents doesn't hesitate. "I've a coincidence. He was out there always loved musicals because to conduct something at the I've always thought there's noth­ . I was out there ing more exciting than walking working on a movie, "Bonjour Rehearshing Tony's death scene; left to right, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, into a theater and hearing the Tristesse," for Otto Preminger. Carol Lawrence and . . The theater is larger "Jerry had been after us. We than life, and what could be larg- were talking about the Chicano crazy about WEST SIDE STORY, STORY is by and large pure." er than a musical?" • gangs in California - there was a either. During a humorous Not that he doesn't have quibbles. lot about 'juvenile delinquency' in moment during rehearsa ls, Laurents believes that "I Feel Jan Herman is an award-win­ the papers. So Lenny sa id, 'Let's Laurents suggested "Gangway." Pretty" doesn't belong in the ning journalist who covers theater put the story in California .' I "It was a joke," he recounted. show. "It's too Broadway. Steve for the Times. His said, 'No, let's put it in New "Well, they took me seriously. and I both think that Maria biography of Hollywood director York. We've got the Puerto They actually had "Gangway" would never have sung it. " Once William Wyler, A Talent for Ricans.' Lenny liked the idea painted on the back of the or twice an incriminating musical Trouble, will be released by 5 immediately, and there we are." [scenery] flats. " Sanity prevailed. phrase shows "Lenny go in g Putnam in January. He will They kept the concept of warring That pun on "gang war " never around the bend toward opera" speak at New York's Museum of immigrants but transformed the went up on a marquee, and the - bad form in Laurenrs and Modern Art at a retrospective of Jewish-Catholic fam ily conflict musical ultimately was set on the Sondheim's scheme of things, he early Wyler films (Ian. 12-14). into a racial conflagration West Side in midtown recalled. "The phrase in th e duet between the Jets (white) and the Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen. [""] where Maria Sharks (Puerto Rican), caught up Laurents recommended that sings 'No, Anita, no!' It's too © 1995, Los Angeles Tim es. Reprinted by permission. In the News

The Leonard Bernstein Society The WEST SIDE STORY Introduces Two New Videos Tour Continues

wo programs newly-released lie there, your face on the ground, Ton home video are now avail­ and you want to kiss it. You lis­ able exclusively through The ten to the grass grow, and you Leonard Bernstein Society. want it just to enfold you. You In Four Ways To Say Farewell, are leaning on a tree trunk - you an essay illustrated with rehearsal want to take it in your arms ... scenes, Leona rd Bernstein offers is all an analysis of 's about sex and reproduction. This NINTH SYMPHONY. "All is beastly music brought to the Mahler works deal in extremes - highest, most refined point." This extremes of dynamic, of tempo, video features the Schleswig­ of emotional meaning. After I Holstein Music Festival Orchestra. finish a movement of a Mahler p,f&r readers may purchase he WEST SIDE STORY tour ANUARY Symphon y, I'm out of breath, these videos by credit card direct­ Tcontinues to delight aud iences 23-28 Pasadena, CA: and drenched and shaking. ly from The Leonard Benstein and critics throughout the United Civic Center Society by calling their toll-free States and Canada and, soon, Mahler knew that he was close 30 Chicago, IL: number: 1-800-382-6622. Please overseas as well. After successful to death. In his NINTH Chicago Theatre SYMPHONY he succeeds in specify item #2022 and source runs this revival of WEST SIDE wr iting perhaps the greatest code 8888 for Four Ways to Say STORY, produced by Marvin FEBRUARY farewell symphony ever written Farewell and item #2023 and Krauss and Barry Brown and 1-11 Chicago, IL: by anybody." Featuring the source code 8888 for THE RITE directed and choreographed by Chica go Theatre OF SPRING in Rehearsal. Each Alan Johnson, now travels to . 13-18 Sapporo, Japan: video is $19.95 plus $4.95 sh ip- Japan, before returning to the In THE RITE OF SPRING in Kasei, Nenkin Rehearsal, the maestro inspires a ping and handling. • East Coast of the . youth orchestra to give a primal, Here are a few comments from 20-28 Tokyo, Japan: earthy performance of Igor the critics: Kosei, Nenkin Stravinsky's masterpiece. "I think MARCH of the times we all experience in 1-10 Tokyo, Japan: adolescence and I remember it Kasei, Nenkin like yesterday. It's spring and you 12-14 Hiroshima, Japan: Kosei, Nenkin 16-17 Nagoya, Japan: Aichi Prefectural 19-24 Osaka, Japan: Festival Hall "Th e show is tight, compact and 26-31 Schenectady, NY: Proctor's professionally turned out by a APR IL young and athletic company where ensemble playing makes 2-7 Hartford, CT: Bushnell the chorus into a major success." 9-14 Buffalo, NY: - Joseph T. Razmiarek, Shea's Auditorium 6 The Honolulu Advertiser 16-21 Rochester, NY: "A first-rate company." Auditorium Theatre - Martin Kohn, Oakland Press 23 -28 Providence, RI: Providence Performing "A winning WEST SIDE STORY" Arts Center - Russ Mussarra 30 Richmond, VA: Cleveland Beacon Journal Carpenter Center (through May 5) Calendar of Events"

''· Partial listing. Please note that all dates and programs are subj ect to change.

January February, continued March, continued 1 Vienna: DIVERTIMENTO; ORF 8 Glasgow: , THREE DANCE 15 Rock Hill, SC: PSALMS; Symphony Orc hestra; Carl St. Clair, EPISODES FROM "", York County Choral Society, members conductor; Mus ikverein . FACSIMIL E, SYM PHON IC DANCES FROM of the Cha rl otte Symph ony Orchestra; 1 : PRELUDE, FUGUE & RIFFS; "WEST SIDE STORY", Royal Scottish David Lowry, conductor; Danielle Israel Philhar111oni c; Ulf Sc hirm er, conduc- National Orch estra; Mar in Also p, condu c- Golding-Munday, so pran o; Rock Hill tor; Mann Aud itorium. to r; Robert McDuffie, violin; Glasgow Baptist Church Royal Concert Hall. 19,20 Charlotte, NC: SYMPHONY N0.1 27 Pottsville, PA: "Leona rd Bernstein, 11-13 "JEREMIAH"; Charlotte Symphony; Rome: DIVERTIMENTO, PRELUDE, Encore", museum exhibit; Jewish Christop her Wilkins, conductor; FUGUE & RIF FS; Orchestra Sinfonica de ll ' Museum of Easte rn Pennsy lvania . Blumenthal Performin g Arts Center. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; 27,28 Pottsville, PA: "A Tribute to Leonard Fra nz Welser-Moest, con ducto r; Richard Bernstein"; Schuy lkill Sy111 phon y 19-21 : CAND IDE OVERTUR E, Stoltzman; clarinet; Accademia Nazion ale. SERENADE, SYMPHONIC DANCES FROM Orchestra; Donald Spieth, conductor; "WEST SIDE STORY "; Baltimore 15 Berlin: SYMPHONIC SUITE FROM "ON North Sc hu ylkill High Sc hool. Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, con- THE WATERFRONT"; Orchester der 27, 28, Tel Aviv: SERENADE; Israel ductor; Hi ll ary Hahn, violin; Joseph Komischen Oper; Yekov Kreizberg, con- 30,31 Philhar111onic ; David Zin111 an, conduc Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. ductor; Komisches Oper. tor; , violin; Mann 25 Oslo: SERENADE; Oslo Philharmonic 22 Trondheim, Norway: SYM PH ON IC Auditoriu111. Orchestra; Marc Soustrot, cond uctor; Elise DANCES FROM "WEST SIDE STORY"; 28,30 San Francisco: ON THE TOWN; Sa n Barnes, violin; Oslo Konserthus. Trondhei111 Sy111ph ony Orc hestra; Kje ll Fra ncisco Symphon y; Mic hae l Ti lson Seim, conductor; Olavshallen. Th omas, conductor; , 22 Bergen: SYMPHONIC DANCES FROM Ado lf Green, narrators; Frederica vo n "WEST SIDE STORY" ; Bergen Philhar- Stade, Th omas Hampson, , mon ic Orchestra; Dmitri Kitaenko, conduc- Tyne Daly and others; Davies Hall. February tor; Griegha llen. 1,2 Baltimore: FACSIMILE, ; 26 New York: "Lyrics and Lyricists" lecture Bal timore Sy111ph ony Orchestra, David featuring Leonard Bernste in , by Maurice Zinman, conductor, Josep h Meyerhoff Levine; 92 nd Street Y. April Symphony Hall. 29 New York: SUITE NO.l FROM " "; 1-3 Dallas: FANCY FREE; The Dallas New York Phi lh armonic; Leonard Slatkin, 4 Neustreiitz, Germany: ON THE TOWN; Symphony; Andrew Litton, conductor; cond ucto r; Avery Fisher Ha ll. Orchester des Landestheaters; Golo Berg, Meyerson Symphony Center. conductor; The Ensembl e of the 1,2 Nashville: SHIVAREE FOR BRASS AND Landestheaters; Landestheater PERCUSSION; The Mecklen burg Neustreli tz. Orchestra; Kenneth Schermer horn, co nduc- March 5, 6 Utrecht: SYMPHONY NO. 2 "THE tor; Andrew Jackson Hall. AGE OF ANXIETY"; Radi o Symfonie 2 Vienna: OPEN ING PRAYER; Vienn a 1, 2, 5 New York: SUITE N0.1 FROM Orkest; Andrew Mogrelia, cond uctor; Philharmon ic; , cond uctor; "DYBBUK"; ; Cristina Ortiz, piano; Vrendenburg Konzertha us. Leonard Slatki n, conductor; Avery Centrum . 3 San Juan: WEST SIDE STORY; Pu erto Fisher Hall 14 Charlotte: CANDIDE OVERTURE; Rico Symphony in conjunction with the 1 New York: CLARINET ; Charlotte Symphon y; Janna Hymes, Luis A. Ferre Perform ing Arts Center; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Lukas conductor; Blumenthal Perform ing Arts Eugen Ko hn , musica l director; Lui s A. Foss, piano; Al ice Tully Hall. Center. Ferre Performing Arts Center. 2 New York: ; 15 Mannheim: CANDID E OVERTURE; 7 Aberdeen: SERENADE, THREE DANCE Vienna Phi lharmonic; Se iji Ozawa, Orchester Mannheim; JoAnn Fa lletta, EPISO DES FROM "ON THE TOWN", co ndu cto r; Ca rnegie Hall. conductor; Akadem iekonzert FACSIMILE, SYMPHONIC DANCES FROM Mannheim . "WEST SIDE STORY" , Royal Scomsh 19,20 Charlotte: SERENADE; Charlotte National Orchestra; , cond uc- Symphony; Jan na Hymes, conducto r; tor; Robert McD uffi e, violin; Mus ic Hall. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center

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The Songs of WEST SIDE STORY and other New Recordings

THE SONClS OF W IS T SI DI! S TORY and by Phil n February, Deutsche Music for. Dance Collin s, "" by Little IGrammophon will release a Richard, "A Boy Like That" by new recording and VHS video the late Se lena and Sheila E., as titled Bernstein on Broadway, ,,,, we ll as singers Michael McDonald, a compilation of excerpts from Kenny Loggins,• Patti LaBelle and Bernstein performances of CAN­ i Sa lt-n-Pepa. The Na tional DIDE, WEST SIDE STORY, as Association of Recording Arts & well as from ON THE TOWN, Sciences (NARAS) Foundation conducted by Michael Ti lso n and the Bernstein Education Thomas. This recording includ es Through th e Arts (BET A) Fund, performances by the London will both benefit from the pro­ Symphony Orchestra, Christa CA Victor has announced ceeds of this recording. Ludwig, , Kiri choreographers and dance Rthat in late January it wi ll Te Kanawa, , companies. Included on this disc release a mu lti -artist recording , Tyne Daly, are excerpts from Bernstein's titled Th e Songs of WEST SIDE Jose Carreras, , DYBBUK, FANCY FREE and STORY. This recording was , and Kurt FACSIMILE. For further infor­ inspired by the AIDS Project Los Ollmann. mation, please contact Boosey & Angeles Co ncert in 1992, at Hawkes at 24 East 21st. , New which industry stars paid tribute oosey & Hawkes Music York, NY 10010. • to Bernstein by performing so ngs BPublishers have iss ued a com­ from the musical. Produced by pact disc titled Music for Dance, David Pack, this recordi ng a sa mpler CD of many works that includes "Somewhere" sung by wo uld be suitable for use by

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