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Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein

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Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein premieres Wednesday, October 29 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings).

CARNEGIE HALL OPENING NIGHT 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein Musical Selections

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Scenes from A Quiet Place Prelude from Act I “You’re Late” “Morning. Good morning” Postlude from Act I

“I Can Cook Too” from On the Town

Meditation No. 1 from Mass

“What a Movie!” from Trouble in Tahiti

“To What You Said” from Songfest

Danzon from Fancy Free

“Gee, Officer Krupke” from West Side Story

“Ya Got Me” from On the Town

San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano Christine Ebersole, vocalist Thomas Hampson, baritone Yo-Yo Ma, cello Ensemble selected from the Vocal Arts Department And Drama Division of The Juilliard School

Top Photo: Leonard Bernstein is remembered in CARNEGIE HALL OPENING NIGHT 2008: A CELEBRATION OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN, Wednesday, October 29 at 9 p.m. (ET) on GREAT PERFORMANCES on PBS (check local listings). Presented by Thirteen/WNET New York, the special features Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony, with soloists Thomas Hampson, Dawn Upshaw, Christine Ebersole, and Yo-Yo Ma.

Credit: New York Philharmonic Archives; Background: Bjorg Magnea


	Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in CARNEGIE HALL OPENING NIGHT 2008: A CELEBRATION OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN, Wednesday, October 29 at 9 p.m. (ET) on Thirteen/WNET New York's GREAT PERFORMANCES on PBS (check local listings).