A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein
A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein:
Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008
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The San Francisco Symphony's all-Bernstein Carnegie Hall performance, broadcast on PBS's Great Performances, is now available on DVD through SFS Media. This DVD features music from West Side Story, Fancy Free, A Quiet Place, Mass and On the Town, with soloists Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson, Yo-Yo Ma, Christine Ebersole, and vocal and drama students from The Juilliard School. In July it was nominated for a 2009 “Outstanding Special Class Program” Emmy® Award. The 61st Primetime Emmy® Awards air Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) live on CBS.
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"It’s hard to bring off this kind of populist mix without seeming to pander. But Michael Tilson Thomas has the breadth, depth, and showmanship to do it."
The New York Times (Sept. 26, 2008)
"From the opening Prologue, the music was driving yet imbued with a nuance and coloration that made the familiar music entirely fresh."
San Francisco Chronicle (Sept. 28)
"…performed with rare, infectious gusto by Thomas and an all-star ensemble."
New York Daily News (Sept. 26)
"…and hearing this great American orchestra play this music, one realizes that it takes an American orchestra to play it."
San Francisco Chronicle (Sept. 28)
"…this is a show with something to say."
Los Angeles Times
"…re-creating the master’s music with an exuberance that makes everyone glad to be there. A great show all around."
Musical America
Photo credit: Chris Lee.