PLEASE NOTE: The livestream of this concert is restricted to viewers in the United States. Additionally, the performances of Bernstein's "The Age of Anxiety" and Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm Variations" will only be available during the livestream. We will notify NWS Inside members when the concert is available on demand.

Two Frenchmen meet in Miami for a concert that includes Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Among the world’s finest pianists, Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins NWS for The Age of Anxiety, a Bernstein parable about chasing happiness.

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Overture to Candide (1956)
Leonard Bernstein(1918-1990)
Approx. Duration: 5 minutes

Conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas at the 1980 Kennedy Center Honors
© 1980 Kennedy Center Television Productions, Inc.

"Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide (1956)
Leonard Bernstein(1918-1990)
Arranged by Nicholas Hersh
Approx. Duration: 5 minutes

In loving memory of Michael Tilson Thomas

Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety" for Piano and Orchestra (1948-49)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Approx. Duration: 35 minutes

Part One
The Prologue
The Seven Ages: Variations 1-7
The Seven Stages: Variations 8-14
Part Two
The Dirge
The Masque
The Epilogue

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

La cathédrale engloutie (1910)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Approx. Duration: 7 minutes

In loving memory of Lin Arison

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Intermission

Variations on "I Got Rhythm" (1933-34)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Arranged by William C. Schoenfeld
Approx. Duration: 9 minutes

Ziwei Ma
Jean-Yves Thibaudet

An American in Paris (1928)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Edited and revised by Frank Campbell-Watson
Approx. Duration: 17 minutes

Projections designed by NWS Media

Overture to Girl Crazy (1930)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Orchestrated by Don Rose