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