| 1950-68 | 1969-85 | 1986-96 |
| 1986 |  | April 10, led, then recorded, A Quiet Place at the VSO. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 29-May 11, Leonard Bernstein Festival given by the LSO at the Barbican Centre, including a concert conducted by LB in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 13, led premiere of Jubilee Games with IPO, Avery Fisher Hall, NYC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 15, led premiere of Opening Prayer, NYP, Carnegie Hall. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | | March 4, birth of granddaughter Francisca Ann Maria. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 8, premiere in German of A Quiet Place, Bielefeld, Germany. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April-May, workshop of musical adaptation (not completed) of Brecht play by LB, Jerome Robbins, John Guare and Stephen Sondheim: The Race to Urga at Mitzi Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | | April 21, premiere of Missa Brevis, Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Robert Shaw, cond. April 24, Conducted New York City Ballet Orchestra in 1st Movement of Chichester Psalms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 9, premiere of Arias and Barcarolles, Equitable Center Auditorium, NYC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 11, premiere of My Twelve-Tone Melody sung by LB in honor of Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday, Carnegie Hall, NYC. May 17, Premiere of Scottish Opera Version of Candide, Glasgow, conducted by John Mauceri June 16-22 Conducted Chicago Symphony Orchestra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 26-28, conducted three concerts in Moscow with SHMF Orch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| August 25-28, LB 70th Birthday Celebration, Tanglewood. October-November toured with Vienna Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 14, led NYP in all-Bernstein concert, marking his 45th anniversary debut with the NYP. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | | April 24, Premiere of Concerto for Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra June 6, conducted Boston Pops for 50th Anniversary of Harvard Univ. 1939 graduating class. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 22, last concert with IPO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 21, last concert with combined SHMF orch. & Santa Caecilia Orch., Neumeunster. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 1, Warsaw, concert commemorating outbreak of World War II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 14, birth of grandson, Evan Samuel Thomas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 19-31, last concerts with NYP October 23, participated in Alan Jay Lerner Memorial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 15, refused National Medal of Arts from President George Bush as a protest against revoked NEA grant for a NY exhibit on AIDS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December, narrated and conducted Candide (final concert version), LSO, Barbican Centre, London. Subsequently recorded by DG. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 23, 25, led Beethoven Symphony No. 9, international orch., Berlin Freedom Concert celebrating end of Berlin Wall, first at the Philharmonie, formerly West Berlin and then at Schauspielhaus, formerly East berlin.. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | | March 11, conducted VPO at Carnegie Hall. Last New York concert. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April, led Mozart's Mass in C Minor, Waldsasser, Germany. Final concert with BRSO. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 5, conducted performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at Prague Festival, Czech Philhamonic Orch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last concerts, Tanglewood: August 14, including Copland's Symphony No. 3, BMCO. August 19, Koussevitzky Memorial concert: Britten's Three Sea Interludes, LB's Arias & Barcarolles (Carl St. James, cond.) and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, BSO. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 9, announced retirement from public performances due to failing health. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 14, the death of LB, 6:15 p.m. at his home, 1 West 72nd Street, NYC. Death due to cardiac arrest brought on by mesothelioma. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 16, private funeral at LB home followed by interment at Green Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. Three memorial events in NYC, organized by family & staff: November 14, "A Concert Remembering Lenny," Carnegie Hall. December 13, "Remembering Lenny, " A Theater Tribute, Majestic Theater. December 31, "Remembering Leonard Bernstein," The 1990 New Year's Eve Concert for Peace, Cathedral of St. John the Divine. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | | December 29, death of Jennie Bernstein.
| 1993 | | | August 25, Mayor David Dinkins of New York City renamed the corner of Broadway and 65th Street "Leonard Bernstein Place" | October 8, Mayor of Tel Aviv named the plaza in front of the Mann Auditorium Kikar Leonard Bernstein (Leonard Bernstein Square) 1994 | | | April, The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces the naming of the Leonard Bernstein Performer's Pavilion at Tanglewood. | 1995 | | | Fall, New York University selects Leonard Bernstein for induction into the NYU Musical Theater Hall of Fame. | | | October 16, Mayor Jean Tibéri of Paris inaugurated Place Leonard Bernstein in the city's 12th arrondissement, in proximity to the American Center. | 1996 | | | May 10, Boston Latin School inscribes Leonard Bernstein's name in the upper frieze of the school's historic assembly hall. | |
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