
Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday may have passed, but Nashville is still celebrating. Here is a rundown of this fall’s classical music events that include music by Leonard Bernstein:
					
						
							Trevecca Symphony – Bernstein’s Birthday Bash
						
					
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August 31, 7:30pm
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Trevecca Nazarene Quad
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Free – lawn seating
 
						
							This concert features symphonic favorites, including the raucous 
							
								Overture to Candide
							
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										Nashville Symphony – Bernstein Centennial Opening Night
									
								
							
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September 8, 8pm
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Schermerhorn Symphony Center
 
							The Nashville Symphony’s season opener includes 
							
								Symphony No. 1
							
							, also known as 
							
								“Jeremiah.”
							
							 The performance will be live broadcast here on 91Classical.
								
									
										Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir – Family Weekend Celebration
									
								
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September 28, 6pm
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Ingram Hall
 
									
										The two choirs will join with soloists and instrumentalists for
											
										
										
											Chichester Psalms
										
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													MTSU Women’s Chorale – Bernstein’s Birthday Bash
												
											
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October 4, 7:30
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MTSU School of Music
 
												
													The Women’s Chorale will present selections of favorite songs, as well as excerpts from the large-scale theatrical work that combined classical and popular styles – 
													
														Mass
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																Gateway Chamber Orchestra – Bernstein at 100
															
														
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October 7, 3pm
 - George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall at Austin Peay State University
 
															
																In this family concert the orchestra will perform selections from the famed musical 
																
																	West Side Story
																
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																			Vanderbilt Opera Theatre – Candide: A Comic Operetta in Two Acts
																		
																	
																
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November 9, 8pm
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November 11, 2pm
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Ingram Hall
 
																	
																		Based on Voltaire’s novel of the same name, this operatic send-up of 18th century vices may sound a bit familiar today.
																	
																
																		
																			And this isn’t the last of Bernstein in Nashville. Fans of the composer can also look forward to the
																				Nashville Symphony’s performance of his third symphony, the 
																			
																			
																				Kaddish
																				, in April of 2019.