Opening Prayer (World Premiere)
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Kurt Ollmann, baritone
New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
December 15, 1986
This work opened the gala concert celebrating the reopening of the newly renovated Carnegie Hall. Other performers included Marilyn Horne, Yo-Yo Ma, Frank Sinatra, Vladimir Horowitz, Issac Stern and Zubin Mehta. The concert was concluded with a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony.