1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Composer: Leonard
Bernstein
Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner
Opened: May 4, 1976, Mark Hellinger Theatre, NYC
Performances: 7
Live performance recordings exist of the Philadelphia tryout and of the New York run.
Bright
And Black:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Barbara Hendricks, Kenneth
Tarver, Victor Acquah, and the London Voices directed by Terry
Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent
Nagano)
2. Leonard Bernstein Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-107 (Nell
Carter)
Duet For One ("The First Lady Of The
Land"):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Thomas Hampson, June
Anderson, and the London Voices directed by Terry Edwards with
the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
2. Broadway Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (Judy
Kaye, Kevin Colson, Davis Gaines, the Ambrosian Chorus and the
London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
The Grand Old Party (aka GOP) (cut
prior to opening; music used as opening in SLAVA! (A
POLITIVAL OVERTURE)):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (the London Voices directed
by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano)
Hail! (Intro to "Duet For One"; music
also used elsewhere in show):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (the London Voices directed
by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano)
2. Broadway Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (The
Ambrosian Chorus and the London Sinfonietta conducted by John
McGlinn)
If I Was A Dove:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Victor Acquah and the
London Voices directed by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
The Little White Lie (part of "The
Monroviad"):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Thomas Hampson and June
Anderson with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent
Nagano)
Lud's Wedding [#1]: I Love My Wife:
1. Demo (unidentified
singers)
2. White House Cantata, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2
(Barbara Hendricks, Kenneth Tarver and the London Voices
directed by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Kent Nagano)
3. The Songs That Got Away, CD/Polydor 839116 (Sarah Brightman
and Ritchie Pitts with the Stephen Hill Singers and orchestra
conducted by Michael Reed)
The Mark Of A Man (part of The
Monrovaid):
1. Demo (unidentified
singers)
2. A White House Cantata, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2
(Thomas Hampson and June Anderson with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
Minstrel Parade:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (the London Voices directed
by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano)
The Monroviad:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Thomas Hampson and June
Anderson with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent
Nagano)
The Nation That Wasn't There (cut prior to opening):
1. Demo (unidentified
singers)
Pity The Poor:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (the London Voices directed
by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano)
Prelude To Act 1 (cut prior to opening;
vocal line to be hummed; same music as "Middle C" and
"Dirge"; later became "To What You Said" in SONGFEST):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (the London Voices directed
by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano)
The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon
Party March (revised version of "Prefatory Prayers (street
chorus)" from MASS; trio section later used in the "BSO
Forever" from DIVERTIMENTO FOR ORCHESTRA; cut dance music
later used in DIVERTIMENTO FOR ORCHESTRA):
1. Demo (unidentified
singers)
2. A White House Cantata, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2
(Thomas Hampson and the London Voices directed by Terry Edwards
with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
3. Broadway Showstoppers, CD/Broadway Angel 7 54586 2 (Davis
Gaines, Linda Richardson, Tracey Miller, the Ambrosian Chorus
and the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
4. Leonard Bernstein Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-107 (John
Reardon and company)
Seena [#1]:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Kenneth Tarver with the
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
2. For You, For Me, CD/EMI 31553 (Bruce Hubbard and the
Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by Dennis Russell Davies)
Sonantina [#1] (The British) [Includes
Sonata-Allegro, Tempo di Menuetto, and Rondo Allegro con
brio and quotes music from/based on John Smith's tune "To
Anacreon in Heaven"]:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Kenneth Tarver, Neil
Jenkins, and the London Voices directed by Terry Edwards with
the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
Take Care Of This House:
1. Demo (unidentified
singers)
2. The Inaugural Album [for Jimmy Carter], Columbia (S) JC-1
(Frederica Von Stade with the National Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leonard Bernstein) [reissued on Take Care Of This
House, CD/CBS 44760]
3. A White House Cantata, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2
(June Anderson and Victor Acquah with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
4. Lerner, Loewe & Lane, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5917
(Joanna Gleason with musical direction by Ron Abel)
5. Leonard Bernstein Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-107
(Angelina Reaux and David Love Callaway)
6. Broadway Here I'll Stay: The Words Of Alan Jay Lerner,
CD/Philips 446 219-2 (Julie Andrews with the London Musicians
Orchestra conducted by Ian Fraser)
7. An Evening With Alan Jay Lerner, CD/Relativity First Night
88561-8261-2 (Patricia Routledge with the United Kingdom
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Chris Walker) [also found on
CD/First Night OCR CD12]
8. Leonard Bernstein Songs, Etcetera (S) KTC 1037 (Roberta
Alexander with Tan Crone, piano/klavier)
9. Where, Oh Where: Rare Songs Of The American Theatre,
CD/Premier 1001 (Judy Kaye with Peter Howard, piano)
10. The Beauty Of Broadway, CD/Original Cast 4901 (Dale
Kristien)
11. Sing Me A Song With Social Significance...Or Not, CD/Nancy
Stearns (Nancy Stearns with Gregory Toroian, piano, and David
Finck, bass)
12. Prayers, CD/Erato 85772 (Sumi Jo and Susan Graham with the
Cologne Philharmonic conducted by James Conlon)
13. I Will Breathe A Mountain, CD/RCA 902668771 (Marilyn Horne
with Martin Katz, piano)
14. Celebrating The American Spirit, CD/Sono Luminus DSL-92162 (Kelli O'Hara with
orchestra conducted by Judith
Clurman)
15. Walls, CD/Columbia 19075895482 (Barbra
Streisand)
Ten Square Miles On The Potomac
River:
1. A White House Cantata, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463
448-2 (Thomas Hampson and the London Voices directed by
Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Kent Nagano)
This Time (incl. That House) (cut prior to opening; music
later used in Sam's First Aria "You're Late" in A QUIET
PLACE):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Barbara Hendricks and
Kenneth Tarver with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano)
To Make Us Proud (cut prior to opening; uses elements from
"American Dreaming [#1]"; has same music as or is musically
related to "I Love This Land," "Proud," "A Star At Noon,"
and "We (Proud)/Finale" and was later used in OLYMPIC HYMN):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Thomas Hampson and Entire
Company with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent
Nagano)
Uncle Tom's Funeral (Uncle Tom)
(originally part of "Bright And Black" and cut prior to
opening):
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Keel Watson and the London
Voices directed by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
We Must Have A Ball:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (Thomas Hampson with the
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano)
Welcome Home, Miz Adams:
1. A White House Cantata,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 448-2 (the London Voices directed
by Terry Edwards with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kent Nagano)
Other Songs:
Act I Finale ("The Ball)
(includes music from "We Must Have A Ball")
Act II Finale (reprise of "Rehearse!")
American Dreaming [#1] (with Choral Cadenza) (cut prior to
opening; section retained became "Proud")
American Dreaming/The Breakout (Philadlephia version)
Arthur's Version (of "When We Were Proud") (cut in Washington,
D.C.)
Auctions I
Auction II (see also "The Monroviad")
The Breakout
Dirge (see "Prelude To Act 1")
Entr'acte
Exit Music
Finale Ultimo (Rehearse!) (music used in SLAVA! (A POLITICAL
OVERTURE)
Forty Acres And A Mule (cut prior to opening)
Hail to the President (cut prior to opening)
The Honor Of Your Presence [Invitation]
(Arthur's) I Love This Land (cut prior to opening; see "To Make
Us Proud")
It's A Miracle (cut; another version of "It's Raining")
It's Gonna Be Great (see SLAVA! (A POLITICAL OVERTURE))
It's Raining (cut; uses music from the final part of "Sonatina")
Learn To Read: Lesson Scene
Me (cut prior to opening)
Middle C (see "Prelude To Act 1")
A New Century (see SLAVA! (A POLITICAL OVERTURE))
Overture
Philadelphia (cut prior to opening)
The President Jefferson March (cut reprise)
Proud (see note for "To Make Us Proud")
R.S.V.P. No. 1
R.S.V.P. No. 2
R.S.V.P. No. 3
R.S.V.P. No. 4
Reclamation Scene (with "Can You Love")
The Red, White And Blues
Rehearse! (music later used in SLAVA! (A POLITICAL OVERTURE))
Sitting By The Fire (cut)
A Star At Noon (cut prior to opening; see "To Make Us Proud")
The Switch (portions were later used in A QUIET PLACE)
Tambourine Opening
Ten Square Miles on the Potomac River (cut reprise)
Theodore Roosevelt's Reprise (of "Ten Square Miles on the
Potomac River")
They Doan Have To Pull It Down
We (Proud)/Finale (cut prior to opening; see "To Make Us Proud")
Wedding Dance
When We Were Proud
Note: The titles "The Money-Lovin' Minstrel Show," "The
Robber-Baron Minstrel Parade," and "Minstrelsy" were collective
titles for an "After-Dinner Entertainment" segment that included
(at various times) "(Here Comes The) Minstrel Parade," "Pity The
Poor," "We've Come A Long Way Together," "The Grand Old Party,"
and "The Red, White And Blues." The title "The Monroviad" was a
collective title for a segment that included (at various times)
"Auction II," "Little White Lies" and "The Mark Of A Man."
Unused Material Existing In Sketch
Form:
Act II Finale (cut prior
to opening; see "To Make Us Proud")
American Dreaming/The Breakout (original version)
Dusty Old Box/Ten Square Miles (reprise)
Easy To Be Pres[ident]
Exclamation Scene
First Things First
Freedom Song
Game Song
Hail! (early version of Hail!)
Here Comes The Minstrel Parade
Hymn: Too Much Love
I Knew It
I Will Love
Impeach Him
Make It Rain
Make It Rain (alternate version)
Mr. Hoban (intended as portion of "We (Proud)/Finale")
Musical Chairs
Musketry (bridge from Seena to Sonatina)
The Old Song And Dance
Pretty Colors (music sketches imply relationship with "Prelude"
and "Middle C")
Rag Cake-Walk
Rehearse! (unused reprise)
Someday
Ten Square Miles on the Potomac River (unused reprise)
They Doan Have To Pull It Down (original version)
We've Come A Long Way Together
Welcome Home, Miz Johnson
What Happened
Wrecko (Burne, Fleeo, etc.) (intended to follow Sonatina
movement I; bridge to Menuetto)
Material Used In The January 27, 1995
Reading At Theatre 603 With Additional Lyrics By Erik
Haagensen):
American Dreaming [#2]
Another Kind of Man
Can You Love (intended as portion of "Reclamation Scene")
It's My Country
Lud's Birthday Party
Lud's Wedding [#2]
Seena [#2]
Sonatina [#2]
They've Done It
They've Started
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RELATED WORKS
"The BSO Forever" March; Final Movement
of DIVERTIMENTO FOR ORCHESTRA :
1. Bernstein Conducts
Bernstein, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 000001402 (the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein) [also
found on Bernstein 70 (Seventy Minutes of Bernstein's Best),
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 427042]
2. Leonard Bernstein In Budapest, CD/Hungaroton 12631 (Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein)
3. Leonard Bernstein: The Artist Album, CD/Deutsche Grammophon
457691 (The Vienna Philharmoniker conducted by Leonard
Bernstein)
4. Classic Music Around The World, Vol. 2: America, CD/Gallo 890
(Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo conducted by Walter Proost)
5. Bernstein: West Side Story; Symphonic Dances, CD/Virgin
363301 (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo
Jarvi) (1997)] [also on Bernstein: Orchestral Works, CD/Virgin
45295]
6. American Classics, CD/Philips 464 126-2 (The Boston Pops
Orchestra conducted by John Williams)
7. Leonard Bernstein: Serenade; Facsimile; Divertimento,
CD/Naxos 8559245 (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Marin Alsop)
8. Bernstein: Dance Episodes; Divertimento, CD/Deutsche
Grammophon 415966 (Jean-Pierre Rampal , flute, Mstislav
Rostropovich, cello)
9. Bernstein: Divertimento; Meiji: Symphony No. 1, CD/Rondo
Grammophon 8346 (Danish Concert Band conducted by Jorgen Jensen)
10. Bernstein: Jeremiah; The Age of Anxiety, CD/Chandos 9889
(BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin)
11. Bernstein: Suite From Candide; Five Songs; Three Meditations
From Mass; Divertimento, CD/Reference Recordings 87 (The
Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue)
12. Bernstein Tribute, CD/Dorian xCD-90278 (Proteus 7)
13. Brasszination, CD/Gallo p 30-450 (G) (Rekkenze Ensemble)
"Morning! Good Morning" from A QUIET
PLACE (based on unknown music from 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue):
1. A Quiet Place, CD/ Deutsche Grammophon 447 962-2 (Beverly Morgan with the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein)
OLYMPIC HYMN:
1. Summon The Heroes,
CD/Sony 89434 (Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Pops with the
Tanglewood Festival Chorus conducted by John Williams)
2. The Lyrical Trumpet, CD/Summit 349 (Phil Snedecor, trumpet,
with Paul Skevington, organ)
"Prefatory Prayers (street chorus)"
from MASS:
1. Mass, CD/Sony
SM2K 63089 (Norman Scribner Choir, Berkshire Boy Choir, and
orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein)
2. Mass, CD/Harmonia Mundi 801840/41 (Kate Berenson with the
Pacific Mozart Ensemble, the Berliner Rundfunkchor, the
Staats-und Domchor Berlin (Boys Choir), and the Deutsche
Symphonie-Orchester conducted by Kent Nagano)
3. Music From Mass, Deutsche Grammophon 2584 002 (Boston Pops
Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler) [reissued on The Arthur
Fiedler Legacy: Stars And Stripes - An American Concert,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 477 6115]
Sam's Aria ("You're Late") from A QUIET PLACE:
1. A Quiet Place,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 447 962-2 (Chester Ludgin with the
Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard
Bernstein)
2. Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles, CD/Deutsche Grammophon
439926 (The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael
Tilson Thomas)
SLAVA! (A POLITICAL OVERTURE):
1. Bernstein Conducts
Bernstein, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 000001402 (the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein with Peter
Schmidle, clarinet) [also found on Essential Leonard Bernstein,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 471518]
2. Adrian Symphony Orchestra, CD/ASO 9801 (Adrian Symphony
Orchestra conducted by David Katz)
3. Beachcomber, CD/Reference Recordings 62 (The Dallas Wind
Symphony conducted by Frederick Fennell)
4. Emblems, CD/Klavier 11030 (Cincinnati Wind Symphony conducted
by Eugene Corporon)
"To What You Said" from SONGFEST:
1. Bernstein Conducts
Bernstein, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 000001402 (Rosalind Elias,
Donald Gramm, John Reardon, Neil Rosenshein, Clamma Dale, and/or
Nancy Williams with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Leonard Bernstein) [also found on Bernstein Conducts Bernstein,
CD/Deutsche Grammophon 447957]
2. Arias & Barcarolles/Songs & Duets, CD/Koch
International Classics 3-7000-2 (William Sharp with Steven
Blier, piano, and Sar Sant'Ambrogio, cello)
3. To The Soul: Thomas Hampson Sings The Poetry Of Walt Whitman,
CD/Angel 55028 (Thomas Hampson with Craig Rutenberg, piano)
4. Songs Of Our Lives, CD/Calvero (Robert Leuze)
5. Blackwell Sings Bernstein, CD/RCA 68321 (Harolyn Blackwell)
6. Leonard Bernstein: Songfest; In Memoriam: Nathalie
Koussevitzky; Symphony No. 1, CD/RCA 61581 (John Cheek with the
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin)