Thirteen Anniversaries


Thirteen Anniversaries is a composition for solo piano by Leonard Bernstein, published in 1988, commemorating 13 people who played an important role in his life.

Background

Bernstein wrote this set after similar collections, Seven Anniversaries, Four Anniversaries and Five Anniversaries. Each movement celebrates a person. Some movements are dedicated to a person close to the one commemorated. The work was given its first performance by Alexander Frey in Berlin in 1998.

Movements

The titles, referencing the persons, are:
  1. For Shirley Gabis Rhoades Perle
  2. In Memoriam: William Kapell.
  3. For Stephen Sondheim
  4. For Craig Urquhart
  5. For Leo Smit
  6. For My Daughter, Nina
  7. In Memoriam: Helen Coates
  8. In Memoriam: Goddard Lieberson
  9. For Jessica Fleishmann
  10. In Memoriam: Constance Hope
  11. For Felicia, on our 28th Birthday
  12. For Aaron Stern
  13. In Memoriam: Ellen Goetz