Anniversaries (Bernstein)

The Anniversaries are a series of short compositions of easy difficulty for solo piano by American composer Leonard Bernstein. These compositions were written over the course of forty years as gifts for people Bernstein was acquainted or friends with on the occasion of their birthday. The published series comprises the following works:
Bernstein composed many more anniversaries that eventually fell out of interest and were abandoned and never re-used in other compositions. Examples of anniversaries that were used in other compositions include No. 1 in Four Sabras, which was never included in the anniversaries series.

''Anniversaries for Orchestra''

In 2016, long-time Bernstein championeer Garth Edwin Sunderland wrote a suite entitled Anniversaries for Orchestra. The collection of eleven anniversaries was taken from the four different sets and was arranged for a large orchestra. The piece had a total duration of 15 minutes and was scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat, two bassoons, two horns in F, two trumpets in C, two trombones, timpani, two percussionists, and a regular-sized string section. It was first recorded under Naxos with Marin Alsop and the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra.