Tanglewood has announced that its star-studded gala concert, celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s centennial on August 25, 2018, will be recorded by Great Performances and broadcast on PBS, bringing this event to audiences in their homes throughout America, Europe, and Asia on December 28, 2018.

The concert will be hosted by Audra McDonald and directed by James Darrah; among the names appearing in the concert are John Williams, Thomas Hampson, Isabel Leonard, Nadine Sierra, Susan Graham, and more. They will be joined by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. This expansive cast will be paying tribute to the Bernstein’s many contributions to the arts of music and theatre, as well as what he brought to Tanglewood Festival from 1940 to 1990.

The program includes Bernstein’s “Overture to Candide,” “Phaedrus from Serenade,” “Meditation 3 from Mass for cello and orchestra,” and selections from “West Side Story,” including “Jet Song,” “Maria,” “A boy like that,” “I have a love,” and a quintet for “Tonight.”