1970-1979
1970
Fund-raising meeting for Black Panthers held at Bernstein's residence; conducted bicentennial production of Beethoven's Fidelio opera in Vienna; named artistic advisor, Tanglewood, 1970-74.
1971
Premiere of Mass, A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers, inaugurating the Kennedy Center, Washington; conducted one thousandth performance with New York Philharmonic.
1972
Conducted Bizet's Carmen at the Metropolitan.
1973
Delivered "The Unanswered Question," a series of six Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard University; conducted for Pope Paul VI at the Vatican.
1974
First performance of Dybbuk ballet; led New York Philharmonic on tour of New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
1976
Premiere of the musical 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
1977
First performance of Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra.
1978
Death of Felicia Bernstein, June 16th.
1979
Conducted Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
