| 1969 | |  | | April 30, death of Samuel J. Bernstein. |
| | | | May 17, led last concert as Music Director of NYP, after having conducted 939 concerts with the orchestra (831 as Music Director), more than any other conductor in its history. Gave 36 world premieres, 14 US premieres, 15 NYC premieres and led more than 40 works never before performed by the NYP. Received title of "Laureate Conductor". |
| | | | September, Schuyler Chapin appointed Executive producer of Amberson Productions, an affiliate of Amberson Enterprises, Inc. |
| 1970 | | | | January, led Cavalleria Rusticana at Metropolitan Opera, NYC. |
| | | | February, inaugurated Amberson film and video productions with Verdi's Requiem, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, followed by Beethoven's Brithday, A Celebration in Vienna (CBS) for Beethoven Bicentennial. |
| | | | May, led parts of Beethoven's Fidelio, Theater an der Wien & VSO. |
| | | | July, became Advisor to Tanglewood through 1974, with Seiji Ozawa and Gunther Schuller as Artistic Directors. |
| | | | August-September tour of Japan and Southern U.S. with NYP. |
| 1971 | | | | January 19, signed first contract with Unitel for filming of Mahler and Brahms symphonies. Over the next 20 years, created and performed in almost 200 films, UNITEL Music Films. |
| | | | September 8, inaugurated the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., with premiere of Mass, A Theater Piece. |
| | | | December 15, conducted his 1000th concert with the NYP, a milestone never before achieved in the orchestra's history. |
| 1972 | | | | January 24, Harry J. Kraut became Executive Vice President of Amberson Enterprises, Inc. |
| | | | March 28, premiere of Meditations I & II for 'Cello and Piano, NYC, LB and Stephen Kates. |
| | | | September, conducted Bizet's Carmen at Metropolitan Opera, NYC, and signed first contract with Polydor. |
| 1973 | | | | January 19, led Concert for Peace at National Cathedral, Washington, with members of NSO, in protest against President Nixon, on the eve of Nixon's second term in office. |
| | | | June 23, led concert with Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma (RAI) and choruses, at the Vatican, Rome, for the tenth anniversary of Paul VI's elevation to the Papacy. |
| | | | June 25, European premiere of Mass, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Yale Univ. forces, John Mauceri, cond. |
| | | | October 9, delivered first of six lectures entitled The Unanswered Question, as the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard Univ. Was in residence at Harvard for fall ('54) & spring ('55) semesters. |
| | | | December 20, premiere of revised version of Candide. |
| 1974 | | | | May 16, led premiere of Jerome Robbin's ballet Dybbuk, NYC Ballet. |
| | | | July, conducted BSO & World Youth Orch. at Tanglewood commemorating Koussevitzky's centennial. |
| | | | August 16, led world premiere of Dybbuk Variations in Auckland, New Zealand. |
| 1975 | | | | April 3 & 17, American premieres of Dybbuk Suites Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, (new titles for Dybbuk Variations), NYP. |
| 1976 | | | | February 17-22, festival of Bernstein's music held at Butler Univ, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| | | | February, his fourth book published, The Unanswered Question, Harvard University Press. |
| | | | May 4, premiere of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC. |
| | | | August 5, German language premiere of Candide, Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. |
| 1977 | | | | January 19, conducted two of his songs at Inaugural Concert for President Jimmy Carter, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. |
| | | | March-April, IPO presented a festival of Bernstein's music to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his first concerts with the orchestra. |
| | | | August, Austria's Carinthian Summer Festival presented first European festival of LB's music, with IPO. |
| | | | October 11, premieres of Songfest, Three Meditations from Mass for Violoncello and Orch. & Slava!, (latter two with Mstislav Rostropovich as cellist and conductor, respectively), LB, cond, NSO(W). |
| 1978 | | | | January 29, conducted Fidelio, telecast to 18 countries from VSO. |
| | | | June 16, death of Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. |
| | | | August 25, Leonard Bernstein 60th Birthday Celebration Concert, NSO(W), Wolf Trap, Virginia. Telecast internationally. |
| 1979 | | | | February 15, led Orquesta Filharmónica de la Ciudad de Mxico, México City, in concert for state visit by President Carter to President Lopez de Portillo. |
| 1980 | | | | January 17, premiere of Jerome Robbins' revised version of Dybbuk, New York City Ballet, NYC, Jerome Robbins, choreographer, Robert Irving, cond. |
| | | | January 24, Fancy Free performed by New York City Ballet, first time by company other than the American Ballet Theatre. |
| | | | September 25, premiere of Divertimento, BSO, Seiji Ozawa, cond. |
| | | | October 11, premiere of A Musical Toast, NYP, Zubin Mehta, cond. |
| | | | November 14, conducted Lincoln Portrait, with Copland as narrator, on Copland's 80th birthday, NSO(W). |
| | | | December 7, received Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime of Contributions to American Culture through the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. |
| 1981 | | | | February 16, German language version of Mass, at VSO. |
| | | | May 27, led premiere of Halil, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, solo flute, IPO, Tel Aviv. |
| | | | June 12, conducted Kaddish, Halil and Three Meditations from Mass with the SCO honoring Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. |
| 1982 | | | | January-February, Fellow-in-Residence at Indiana Univ. Directed workshops, with librettist Stephen Wadsworth for their opera A Quiet Place. |
| | | | July-August, Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmoinc Institute, giving master classes in conducting. |
| | | | Published his fifth book, Findings. |
| | | | October 13, Opera House Version of Candide opened at New York City Opera, Lincoln Center. |
| 1983 | | | | June 17, premiere of A Quiet Place (first version), Houston Grand Opera, John DeMain, cond. |
| | | | August 25, Leonard Bernstein Day, Lawrence, Mass., dedicated to nuclear disarmament: parade, concert, dedication of LB Outdoor Theater in Heritage State Park. |
| | | | December 31, speaking for the first time at Cathedral of St John the Divine, NYC, speaking on anti-nuclear and peace causes. |
| 1984 | | | | June 19, premiere of revised version of A Quiet Place at La Scala, John Mauceri, cond. Opened at Kennedy Center on July 22. |
| | | | September 4-7, recorded West Side Story for DG with opera singers, including Te Kanawa, Carreras, Troyanos, NYC. |
| | | | September 13, 40th anniversary concert of Jeremiah Symphony with PSO. |
| | | | December 2, wedding of daughter, Jamie to David Evan Thomas. |
| 1985 | | | | July-August, with European Community Youth Orchestra, toured in a "Journey for Peace" program (including Kaddish) to Athens, Hiroshima (40th anniversary), Budapest & Vienna. Shared conducting with Eiji Oue. |
| | | | September 26, opening of Bernstein: The Television Work at the Museum of Broadcasting, NYC. |
