The ''Anniversaries'' are a series of short compositions of easy difficulty for solo piano by American composer

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. 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

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, 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 (with two piccolos), two oboes (second oboe doubling English horn), two clarinets in B-flat (first clarinet doubling clarinet in E-flat, second clarinet doubling bass clarinet), two bassoons (second bassoon doubling contrabassoon), two horns in F, two trumpets in C, two trombones (second trombone doubling bass trombone), timpani, two percussionists (playing a glockenspiel, a xylophone, a vibraphone, chimes, a triangle, suspended cymbals, a tam-tam, a tambourine, a snare drum, a field drum, and a bass drum), and a regular-sized string section. It was first recorded under

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with

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and the

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''Anniversaries for Orchestra''

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