Avery Fisher Hall
10 Lincoln Square, Broadway at 64th St.
September 18-21, $45-$155
nyphil.org/artofthescore
The New York Philharmonic’s annual “Art of the Score” presentation this year focuses on that master thespian, method actor extraordinaire Marlon Brando. The Nebraska-born Brando became an immediate star right out of the gates with such early films as The Men, A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Julius Caesar, and The Wild One, but it was his 1954 triumph, On the Waterfront, that established him as one of the all-time greats even though it was only his sixth picture. For this year’s “Film Week,” New York Philharmonic artistic advisor Alec Baldwin has selected the two Brando classics for which Mr. Mumbles won the Oscar for Best Actor. On September 18, David Newman will conduct Leonard Bernstein’s score for Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront, often considered one of the greatest Hollywood films ever made, with TCM’s Robert Osborne serving as host. On September 19 and 21, Justin Freer will conduct Nino Rota’s score for what many consider the absolute greatest film ever made, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, with Paul Sorvino as the special guest the first night.