For New York (Variations on Themes of Leonard Bernstein) (originally titled To Lenny!
is a one-movement orchestral composition by the American composer John Williams.
Written as a tribute to fellow composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, the piece premiered on the last day of Bernstein's 70th birthday gala at Tanglewood on August 28, 1988.
[2] Music critic John Rockwell of The New York Times described the work as "feathery and flashy.
The album also featured Williams' 1996 and 2002 Olympic themes, the NBC Nightly News theme The Mission, the six part American Journey, and various other celebratory works and fanfares for orchestra.