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Omnibus (Sun. 9 p.m., ABC). "After Wagner, What?" discussed by Leonard Bernstein...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). With Leonard Bernstein...
Candide (based on Voltaire's satire; book by Lillian Hellman; score by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Richard Wilbur; other lyrics by John Latouche and Dorothy Parker) is a medley of the brilliant, the uneven, the exciting, the earthbound, the adventurous and the imperfectly harmonized. It is not an especially Voltairian Candide; more significantly, it is not in the least a conventional Broadway musical, for the very good reason that it plainly never sought...
...lyrics were written by Richard Wilbur, with help from John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Miss Hellman and Leonard Bernstein. They are about on a par with the libretto. Most of the songs like "The Best of All Possible Worlds" and "Eldorado," play upon Voltairean cliches with repetition and insipidity...
Although uneven, Leonard Bernstein's music is one of the nicest things about the show. With few singable melodies, the music is ingenious and often surprising...