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Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris
Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris
Air date: 05-04-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2364999327/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false At an age when most artists’ best work is behind them, modern dance pioneer Paul Taylor continues to win acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his recent dances, as well as his classics. /episodes/get/8696 /episode/8696 Great Performances: Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris /episode-player/8696
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Air date: 01-02-2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2317965318/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim... Why has the Broadway musical proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds? The documentary combines interviews with performance footage, including many of the rousing... /episodes/get/6495 /episode/6495 Great Performances: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy /episode-player/6495
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Air date: 12-15-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2309390406/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Now with the film fully restored to the highest technical standard with a remixed soundtrack, it’s time to tell the extraordinary story of Magical Mystery Tour: why it was made, how it was made and the circumstances in which it was made. Magical Mystery Tour Revisited is the story behind the... /episodes/get/6359 /episode/6359 Great Performances: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited /episode-player/6359
Paul McCartney's Live Kisses
Paul McCartney's Live Kisses
Air date: 09-08-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2276816943/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses captures the magical night of February 9 in the City of Angels – coincidentally, the 48th anniversary of The Beatles’ U.S. TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show no less –when Paul McCartney decided to bring Kisses On The Bottom, his newly released collection of pop standards... /episodes/get/1398 /episode/1398 Great Performances: Paul McCartney's Live Kisses /episode-player/1398
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
Air date: 08-11-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2265586059/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The concert features the BSO, Boston Pops Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, under the direction of conductors John Williams, Keith Lockhart and Andris Nelsons. Performances by pianists Emanuel Ax and Peter Serkin, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and vocalist James... /episodes/get/1403 /episode/1403 Great Performances: Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration /episode-player/1403
The Thomashefskys
The Thomashefskys
Air date: 03-29-2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2216468713/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Watch Broadway's Judy Blazer as Bessie Thomashefsky and Shuler Hensley as Boris Thomashefsky re-create early Yiddish Theater. Recorded in April 2011 at the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center, The Thomashefskys is written and hosted by Michael Tilson Thomas and stars Blazer and Hensley with Ronit... /episodes/get/1406 /episode/1406 Great Performances: The Thomashefskys /episode-player/1406
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Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky
America's favorite soprano, Renee Fleming, and Russia's greatest living baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, travel to St. Petersburg--the "Venice of the North"--where they perform great opera scenes in the magnificent palaces of the Czars in the former capital of Imperial Russia. Watch the full episode...
Air date: 09/01/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1575390364/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false America's favorite soprano, Renee Fleming, and Russia's greatest living baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, travel to St. Petersburg--the "Venice of the North"--where they perform great opera scenes in the magnificent palaces of the Czars in the former capital of Imperial Russia. Watch the full episode... /episodes/get/1400 /episode/1400 Great Performances: Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky /episode-player/1400
Macbeth
Macbeth
Following a London West End run in December 2007, a sold-out limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2008, and an eight-week run on Broadway, director Rupert Goold's stage production of Macbeth was filmed for television at the end of 2009 with Patrick Stewart in his Tony-...
Air date: 10/06/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1604122998/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Following a London West End run in December 2007, a sold-out limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2008, and an eight-week run on Broadway, director Rupert Goold's stage production of Macbeth was filmed for television at the end of 2009 with Patrick Stewart in his Tony-... /episodes/get/1397 /episode/1397 Great Performances: Macbeth /episode-player/1397
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler
One of Chicago's most popular conductors, Pierre Boulez is a composer, conductor, tireless advocate for new music and one of the most important musical figures of our time. A musical force around the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been consistently hailed as one of the finest...
Air date: 10/27/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1626498784/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false One of Chicago's most popular conductors, Pierre Boulez is a composer, conductor, tireless advocate for new music and one of the most important musical figures of our time. A musical force around the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been consistently hailed as one of the finest... /episodes/get/1386 /episode/1386 Great Performances: Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Pierre Boulez Conducts Mahler /episode-player/1386
Celebracion! Dudamel, Florez, and the L.A. Philharmonic
Celebracion! Dudamel, Florez, and the L.A. Philharmonic
Florez and Dudamel, close friends off the concert stage, developed the special lineup of bel canto arias and popular Latin American canciones by Rossini, Granda, Lara, Moncayo, Grever, Gutierrez and Marquez for Celebracion! Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil with Juan Diego Florez. Watch this opening...
Air date: 12/29/2010
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1700899869/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Florez and Dudamel, close friends off the concert stage, developed the special lineup of bel canto arias and popular Latin American canciones by Rossini, Granda, Lara, Moncayo, Grever, Gutierrez and Marquez for Celebracion! Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil with Juan Diego Florez. Watch this opening... /episodes/get/1385 /episode/1385 Great Performances: Celebracion! Dudamel, Florez, and the L.A. Philharmonic /episode-player/1385
Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert
Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert
On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall commemorated its 120th anniversary with an all-star gala concert featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, and the four-time Tony Award-winning Audra McDonald. Watch the Carnegie Hall 120th...
Air date: 05/31/2011
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http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1944846095/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall commemorated its 120th anniversary with an all-star gala concert featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, and the four-time Tony Award-winning Audra McDonald. Watch the Carnegie Hall 120th... /episodes/get/1384 /episode/1384 Great Performances: Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert /episode-player/1384
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