Great Performances (1971)
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Episode 1 - From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1999
Release Date: 1999-01-01 -
Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 1999-01-06 -
Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 1999-03-05 -
Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 1999-05-12 -
Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 1999-06-06 -
Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 1999-06-09 -
Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 1999-07-08 -
Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 1999-10-20 -
Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 1999-11-27 -
Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 1999-11-30 -
Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 1999-12-01 -
Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 1999-12-03 -
Episode 13 - Dance in America: Lar Lubovitch's 'Othello'
Release Date: 2003-06-18“Lar Lubovitch's `Othello'” stars Desmond Richardson in the title role, with Yuan Yuan Tan as Desdemona and Parrish Maynard playing Iago. Emilia: Katita Waldo. Cassio: Gonzalo Garcia. Bianca: Lorena Feijoo. Elliot Goldenthal composed the score. Emil de Cou conducts the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Taped at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House on March 2 and 3, 2002.
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Episode 14 - The Three Pickers: Legends of American Music
Release Date: 2003-07-28Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs and Doc Watson perform in Winston Salem, N.C., and are joined by Alison Krauss. Tunes include “Feast Here Tonight,” “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down” and “Soldier's Joy.” Krauss joins in for “Storms Are On the Ocean,” “Down in the Valley” and “The Banks of the Ohio.”
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Episode 15 - Elton John at the Royal Opera House
Release Date: 2003-08-01Elton John reviews his career in this December 2002 concert, taped at London's Royal Opera House, where he's joined by the Royal Academy of Music's 90-piece orchestra and 30-voice choir. John is an Academy alum (he studied there for six years, beginning at age 11 in 1958), and this concert benefits the conservatory's scholarship fund. Songs include “Sixty Years On,” “Take Me to the Pilot,” “This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore,” “Tonight,” “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word,” “Philadelphia Freedom,” “Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” “Your Song” and “Saturday Night's Alright (for Fighting).”
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Episode 16 - Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Palermo
Release Date: 2003-08-27Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak and Verdi. Violinist Gil Shaham performs. Included: Beethoven's “Egmont Overture,” Brahms' “Violin Concerto,” Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 and Verdi's “Sicilian Vespers Overture.” Taped May 1, 2002, at Teatro Massimo in Palermo.