Celebrated violinist Joshua Bell joins Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, live from Avery Fisher Hall, in this LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER telecast. The concert, led by Mostly Mozart Festival Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director Louis Langrée, will feature Haydn’s beloved “London” Symphony, as well as Mozart’s Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E [...]
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August 12, 2009This Month – Don’ Miss the Great Performances Special: “Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Celebration from Madison Square Garden”
August 1, 2009With a career spanning more than half a century, renowned folk artist, political activist, and avid environmentalist, Pete Seeger, turned 90 in May of 2009. In honor of the milestone birthday, a multi-generational roster of artists, whose music has been shaped by Seeger’s vision, gathered at Madison Square Garden on May 3rd to celebrate his [...]
Great Performances: CHESS IN CONCERT
June 15, 2009Before taking Broadway by storm with the jukebox hit Mamma Mia, ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus teamed with lyricist Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita) in 1986 to create an original musical, the cult favorite Chess. Set during the Cold War intrigue of international chess tournaments, the musical dramatizes the romantic checkmate between an American [...]
Enjoy an ENCORE Presentation of “The Big Band Years” on WVPT!
June 5, 2009Go back in time with the songs that brought the country through the difficult times of World War II in this special. Peter Marshall hosts the program that mixes vintage, live, rare and unreleased footage of bands and vocalists from the 1930s and 1940s.
Tune in for this Viewer Favorite Encore Presentation Sunday June 6th at 5:30pm [...]
The Statler Brothers Farewell Concert – “A Statler Musical Celebration”
June 2, 2009The very essence of the Statler Brothers 40-year career is captured in this final performance recorded Oct. 26, 2002 , which was the only time they ever allowed an in-door concert to be video taped. All the hits and all the comedy makes this a “must see event”! Songs on the Farewell Concert: Do You Remember [...]
Josh Groban: A SOUNDSTAGE Special on WVPT!
May 28, 2009Josh Groban returns to WVPT and PBS with his latest concert special! A renowned performer, Josh Groban has thrilled a legion of devoted fans with his flawless baritone and extraordinary stage presence. In this exhilarating new SOUNDSTAGE presentation, Groban performs favorites from his best-selling albums, including “Alla Luce del Sole,” “You Are Loved (Don’t Give Up)” [...]
“Roy Orbison and Friends” Returns to WVPT!
May 27, 2009The CLASSIC concert from 1987: Featuring Roy Orbison (1936-88) as he performs his greatest hits with Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, J.D. Souther and Jennifer Warnes. Songs include “Crying,” “Oh, Pretty Woman,” “In Dreams,” “Dream Baby,” “Only the Lonely,” “It’s Over,” “Running Scared” and “Mean Woman Blues.”
Tune In Thusday night May [...]
Great Performances “In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams”
May 26, 2009In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of In the Heights in the months leading up to opening night.
In addition to thrilling extended performance sequences of the original cast of In the Heights onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway, this Great Performances program [...]
Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with WVPT!
May 21, 2009Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna host The 2009 National Memorial Day Concert, the annual tribute to America’s military personnel, which features appearances by Gen. Colin L. Powell (USA Ret.); Laurence Fishburne, Katie Holmes and Dianne Wiest; singer Katharine McPhee; country music’s Trace Adkins; Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell and Colm Wilkinson; opera star Denyce Graves; pianist [...]
