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Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration

The Program

COPLAND - Fanfare for the Common Man BERNSTEIN - Three dance episodes from On the Town The Boston Pops Keith Lockhart, conductor Selections from The Great American Songbook James Taylor John Williams, conductor HAYDN - Piano Concerto in D, 2nd and 3rd movements Tanglewood Music ...

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration

About the Concert

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 Taylor. Tanglewood 75th ...

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Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert

Full Episode

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 pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Gil Shaham, and the four-time Tony Award-winning singer and actress Audra ...

Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert

About the Concert

On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall commemorated its 120th anniversary with a gala concert featuring Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, and Audra McDonald. Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert - featuring the works of Beethoven, ...

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Selected Bernstein Numbers

Featuring music selections ranging from the 1944 ballet Fancy Free through West Side Story (1957) to the composer's final opera A Quiet Place (1983), this excerpt of the concert offers a virtual sound portrait of Leonard Bernstein's life. This Great Performances episode featuring the San ...

Michael Tilson Thomas

Carnegie Hall: Opening Night 2008

About the Performers

Michael Tilson Thomas MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS made his conducting debut with the San Francisco Symphony in 1974 and was appointed its Music Director in September 1995. A Los Angeles native, he studied piano with John Crown and composition and conducting with Ingolf Dahl at the ...

Leonard Bernstein

Carnegie Hall: Opening Night 2008

Introduction

Opera stars Dawn Upshaw and Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Broadway’s Christine Ebersole join Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony in Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 9 p.m. (ET) on Thirteen/WNET New ...

Leonard Bernstein

Carnegie Hall: Opening Night 2008

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