Live From Lincoln Center

(228) January 10, 2014
(LFLC 3901)

Richard Tucker at 100: An Opera Celebration

Audra McDonald, host
Riccardo Frizza, Conductor
Isabel Leonard, Soprano (2013 Winner)
Stephanie Blythe, Mezzo-soprano
Stephen Costello, Tenor
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano
Greer Grimsley, Bass-baritone
Angela Meade, Soprano
Ailyn Pérez, Soprano
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York Choral Society

Granados, “Gracia mia”from Canciones Amatorias (I. Leonard); Donizetti, “Caro elisir!..Esulti pur la barbara”from L’elisir d’amore (A. Pérez); Puccini, “Te Deum” from Tosca (E. Owens); Delibes, “Viens, Mallika (sous le dome epais)” from Lakmé (R. Fleming, S. Graham); Offenbach, “Kleinzach” from Les Contes d’Hoffmann (M. Polenzani); Verdi, “Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente” from I due foscari (A. Meade); Vivaldi, “Ombre vane, ingiusti orrore” from Griselda (I. Leonard); Gounod, “Salut! Demeure chaste et pure” from Faust (S. Costello); Saint-Saëns, “J’ai gravi la montagne” from Samson et Dalila (S. Blythe, G. Grimsley); Offenbach, “Ah, que j’aimes les militaires” from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (S. Graham); Refice, “Ombra di nube” (R. Fleming); Rossini, “Tanti affetti” from La Donna del Lago (J. DiDonato); Rossini, Finale from Guillaume Tell (S. Costello, A. Meade, E. Owens, A. Pérez, J. Johnson Cano, A. Stenson)

Profile of Richard Tucker
Introducing Isabel Leonard

Program Length:  1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(227) December 31, 2013
(LFLC 3807)

New York Philharmonic Gala with Yo-Yo Ma

Audra McDonald, host
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Ravel, “Alborada del gracioso” (Miroirs); Golijov, Azul; Piazzolla (arr. Octavio Brunetti), La serie del Angel: 1. “La Muerte del Angel” 2. “Milonga del Angel” 3. “Resurrección del Angel”; Ravel, Boléro.

Bonus Material:
Profile of composer Osvaldo Golijov
Profile of cellist Yo-Yo Ma

Program Length:  1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(226) May 24, 2013
(LFLC 3806)

Audra McDonald in Concert – Go Back Home

Andy Einhorn, conductor
Audra McDonald, vocals

Porter, “I Happen To Like New York” (The New Yorkers – orch. B. Coughlin, arr. A. Einhorn); Sondheim, “Moments in the Woods” (Into The Woods – orch. J. Tunick); Goldrich/Heisler, “Baltimore”(orch. Goldrich); G. Gershwin/Heyward/I. Gershwin, “Summertime” (Porgy and Bess); Kander/Ebb, “First You Dream” (Steel Pier – orch. M. Gibson, adapted by A. Einhorn); Guettel, “Migratory V” (Saturn Returns); Kander/Ebb, “Maybe This Time” (Cabaret – orch/arr. A. Einhorn); Bock/Harnick, “Gorgeous” (The Apple Tree – orch. E. Sauter); Kander/Ebb, “Go Back Home” (The Scottsboro Boys – orch. L. Hochman/B. Coughlin); Gwon, “I’ll Be Here” (Ordinary Days – orch. D. Dabbon); Styne/Comden/Green, “Make Someone Happy” (Do Re Mi – orch. B. Coughlin, arr. A. Einhorn); Bock/Harnick, “When Did I Fall In Love” (Fiorello – orch. L. Hochman, arr. E. Stern); Marzullo (text by James Baldwin), “Some Days” (orch. T. Sperling).

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Live From Lincoln Center

(225) April 26, 2013
(LFLC 3805)

New York Philharmonic – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL

Audra McDonald, host
Rob Fisher, Conductor
Kelli O’Hara, Julie Jordan
Nathan Gunn, Billy Bigelow
Stephanie Blythe, Nettie Fowler
Jessie Mueller, Carrie Pipperidge
Jason Danieley, Enoch Snow
Shuler Hensley, Jigger Craigin
Kate Burton, Mrs. Mullin
John Cullum, Starkeeper/Dr. Seldon
Tiler Peck, Louise
Robert Fairchild, Carnival Boy
Ben Rosenfield, Enoch Snow, Jr.
Andie Hope Mechanic,  Enoch Snow’s Daughter
Edward Hyland, Bascombe

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel

Pretaped interviews with: Kelli O’Hara, Nathan Gunn, Rob Fisher, John Rando, John Cullum, Stephanie Blythe, Shuler Hensley, Jessie Mueller, Jason Danieley.

Program Length: 2:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(224) April 19, 2013
(LFLC 3804)

Stephanie Blythe: “We’ll Meet Again – The Songs of Kate Smith”

Audra McDonald, host
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Craig Terry, piano

K. Smith/H.Woods/H. Johnson, “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain;” C. Conrad/H. Magidson, “The Continental;” N. Burton/W.Kent, “The White Cliffs of Dover;” Medley: (1) Kern/Hammerstein II, “The Last Time I Saw Paris,” (2) Offenbach, “Tales of Hoffman,” (3) E. DeLange/W. Hudson, “Memories of You;” Chaplin/Cahn, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen;” H. Woods/A. Freed, “Here Comes The Sun;” R. Henderson/B. DeSylva/L. Brown, “Without Love” (from Flying High); H. Barris/T. Koehler/B. Moll, “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams;” L. Harline/N. Washington, “When You Wish Upon a Star;” R. Parker/H. Charles, “We’ll Meet Again;” ENCORE: Berlin, “God Bless America.”

Bonus Material:
H. Woods/A. Freed, “Here Comes the Sun”
G. Jenkins, “This Is All I Ask”

Stephanie Blythe Talks Kate Smith

Program Length:  56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(223) April 12, 2013
(LFLC 3803)

Josh Groban: All That Echoes

Josh Groban, vocals

Groban/Salter/Kreviazuk, “Brave;” Groban/Mendez, “False Alarms;” Hansard/Irglova, “Falling Slowly;” Fabrizio/Morra, “Alla Luce del Sole;” Webb, “The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress;” Groban/Salter, “Happy in My Heartache;” Graham/Loevland, “You Raise Me Up;” Groban/Salter/Wilcox, “Below the Line;” Traditional arr. R. Cavallo “She Moved Through the Fair;” Chaplin/Turner/Parsons, “Smile;” Wonder/Wright, “I Believe” (“When I Fall in Love it Will Be Forever”); Diamond, “Play Me.”

Bonus Materials
Josh Groban Rapid-Fire

Program Length: 56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(222) March 24, 2013
(LFLC 3802)

Kristin Chenoweth: The Dames of Broadway…All of Em!!!

Audra McDonald, host
Kristin Chenoweth
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Piano
Damien Bassman, Drums
Dave Phillips, Bass
“The Fellas”
Tyler Hanes
Will Taylor
Constantine Germanacos
Johnny Stellard

Loesser, “Somebody, Somewhere” (Most Happy Fella); Rodgers & Hammerstein, “Mr. Snow” (Carousel); Kern & Hammerstein,”Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” (Showboat),  Kander & Ebb, “It’s a Quiet Thing” (Flora, The Red Menace); Bernstein, Comden & Green, “100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man” (Wonderful Town); Willson, “My White Knight” (The Music Man); Sondheim, “Green Finch & Linnett Bird” (Sweeney Todd); Styne/Merrill, “Who Are You Now?” (Funny Girl); Berlin, “Moonshine Lullaby” (Annie Get Your Gun); Schmidt & Jones, “Old Maid” (110 In The Shade); Rodgers & Hammerstein, “My Lord and Master” (The King and I); Herman/Adams & Strouse, “Before The Parade Passes By” (Hello, Dolly!)

Bonus Material:
Leosser, (full-length) “Somebody, Somewhere” (Most Happy Fella); Hamlisch, “Dance 10; Looks 3 (A Chorus Line); Rodgers & Hammerstein, “Edelweiss” (The Sound of Music); Rodgers & Hart, “Little Girl Blue” (Jumbo).

Kristin Chenoweth Rapid-Fire.

Program Length:  56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(221) February 15, 2013
(LFLC 3801)

Ring Them Bells! A Kander & Ebb Celebration

Audra McDonald, host
Rob Fisher, Musical Host    
Singers: Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Chita Rivera, Joel Grey

“Life Is” (from Zorba, Mazzie & Danieley); “Willkommen” (from Cabaret, Grey); “And the World Goes ‘Round” (from New York, New York, Mazzie); “Sara Lee” (Danieley); “Seeing Things” (from The Happy Time, Mazzie & Danieley); “Maybe This Time” (from Cabaret,Danieley); "I Don’t Care Much” (from Cabaret, Mazzie); “All That Jazz” (from Chicago, Rivera); “Mr. Cellophane” (from Chicago, Grey); “Love and Love Alone” (from The Visit, Rivera); “Married” (from Cabaret, Grey); “Marry Me” (from The Rink, Danieley); “Ring Them Bells” (from Liza with a Z, Mazzie); “Class” (from Chicago, Mazzie & Rivera); “I Miss the Music” (from Curtains, Danieley); “A Quiet Thing” (from Flora, The Red Menace, Mazzie); “Yes” (from 70, Girls, 70, Ensemble); “Cabaret” (from Cabaret, Ensemble).

Additional Performance Material Posted Online: “Kiss of the Spider Woman”(from Kiss of the Spider Woman, Rivera); “If You Could See Her” (from Cabaret, Grey).

Program Length:  56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(220) December 31, 2012
(LFLC 3704)

One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch

Audra McDonald, host
Paul Gemignani, Conductor
Singers:
Beth Behrs
Lilla Crawford
Raúl Esparza
Michael Feinstein
Maria Friedman
Josh Groban
Megan Hilty
Brian D’Arcy James
Audra McDonald
Kelli O’Hara
Violin:
Joshua Bell

Hamlisch, Chorus Line (Overture); Hamlisch, The Way We Were (words by Alan & Marilyn Bergman); Hamlisch, Nobody Does It Better (words by Carole Bayer Sager); Rodgers & Hart, I’ll Take Manhattan; Hamlisch, If You Really Knew Me (words by Carole Bayer Sager); Hamlisch, Through the Eyes of Love (words by Carole Bayer Sager); Hamlisch, Disneyland (words by Howard Ashman from “Smile”); Hamlisch, I Cannot Hear the City (words by Craig Carnelia from “Sweet Smell of Success”); Hamlisch, That’s How I Say Goodbye (words by Craig Carnelia from “Sweet Smell of Success”); Hamlisch, Dance: 10; Looks:3 (words by Edward Kleban from “A Chorus Line); Hamlisch, While I Still Have the Time (words by Rupert Holmes from “The Nutty Professor”); Bernstein, Somewhere (from “West Side Story); Hamlisch, If You Remember Me (words by Carole Bayer Sager from “The Champ”); Hamlisch, At the Fountain (words by Craig Carnelia from “Sweet Smell of Success”); Hamlisch, Nothing (words by Edward Kleban for “Chorus Line”); Hamlisch, At the Ballet (words by Edward Kleban from “Chorus Line”); Hamlisch, What I Did For Love (words by Edward Kleban from “Chorus Line”); Hamlisch, One (words by Edward Kleban from “Chorus Line”).

Program Length:  1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(219) December 13, 2012 (recorded November 11, 2012)
(LFLC 3703)

2012 Richard Tucker Opera Gala

Audra McDonald, host
Patrick Summers, Conductor
Ailyn Pérez, Soprano (2012 Winner)
Ildar Abdrazakov, Bass-Baritone
Jamie Barton, Mezzo-Soprano
Olga Borodina, Mezzo-Soprano
Stephen Costello, Tenor
Tara Erraught, Mezzo-Soprano
Giuseppe Filianoti, Tenor
Gerald Finley, Baritone
Marcello Giordani, Tenor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone
Quinn Kelsey, Baritone
Liudmyla Monastyrska, Soprano
Erwin Schrott, Bass-Baritone
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orch.
New York Choral Society

Handel, “Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto” from Rinaldo (G. Finley); Saint-Saëns, “Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila (O. Borodina); Massenet, “Je marche sur tous les chemins!...Obéissons quand leur voix appelle” from Manon (A. Pérez, NY Choral Soc.); Verdi, “Tardo per gli anni e trumulo…Vanitosi!  Che abbietti e dormenti” from Atilla (Q. Kelsey, I. Abdrazakov); Donizetti, “O mon Fernand” from La favorite (J. Barton); Boito, “Ave Signor” from Mefistofele (E. Schrott, NY Choral Soc.); Offenbach, Septet from Les contes d’Hoffmann (J. Barton, T. Erraught, G. Filianoti, A. Stenson, I. Abdrazakov, B. Cedel, NY Choral Soc.); PART 2  Mascagni, “Suzel, buon di” from L’amico Fritz (A. Pérez, S. Costello); Wagner, “O du mein holder  Abendstern” from Tannhäuser (D. Hvorostovsky); Rossini, “La calunnia” from Il barbiere di Siviglia (I. Abdrazakov); Verdi, “Vieni, t’affreta!” from Macbeth (L. Monastyrska); Leoncavallo,  “Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci (M. Giordani); Verdi, Act II, scene ii Finale and Act I Brindisi from La traviata (A. Pérez, J. Barton, S. Costello, A. Stenson, Q. Kelsey, B. Cedel, R. Speedo Green, NY Choral Soc.); Verdi, “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco (NY Choral Soc.).

Featuring an exclusive profile on 2012 Richard Tucker Winner, Ailyn Pérez, as well as interviews and intimate backstage moments with the performers.

Program Length:  1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(218) September 27, 2012
(LFLC 3702)

New York Philharmonic Opening Gala Concert with Itzhak Perlman

Audra McDonald, host
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin

Respighi, Fountains of Rome; Rimsky-Korsakov/Kreisler, “Fantasy on Russian Themes”; Massenet, “Meditation” (from Thaïs); Tchaikovsky, “Souvenir d’un lieu cher: Scherzo, Op. 42, No. 2; Williams, Theme from Schindler’s List; Sarasate, “Intro and Tarantella;” Respighi, Pines of Rome.

Pretaped interstitials:  (1) A day with Itzhak Perlman at The Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island, and Toby Perlman tells how she met and married her husband, Itzhak.  (2) A visit with Maestro Alan Gilbert and his family in their country home in Stockholm, Sweden.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(217) April 6, 2012
(LFLC 3701)

Reneé Fleming @ The Penthouse

Renée Fleming,  Soprano
Josh Groban, Baritone                      
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Porter, “So In Love” (from  Kiss Me Kate); Rodgers & Hammerstein, “I’m in  Love with a Wonderful Guy” (from  South Pacific); R. Holmes, “Moonfall” (from  Edwin Drood); Sondheim, “ Loving You” (from Passion); Lerner & Loewe, “Show Me” (from My Fair Lady); Rodgers & Hammerstein, “Hello, Young Lovers” (from The King and I); Lerner & Loewe, medley from Brigadoon (sung with Josh Groban); Kander, A Letter From Sullivan Ballou; Dark Hope segment: M. Bellamy, Endlessly; Barrett, Bridwell & Hampton, No One’s Gonna Love You; Death Cab for Cutie, Soul Meets Body; L. Cohen, Hallelujah; P. Gabriel, In Your Eyes.

Program Length:  1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center

(216) December 31, 2011
(LFLC 3606) 

New York Philharmonic Bernstein and Gershwin’s New Year’s Eve

Alec Baldwin, host
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Bernstein, Overture to Candide; Gershwin,  Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra; INTERMISSION; Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue; Trad. Auld Lang Syne.

Intermission features: (1) Live backstage, Alec Baldwin chats with Maestro Alan Gilbert.  (2) Pretaped interview with clarinetist Ricardo Morales on the Rhapsody in Blue glissando. (3) Live backstage with Alec Baldwin as he chats with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

Program Length:  1:56:46
 

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Live From Lincoln Center
(215) December 14, 2011
(LFLC 3605) 

NYC Ballet’s George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker”
Chelsea Clinton, host
Clotilde Otranto, Conductor
Kurt Nikkanen, Violin Soloist
Megan Fairchild, Sugarplum Fairy
Joaquin DeLuz, Her Cavalier
Adam Hendrickson, Herr Drosselmeier
Colby Clark, His Nephew (Nutcracker)
Ask LaCour, Dr. Stahlbaum
Gwyneth Muller, Frau Stahlbaum
Fiona Brennan, Marie/Little Princess
Maximillian Brooking Landegger, Fritz
Ashley Bouder, Dewdrop
Teresa Reichlen, Coffee
Daniel Ulbricht, Candy Cane
Tiler Peck, Marzipan Shepherdess
Antonio Carmena, Tea
Brittany Pollack and Adrian Danchig-Waring, Hot Chocolate
Andrew Scordato, Mother Ginger
Toys: Mary Elizabeth Sell, Harlequin
Lauren Lovette, Columbine
Troy Schumacher, Soldier
Justin Peck, Mouse King
The children appearing are students of
The School of American Ballet

Tschaikovsky, The Nutcracker; Act I; INTERMISSION; Act II.

Intermission features: (1) Live backstage, Chelsea Clinton chats with Megan Fairchild (Sugarplum Fairy); (2) Live backstage, Chelsea Clinton sits with Peter Martins (Ballet Master in Chief) discussing how he’s brought his vision to this ballet while preserving the genius of Balanchine; (3) Live backstage, Chelsea Clinton with Fiona Brennan (Marie/Princess) and Colby Clark (Nephew/Nutcracker) discuss what it’s like to dance in “The Nutcracker.”

Program Length:  1:58:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(214) October 13, 2011
(LFLC 3604) 

Wynton at 50
Wendell Pierce, host
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Marcus Roberts, Piano
Mark O'Connor, Violin
Gregory Porter , Vocals
Jared Grimes, Dance
Damien Sneed, Conductor
Chorale Le Chateau

Marsalis, "Chant to Call the Indians Out" from Blood On the Fields; Marsalis, "Back to Basics" from Blood On the Fields; Marsalis, "The Tree of Freedom" from Vitoria Suite; J R  Morton, "Tom Cat Blues"; Marsalis, "Frogs" from Spaces; Marsalis, "Doxology" from Abyssinian 200; Marsalis, "Don't You Run From Me" from All Rise; INTERMISSION; Marsalis, "Ring Shout" from Congo Square; Marsalis, "Look and See" from Blood On the Fields; Marsalis, "Calling the Indians Out" from Blood On the Fields; Trad. "Boil'em Cabbage Down"; Marsalis, "Sleeper Car" from Big Train; Marsalis, "Recessional" from Abyssinian 200; Marsalis, "Kolomashi" from Congo Square.

Intermission feature: Wendell Pierce chatting  with Wynton Marsalis backstage.

Program Length:  56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(213) September 21, 2011
(LFLC 3603)

New York Philharmonic Opening Night with Deborah Voigt
Alec Baldwin, Host

Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Deborah Voigt, Soprano

Trad. Star Spangled Banner; Barber, The School for Scandal Overture; Wagner, “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser; Barber, Andromache’s Farewell; Wagner, Overture to Tannhäuser; INTERMISSION; R. Strauss, Intermezzo, Dance and Final Scene from Salome.

Live Intermission features: (1) Alec Baldwin backstage with Maestro Gilbert talks about conducting and composing. (2) Alec Baldwin chats backstage with Deborah Voigt.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(212) August 2, 2011
(LFLC 3602)

Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night

Itzhak Perlman, Host

Louie Langrée, Conductor
MM Festival Orchestra
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
Antoine Tamestit, Viola
Susanna Phillips, Soprano

Mozart, Overture to Le Nozze de Figaro (1786); Mozart, Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin and Viola (1779-80); INTERMISSION; Mozart, “Crudele?...Non mi dir, bell’idol mio” Don Giovanni (1787); Mozart, “Bella mia fiamma…Resta, o cara” (1787); Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C major; Linz (1783).

Live intermission feature: (1) Itzhak Perlman and Christian Tetzlaff talk backstage in Green Room. (2) Pretaped feature: “What if Mozart had a Mac”?; (3) Live backstage, Itzhak Perlman and Conductor Louis Langrée have a quick chat before second half of show.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(211) February 13, 2011
(LFLC 3601)

Beethoven and Brahms with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
No Host

CMS of Lincoln Center:
Erin Keefe, Violin
Amy Lee, Violin
Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
Paul Neubauer, Viola
Mark Holloway, Viola
Jakob Koranyi, Cello
Gary Hoffman, Cello
Wu Han, Piano

Brahms, String Sextet in B-flat major, Op. 18; Beethoven, Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke”.

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(210) December 31, 2010
(LFLC 3506)

New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve 2010
Alec Baldwin, Host

Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Lang Lang, Piano

Tchaikovsky, Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Tchaikovsky, Piamo Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor (1875); INTERMISSION; Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (Act II) Op. 71 (1891-1892).

Pretaped intermission feature: Alec Baldwin chats with Alan Gilbert. Live intermission feature: Alec Baldwin chats with Lang Land backstage.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(209) December 19, 2010
(LFLC 3505)

Baroque Holiday with the Chamber Music Society of LC
(No Host)

Michala Petri, Recorder
Lars Hannibal, Archlute
Ani Kavafian, Violin
Erin Keefe, Violin
Yura Lee, Violin
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin
Richard O’Neiill, Viola
Daniel McDonough, Cello
Edgar Meyer, Double Bass
Peter Kolkay, Bassoon
John Gibbons, Harpsichord

Corelli, Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 4; Sammartini, Concerto in F Major for Recorder, Strings & Continuo; Vivaldi, Sonata in D Minor (La Follia) for Two Violins & Continuo; Tartini, Sonata in G Minor (Devil’s Trill) for Recorder & Continuo; Corelli, Concerto Grasso in G Minor op. 6, No. 8 (Christmas Concerto); Matteis, Diverse Bizzarrie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona for Two Violins and Continuo; Bach, Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, Strings & Continuo; Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major for Recorder, Strings & Continuo; ENCORE: Bach, Air on the G string.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(208) September 22, 2010
(LFLC 3504)

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala 2010
Alec Baldwin, Host

Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Jazz at LC Orchestra

Keys, The National Anthem; Marsalis, Swing Symphony (No. 3) (2010 Premier); INTERMISSION; R. Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 20 (1888); Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes of Carl Maria von Weber (1940-43).

Intermission feature: 1. Alec Baldwin interviews Wynton Marsalis backstage in Green Room; 2. Alec Baldwin interviews Alan Gilbert backstage in Green Room.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(207) August 18, 2010
(LFLC 3503)

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC
Alan Alda, Host

Ted Sperling, Conductor
Kelli O’Hara, Nellie Forbush
Paulo Szot, Emiile de Becque
Danny Burstein, Luther Billis
Loretta Ables Sayre, Bloody Mary
Andrew Samonsky, Lt. Joseph Cable
Li Jun Li, Liat
Skipp Sudduth, Capt. George Brackett
Sean Cullen, Cmdr. William Harbison
Laurissa Romain, Ngana
Luka Kain, Jerome
Eric Anderson, Stewpot
Christian Delcroix, Professor

Act I; INTERMISSION; Act II

Intermission features:
1. Pretaped. Alan Alda talks with Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein (daughters of composer and lyricist).
2. Pretaped. Alan Alda talks with Bernard Gersten, Exec. Producer of LC Theater.
3. Live backstage Alan Alda chats with André Bishop, LC Theater’s Artistic Dir., and Bartlett Sher, Director of this production.

Program Length: 2:56:44

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Live From Lincoln Center
(206) May 5, 2010
(LFLC 3502)

Ax, Ma, Perlman @ The Penthouse
Alan Alda, Host

Emanuel Ax, Piano
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Itzhak Perlman, Violin

Mendelssohn, D Minor trio Scherzo; Mendelssohn, Song Without Words, Op. 19, No. 1; Mendelssohn, Song Without Words Op. 109; Schumann, Phantasiestücke, Op. 12, No. 1; Schumann, Phantasiestücke, Op. 73, No. 1; Schumann, Phantasiestücke, Op. 73, No. 3; Schumann, Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102, No. 1; Mendelssohn, Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58: Adagio; Mendelssohn, Trio in C Minor, Op. 66 (Allegro energico e con fuoco; Andante espressivo; Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto; Finale: Allegro appassionato); ENCORE: Slow movement from D Minor trio.

Program Length: 1:26:48

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Live From Lincoln Center
(205) January 21, 2010
(LFLC 3501)

Joshua Bell With Friends @ The Penthouse
(No Host)

Joshua Bell, Violin
Chris Botti, Trumpet
Jeremy Denk, Piano
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Nathan Gunn, Baritone
Marvin Hamlisch, Piano
Carel Kraayenhof, Bandonéon
Jane Monheit, Vocal
Frankie Moreno, Vocal/Piano
Regina Spektor, Vocal/Piano
Sting, Vocal

Tiempo Libre:
Jorge Gomez,, Piano
Cristobal Ferrer Garcia, Trumpet
Leandro Gonzalez, Percussion
Tebelio (Tony) Fonte, Bass
Armando (Pututi) Arce, Percussion
Joaquin (El Kid) Diaz, Percussion
Luis Beltran Castillo, Saxophone

Kathleen Nester, Flute/Alto Flute
Mark Thrasher, Bass Clarinet/Bassoon
Warren Odze, Drums
David Finck, Acoustic Bass
Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf, Cello
Simon Mulligan, Piano
Lee Musiker, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano *

Dvorák/Kreisler, Slavonic Fantasy; Dowland, Come Again; Piazzolla, Oblivion; Rodgers & Hart, My Funny Valentine; Jorge Gomez, Para Tí; Richard Strauss, Morgen; Lennon/McCartney, Eleanor Rigby; Grieg, Sonata No. 3 in C Minor; Rachmaninoff, O, Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair; Sarasate, Introduction and Tarantelle, Op. 43; Spektor, Left Hand Song; Gershwin, I Loves You Porgy; Richard Rodgers, I’ll Take Manhattan; Henri Vieuxtemps, Souvenir d’Amérique – Variations burlesques sur Yankee Doodle, Op. 17 (1844).

* (Sergei Rachmaninoff’s performance of Grieg Sonata made possible by Zenph Studio “re-performance” technology.)

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(204) December 31, 2009
(LFLC 3406)

New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: “Hampson, Gershwin, Copland, and Broadway”
Alec Baldwin, Host

Copland, Appalachian Spring: Suite for Orchestra (arr. 1945); Copland, “The Dodger” – Old American Songs; Copland, “Simple Gifts” – Old American Songs; Copland, “The Little Horses” – Old American Songs; Copland, “The Golden Willow Tree” – Old American Songs; Copland, “The Boatmen’s Dance” – Old American Songs; INTERMISSION; Porter, “Night and Day” (Gay Divorcé-1932); Porter, “Who Said Gay Paree?” (Can-Can, 1953); Porter, “Where Is the Life that Late I Led?” (Kiss me, Kate, 1948); Porter, “In the Still of the Night” (Rosalie, 1937); Porter, “Begin the Beguine” (Jubilee, 1935); Gershwin, An American In Paris (1928); ENCORE: Trad., Auld Lang Syne.

Intermission feature: (1) Pretaped interview – Alec Baldwin chats with Thomas Hampson in Hampson’s West Side apartment. (2): Live backstage, Alec Baldwin chats with Maestro Alan Gilbert.

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(203) September 16, 2009
(LFLC 3405)

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala with Renée Fleming
Alec Baldwin, Host

Trad. The National Anthem; Lindberg, Expo (World Premier – NYP commission); Messiaen, Poèms pour Mi (1936; orch. 1937)
Action de graces (Thanksgiving)
Paysage (Landscape)
La maison (The House)
Epouvante (Terror)
L’épouse (The Wife)
Ta voix (Your Voice)
Les deux guerriers (The Two Warriors)
Le collier (The Necklace)
Prière exaucée (Prayer Answered)
INTERMISSION; Berlioz; Symphonie fantastique: Episode de la vie d’un artiste, Op 14 (1830):
Rêveries-Passions (Day Dreams Passions)
Un Bal (A Ball)
Scène aux champs (In the fields)
Marche au supplice (March to the Gallows)
Song d’une nuit de sabbat (Dream Of a witches’ Sabbath)

Intermission feature: (1) Alec Baldwin and Renée Fleming chat backstage; (2) Alec Baldwin chats with Maestro Gilbert backstage during intermission.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(202) August 12, 2009
(LFLC 3404)

Mostly Mozart Festival 2009 with Joshua Bell
Alan Alda, Host

Haydn, Symphony No. 104 in D Major “London” (1795); Mozart, Adagio in E Major for Violin and Orchestra (1776); Mozart, Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra (1781); INTERMISSION; Mendelssohn, Overture, Op. 26, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) (1830); Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1845).

Intermission Features: 1. Alan Alda chats with Joshua Bell backstage;
2. Alan Alda interviews Conductor Louis Langrée backstage.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(201) June 9, 2009
(LFLC 3403)

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
(Performed in Damrosch Park)
Yo-Yo Ma, Host

Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
The Silk Road Ensemble

Silk Road Suite: Wandering Winds ( Japan)
White Snow in the Sunny Spring (Trad. China)
Arabian Waltz (Rabih Abou-Khalil – Lebanon)
Shristi ( Sandeep Das – India)
Kor Arab (The Blind Arab) (Trad; arr. Fikret Amirov – Azerbaijan)
Shikasta (Minstrel’s Song) (Uzeyir Hajibeyov; Arr. Fikret Amirov – Azerbaijan)
Yanzi (Swallow Song) (Trad; arr. Zhao Lin - China/Kazakhstan)
Blues as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur – (Kayhan Kalhor; arr. Kalhor & Stephen Prutsman – Iran)
Air to Air: Wa Habibi; Tanckas (Osvaldo Golijov – Argentina)

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(200) May 21, 2009
(LFLC 3402)

NYC Ballet: Romeo + Juliet
Lesley Stahl, Host

Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief
NYC Ballet:
Juliet, Sterling Hyltin
Romeo, Robert Fairchild
Lady Capulet, Darci Kistler
Lord Capulet, Jock Soto
Tybalt, Joaquin De Luz
Mercutio, Daniel Ulbricht
Paris, Adrian Danchig-Waring
Benvolio, Antonio Carmena
Prince of Verona, Albert Evans
Friar Laurence, Jonathan Stafford
Nurse, Georgina Pazcoguin

(Prokofiev), Romeo + Juliet – Act I; INTERMISSION; Act II.

Intermission features: 1. Lesley Stahl interviews Peter Martins live backstage; 2. Lesley Stahl interviews Perry Silvey, NYCB Technical Director; 3. Video clip: Leads: Sterling Hyltin and Robert Fairchild discuss how they created the title roles for the new production; 4. Video clip: Weapons: Fight directors Rick Washburn and Nigel Poulton discuss how they worked with the dancers to stage the sword fights; 5. Video clip: Music: Music Corrdinator Richard Moredock discusses how he adapted Prokofiev’s score to the production’s seamless scene changes, and Music Director Fayçal Karoui describes how he prepared the orchestra.

Program Length: 2:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(199) March 26, 2009
(LFLC 3401)

“An Evening With…Wynton Marsalis and the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra”
Lesley Stahl, Host

Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

McLean J . (arr. Marsalis) Appointment in Ghana; Trad. (arr. Marsalis) Itsy-Bitsy Spider; Monk, T.(arr. Henriquez) Bye-Ya; Carter, B. , Again And Again; Marsalis, W., Jump; INTERMISSION; Trad. (arr. Nelson) Down by the Riverside; Morgan, L.(arr. Nash) Ceora; Coltrane, J. (arr. Goines) Harmonique; Ellington D., The Single Petal of a Rose; Dorham, K (arr. Gardner) Stage West.

Intermission features: Lesley Stahl interviews Wynton Marsalis backstage. Video 1: Wynton Marsalis explains the content of a jazz score. Video 2: Band members discuss arranging for the JALC Orchestra.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Centerbr /> (198) December 31, 2008
(LFLC 3306)

New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve with Susan Graham
Renée Fleming, Host

Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Susan Graham, Mezzo-soprano

Verdi, Overture to La forza del destino; Mozart, “Deh per questo istante solo” from La clemenza di Tito (1791); Lehár, Vilja’s Song from The Merry Widow (1905); Rossini, Overture to La gazza ladra (1817); Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre ; Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 5; INTERMISSION; Offenbach, Cancan (Galope) from Orpheus in the Underworld; Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann; Bizet, Farandole from L’arlésienne Suite No. 2; Bizet, Prelude to Act III of Carmen; Bizet, Habañera from Carmen; Bizet, Seguidilla from Carmen; Louiguy, La Vie en Rose; DeFalla, Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo (1915); ENCORE: Bizet, Aragonaise (Prelude to Act IV of Carmen). Trad. Auld Lang Syn.

Intermission features: (1) Renée Fleming talks with Susan Graham backstage; (2) Pretaped clip of “How A Maestro Conducts Himself”; (3) Renée Fleming talks with Maestro Maazel backstage.

Program Length: 1:26:45

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Live From Lincoln Center
(197) November 20, 2008
(LFLC 3305)

Shaham @ The Penthouse
Renée Fleming, Host

Gil Shaham, Violin
Jonathan Feldman, Violin
Adele Anthony, Violin
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

(Trad.) The National Anthem; (Berlioz) Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 (1843); (Ibert) Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1934); (Tchaikovsky) Fourth Symphony in F minor, Op. 36 (1877).

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(196) September 17, 2008
(LFLC 3304)

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala with Sir James Galway
Sir James Galway, Host

Paul Gemignani, Conductor
Gabriel Byrne, King Arthur
Marin Mazzie, Guenevere
Nathan Gunn, Lancelot
Christopher Lloyd, Pellinore
Stacy Keach, Merlyn
Fran Drescher, Morgan le Fey

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(195) May 8, 2008
(LFLC 3303)

New York Philharmonic: CAMELOT
Renée Fleming, Host

Paul Gemignani, Conductor
Gabriel Byrne, King Arthur
Marin Mazzie, Guenevere
Nathan Gunn, Lancelot
Christopher Lloyd, Pellinore
Stacy Keach, Merlyn
Fran Drescher, Morgan le Fey

Act I; INTERMISSION; Act II
Intermission feature: Renée Fleming chats backstage with Marin Mazzie.

Program Length: 2:26:50

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Live From Lincoln Center
(194) March 20, 2008
(LFLC 3302)

New York City Opera: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Susan Graham, Host

George Manahan, Conductor
Shu-Ying Li, Cio-Cio San
James Valenti, Benjamin Pinkerton
Jennifer Tiller, Suzuki
Jeffrey Picón, Goro
Michael Chioldi, Sharpless
Bernadette Fiorella, Cousin
Paula Hostetter, Mother
Gregory Hostetler, Yakuside
Paula Liscio, Aunt
William Ledbetter, Imperial Commissioner
Louis Perry, Registrar
Young Bok Kim, The Bonze
Kyungmook Yum, Yamadori
Tyler Christopher Backer, Sorrow
Erin Elizabeth Smith, Kate Pinkerton

(Puccini) Madama Butterfly Act I; INTERMISSION: Act II; INTERMISSION; Act III.

Intermission features: First Intermission: (1) Backstage Susan Graham interviews Mark Lamos, (2) Susan Graham interviews James Valenti; Second Intermission: (1) Backstage Susan Graham interviews Shu-Ying Li, (2) Taped piece: Butterfly and Belasco, (3) Backstage Susan Graham interviews Maestro George Manahan.

Program Length: 2:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(193) January 10, 2008
(LFLC 3301)

Chamber Music Society – “I Can’t Believe It’s Schoenberg”

Rob Kapilow, Commentator
Artists of the CMS of Lincoln Ctr.

(Schoenberg) Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4 (1899);
(Brahams) String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (1864–65)

Program Length: 1:40:10

*This program aired on PBS from 8:00–9:00pm, then continued on the Web for the remaining time.

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Live From Lincoln Center
(192) December 31, 2007
(LFLC 3205)

New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Gala with Joshua Bell
Renée Fleming, Host

Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Joshua Bell, Violin

(Dukas) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; (Saint Saëns) Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28 (1863); (Kreisler) Liebesleid; (Kreisler) Liebesfreud; (Tchaikovsky) selections from Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1875–76: Moderato, Act II; Tempo di valse, Act I; Dance of the Swans: Variation IV, Allegro moderator, Act II; Hungarian Dance, Czardas: Moderato assai-Allegro moderato—Vivace, Act III); INTERMISSION;

(Ravel), Tzigane; (Tchaikovsky) None but the Lonely Heart (arr. Redford); (Ponce), Estrellita (arr. Redford); (Ravel) Boléro; (Trad.) Auld Lang Syne.

Live backstage intermission features: (1) Renée Fleming interviews Joshua Bell; (2) Renée Fleming interviews Lorin Maazel.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(191) December 10, 2007
(LFLC 3204)

JALC “Red Hot Holiday Stomp”
Glenn Close, Host

Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Wess Anderson, Alto Saxophone
Victor Goines, Tenor & Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet
Walter Blanding, Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet
Joe Temperley, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Wycliffe Gordon, Trombone, Tuba
Dan Nimmer, Piano
Reginald Veal, Bass
Herlin Riley, Drums
Don Vappie, Guitar, Banjo, Vocals
Roberta Gumbel, Vocals
S. Epatha Merkerson, Reader

(Bechet, S) Sheik of Araby; (Marks, J) Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer; (Leontovych/Wilhousky) Carol of the Bells; (Trad.) Mary Had A Baby; (Coots, J. Fred) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town; (Hayes, Billy/Johnson, Jay W) Blue Christmas; (Trad.) Little Liza Jane; INTERMISSION; (Marsalis/Angelou) Music, Deep Rivers In My Soul.

Intermission Features: Pretaped interview with Maya Angelou and Wynton Maralis; Glenn Close interviews Wynton Marsalis backstage.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(190) September 18, 2007
(LFLC 3203)

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala with Yo-Yo Ma
Itzhak Perlman, Host

Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello

Key, The National Anthem; Dvoøák, Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Dvoøák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (Allegro; Adagio, ma non troppo;Finale: Allegro moderato) INTERMISSION; Dvoøák, Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 (Allegro maestoso; Poco adagio; Scherzo: Vivace – Poco meno mosso; Finale: Allegro).

Backstage interview: Itzhak Perlman chats with Yo-Yo Ma.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(189) August 16, 2007
(LFLC 3203)

Mostly Mozart Festival 2007 “Mozart Dances”
Sam Waterston, Host

Louis Langrée, Conductor
Mark Morris Dance Group
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Yoko Nozaki, Piano
Mostly Mozart Orchestra

 

Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major (Dance Eleven); Mozart, Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos (Dance Double); INTERMISSION; Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb Major (Dance Twenty-Seven).

Pretaped: (1) Beverly Sills Tribute clips; (2) Mark Morris clip “Taking Sides;” (3) Sam Waterston backstage with Emanuel Ax; (4) Mark Morris “Notes for a Dancer.”

Program Length: 1: 56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(188) May 3, 2007
(LFLC 3201)

Lincoln Center Special: Lincoln Center Festival - "A Gala Night At Alice Tully Hall"
Beverly Sills, Host
Tom Brokaw, MC

David Robertson, Conductor
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Philip Glass, Piano
Laurie Anderson, Performance Artist
Sakea Matsuyama, Violin
Philip Kuehn, Bass
Jerome Jennings, Drums
Kelli O'Hara, Soprano
The Juilliard Orchestra
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

 

Bernstein, Prologue to West Side Story;
Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major for Strings, Op. 20 I. Allegro moderato con fuoco;
Herrmann, Excerpts from Fahrenheit 451;
Anderson, Only an Expert, Maybe If I Fall;
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 III. Finale;
Noble, Cherokee;
Guettel (arr. Tunick) Migratory V;
Bernstein, "Somewhere" West Side Story;
Bernstein, "Mambo" West Side Story.

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(187) December 31, 2006
(LFLC 3107)

“Audra McDonald Sings the Movies for New Year’s Eve with Members of the New York Philharmonic”
Beverly Sills, Host

Ted Sperling (conductor)
Audra McDonald (vocalist)

 

Lerner/Loewe, The Night They Invented Champagne; Arlen/I. Gershwin, Lose That Long Face; Rodgers/Hammerstein, I Have Confidence; Rodgers/Hammerstein, It Might As Well Be Spring; Lerner/Lane, Hurry It’s Lovely Up Here; Arlen/Harburg, Over The Rainbow; Eaton/Shand, I Double Dare You; Arlen/Harburg, Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe; Arlen/Koehler, Tess’s Torch Song; Lane/Lerner, Too Late Now; Leosser, Can’t Stop Talking; Gordon/Warren, You’ll Never Know; Comden/Green/Previn, Thanks A Lot But No Thanks; Hupfield, As Time Goes By; Brown/Freed, Singin’ in the Rain; Bricusse/Newley, Pure Imagination; Rodgers/Hart, I Wish I Were In Love Again; Mancini/Mercer, Moon River; Sondheim, The Glamorous Life; Rodgers/Hammerstein, Edelweiss; Bergman/Bergman/Legrand, Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way?; Lerner/Loewe, I Could Have Danced All Night; Arlen/I. Gershwin, The Man That Got Away; Charles/Marks, Jr, May You Always (start then segue); Trad., Auld Lang Syne (segue back); Charles/Marks, Jr., May You Always; Arlen/Harburg, Ain’t It De Truth; Cahn/Styne, 10,432 Sheep.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(186) October 12, 2006
(LFLC 3106 [B1])

American Songbook: “Audra McDonald & Friends Build A Bridge”
Beverly Sills, Host

Audra McDonald (vocalist)
Nellie McKay (songwriter)
Jason Robert Brown (songwriter
Patti Lupone (vocalist)

 

LaChiusa, When Lola Sings; Rodgers & Hammerstein/Lerner & Lane, It Might As Well Be Spring/Hurry It’s Lovely Up Here; Brown, Star and the Moon; Kern/P.G. Wodehouse, Bill; Williams, Wonderful You; Bock/Harnick, Will He Like Me?; Mayer, My Stupid Mouth; Fragar, Can’t Stop Talking; McKay, I Wanna Get Married;Sondheim, The Glamorous Life; Molaskey/Gordon, Cradle and All; Blumenkrantz/Kessler/Saines, I Won’t Mind; Rasposo, Being Green; Nyro, Tom Cat Goodbye; Arlen & Koehler/Yellen & Ager, Happy Days/Get Happy; Bock/Harnick, When Did I Fall In Love; Rodgers & Hammerstein, Edelweiss.

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(184) August 2, 2006
(LFLC 3104)

Mostly Mozart Opening Night Concert
Beverly Sills, Host

Louis Langrée, Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano
Hei-Kyung Hong, Soprano
Susanne Mentzer, Alto
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
John Relyea, Bass
Concert Chorale of New York
James Bagawell, Director
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, "Coronation" (1788); Mozart, 12 variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman"; Mozart, Mass in C "Coronation" (1779).

Pretaped feature: Beverly Sills tells us about the relationship between Mozart and his employer, Archbishop of Salzburg.

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Lincoln Center Theater
(183) June 15, 2006
(LFLC 3103)

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (2 acts)
Beverly Sills, Host

Kimberly Grigsby, Conductor
Victoria Clark (Margaret Johnson)
Katie Clarke (Clara Johnson)
Aaron Lazar (Fabrizio Naccarelli)
Chris Sarandon (Signor Naccarelli)
Michael Berresse (Giuseppe Naccarelli)
Sarah Uriarte Berry (Franca Naccarelli)
Patti Cohenour (Signora Naccarelli)
Beau Gravitte (Roy Johnson)
Felicity LaFortune (Tour Guide)
Joseph Siravo (Priest)

 

Act I, Florence, Italy;
INTERMISSION;
Act II, Rome.

Pretaped intermission features:
#1: Behind the scenes of this production and how special effects are done for it.
#2: Adam Guettel (Composer) and cast members discuss their award winning collaboration.

Program Length: 2:26:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(182) May 25, 2006
(LFLC 3101)

A Lincoln Center Special: "30 Years of Live From Lincoln Center"
Beverly Sills, Host

 

Backstage\Lincoln Center, Ep. #101 (January 24, 1994)
Stage Fright" Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Dr. William Riley (Voice Specialist)

NYP -w- Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti (January 14, 1980)
Puccini, "E lucevan le stelle" (Tosca)

CMS with Itzhak Perlman (February 2, 1981)
Tchaikovsky, "Souvenir de Florence"

A String of Perlmans
NYP with Zubin Mehta and Itzhak Perlman (January 17, 1979)
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto

NYP with Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti (January 14, 1980)
Puccini, Jailer's recitative from Tosca

Perlman @ The Penthouse
Itzhak Perlman (Viiolin), Rohan De Silva (Piano)
(January 5, 2000)
Williams, "Schindler's List"

NYCO "A Little Night Music"
Sally Ann Howes, George Lee Andrews, Paul Gemignani (Conductor) (November 7, 1990)
Sondheim, "Send in the Clowns;" Interview with Stephen Sondheim

Jazz at Lincoln Center: "Higher Ground" Hurricane Relief
Benefit Concert
Wynton Marsalis Septet
(September 17, 2005)
Marsalis, "Ain No"

NYP with Kurt Masur, New York Choral Artists,
The American Boychoir
(September 20, 2001)
Brahms, "Ein deutsches Requiem"

Great Performers Rossini Bicentennial Birthday Gala with:
Maria Fortuna, Deborah Voigt (Sopranos); Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Mimi Lerner, Frederica von Stade (Mezzo- sopranos); Rockwell Blake, Chris Merritt (Tenors); Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Jan Opalach (Bass-Baritone); George Hogan, Samuel Ramey (Basses); Roger Norrington (Conductor)
(March 2, 1992)
Rossini, "A tal colpo inaspettato" (Il Viaggio A Reims)

Joshua Bell @ The Penthouse
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (January 14, 2004)
Kreisler, Liebesleid

Sir James Galway @ The Penthouse
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (December 29, 2004)
Traditional, Danny Boy

ABT: Giselle -w- Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Lanchbury (Conductor)
(June 2, 1977)
Adam, Giselle

ABT: Swan Lake - w- Natalia Makarova, Ivan Nagy,
Akira Endo (Conductor)
(June 30, 1976)
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake

Great Performers: Dame Joan Sutherland and Marily Horne in Recital
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo-soprano), Richard Bonynge (Conductor)
(October 15, 1979)
Saint-Saëns, "Mon Coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Samson et Dalila)

LC Theater: CONTACT
Colleen Dunn (Girl in yellow dress), Alan Campbell (Advertising Exec), Danny Mastrogiorgio (Bartender)
(September 1, 2002)
Palmer, "Simply Irresistible"

NYCO The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" Alvy Powell (Porgy),
John DeMain (Conductor)
(March 20, 2002)
Gershwin, "I'm On My Way"

Great Performers: "An Evening with Placido Domingo"
Placido Domingo (Tenor), John DeMain (Conductor)
(February 18, 1987)
Puccini, "Ch'ella mi creda" (La Fanciulla Del West)

An Evening with Danny Kaye and the NYP
Danny Kaye (Guest Conductor)
(September 23, 1981)
Entrance and Bows

Backstage\LC, Episode #201 (January 25, 1995)
"Almost Everything You Should Know About the Dvorak Cello Concerto"

NYP with Zubin Mehta and Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
(October 5, 1988)
Dvorak, Cello Concerto

A Pastiche of Pianists
Mostly Mozart Festival Gala Alicia de Larrocha (Piano),
Gerard Schwarz (Conductor)
(July 8, 1987)
Mozart, Piano Concerto #21 in C

NYP with Zubin Mehta and Emil Gilels
Emil Gilels (Piano), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
(November 14, 1979)
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto #1

NYP with André Previn and Van Cliburn
Van Cliburn (Piano), André Previn (Conductor)
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor

NYP Masur, Brendel & Beethoven
Alfred Brendel (Piano), Kurt Masur (Conductor)
(April 1, 1996)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto #5

NYP with Zubin Mehta and Rudolf Serkin
Rudolf Serkiin (Piano), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
(September 20, 1978)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto #5

NYP with Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim
Damiel Barenboim (Piano), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
(October 3, 1990)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto #3

NYP with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau
Claudio Arrau (Piano), Rafael Kubelik (Conductor)
(November 20 1976)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto #3

NYP Masur, Ax & Beethoven's 5th
Emanuel Ax (Piano), Kurt Masur (Conductor)
(May 17, 1994)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto #1

NYP Opening Night
Murray Perahia (Piano), Colin Davis (Conductor)
(September 15, 1987)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto #4

NYP with Zubin Mehta and Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
(February 18, 1981)
Beethoven, Piano Concerto #4

André Watts 25th Anniversary Gala with the NYP and Zubin Mehta André Watts (Piano), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
(January 31, 1988)
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto #2

NYC Ballet Stravinsky & Balanchine: Genius Has A Birthday!
George Balanchine, Lincoln Kirstein, Peter Martins, Suzanne Farrell,, Kyra Nichols, Maria Caligari, Robert Irving (Conductor)
Vodka Toast
Stravinsky, Apollo

NYC Ballet Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100
Roberto Minczuk (Conductor)
(May 4, 2004)
Kevin Kline speech
Richard Strauss, Vienna Waltzes Finale

La Ci Darem-O-Rama
Mostly Mozart Festival Opening
Shura Cherkassky (Piano), Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz (Conductor)
(July 6, 1994)
Chopin, Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", op. 2

Great Performers: An Evening with
Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky Orchestra of St. Luke's,
Mark Elder (Conductor)
(October 4, 2000)
Mozart, "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni)

Great Performers: "Flicka and Friends from Rossini to Show Boat"
Fredericka von Stade, Samuel Ramey, Orchestra of St. Luke's,
Henry Lewis (Conductor)
(April 18, 1990)

Great Performers: Pavarotti Plus!
Francesca Pedaci, Ferruccio Furlanetto, NYCO Orchestra,
Edoardo Muller (Conductor)
(February 24, 1992)

Great Performers: Pavarotti Plus!
Cheryl Parrish, James Morris, NYCO Orchestra, Emerson Buckley (Conductor)
(January 6, 1996)

"An Evening with Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson"
Orchestra of St. Luke's, John Nelson (Conductor)
(March 1, 1995)

Great Performers: Pavarotti Plus!
Mariella Devia, Thomas Hampson, NYCO Orchestra, Anton Guadagno (Conductor)
(January 9, 1989)

NYP Aaron Copland's 85th Birthday
Leonard Bernstein (Laureate Conductor)
(November 14, 1985)
Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

NYP Isaac Stern's 60th Birthday Celebration
Isaac Stern (Violin), Itzhak Perlman (Violin), Zubin Mehta (Conductor)
(September 24, 1980)
Bach, Double Violin Concerto

Perlman @ The Penthouse
Itzhak Perlman (Violin), Alumni and Students of the Perlman Music Program
(January 22, 2003)
Bach, Double Violin Concerto

The Juilliard School Celebrating 100 Years
Renée Fleming, John Williams (Conductor)
(April 3, 2006)
Puccini, "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca)

Great Performers: André Watts in Recital
(November 28, 1976)
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

NYC Opera - Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
Beverly Sills (Rosina), Sarah Caldwell (Conductor)
(November 3, 1976)
Rossini, "Una voce poco fa"

Jazz at LC: Armstrong - When the Saints Go Marching In
Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet and Vocals), BobWilbur (Clarinet), Lucian Barbarin (Trombone), Don Vappie (Banjo), Wycliffe Gordon (Trombone), Victor Goines (Tenor Sax), Farid Barron (Piano), Rodney Whitaker (Bass), Herlin Riley (Drums)
(December 13, 2000)
Primrose, St. James Infirmary

The Film Society of LC- "A Tribute to John Huston"
John Huston (May 5, 1980)
Acceptance Speech

NYP with Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti
Puccini, "Nessun dorma" (Turandot)

Segment intros made by: Itzhak Perlman, Renée Fleming, Wynton Marsalis, Beverly Sills, Joshua Bell, Peter Martins, Emanuel Ax. Commentary by James Galway.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(181) April 3, 2006
(LFLC 3100)

The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years
(Peter Jay Sharp Theater)
Beverly Sills, Host

John Williams, Conductor
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Kevin Kline, Actor
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
The Juilliard Orchestra
The Juilliard Quartet

 

Schuman, Chester; Puccini, "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca); Verdi, "Mercè, dilette amiche" (I Vespri Siciliani); Brahms, Scherzo Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Williams, Theme from Schindler's List; Kreisler, Tambourin Chinois; Marsalis, Free To Be; Rachmaninoff, Free To Be; Marsalis, Free To Be; Marsalis, Moderato Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor.(performed by Peng Peng); Encore: Bizet, Farandole.;

Clips of: Kevin Spacey; Sarah Chang, Laura Linney, Ving Rhames, Anthony Mackie, Robin Williams; LIVE: Kevin Kline and Juilliard drama students perform scene: "Hamlet's Advice to the Players;" Juilliard dance students perform: Friandise (Rouse).

Program Length: 1:26:46

Live From Lincoln Center
December 31, 2005

New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala with Angela Gheorghiu
Beverly Sills, Host

Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano

Rossini, Overture to La gazza ladra (1817); Catalani, "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" (La Wally); Cilea, "Io son l'umile ancella" (Adriana Lecouvreur - 1902); Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana; Verdi, "Pace, pace, mio Dio" (La forza del destino - 1862); Verdi, Ballabile (1894) from Otello (1887); INTERMISSION; Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours (La Giocanda - 1876); Puccini, "Un bel di vedremo" (Madame Butterfly - 1904); Puccini, "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" (La Rondine - 1917); Puccini, "O mio babbino caro" (Gianni Schicchi - 1918); Verdi, Overture to I vespri siciliani (1855); Encore: Rossini, William Tell Overture; Grigoriu, Valurile Dunarii; Traditional, Auld Lang Syne.

Live backstage, Beverly Sills interviews Angela Gheorghiu; Clip #1: "The Two Bohemes" narrated by Beverl Sills; Clip #2: "Notes for Boats" narrated by Beverly Sills; Live backstage, Beverly Sills interviews Maestro Maazel.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
September 22, 2005

New York Philharmonic and Lang Lang "An Evening of Firsts"
Beverly Sills, Host

Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Lang Lang, Piano

Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 (1830): Allegro maestoso, Romance- Larghetto, Rondo-Vivace; INTERMISSION; Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan" (1888): Langsam, Schleppend, Kräftig bewegt, Feierlich und gemessen, Stürmisch bewegt.

Live backstage intermission features: #1: Beverly Sills interviews Lang Lang; #2: Beverly Sills interviews Maestro Maazel.

Program Length: 1:58:43

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Live From Lincoln Center
September 17, 2005

Jazz at Lincoln Center - "Higher Ground" Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert
Beverly Sills, Host
Laurence Fishburne, Narrator
Tavis Smiley, PBS Host
Phil Schaap, Voice of God

Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Lawrence Fishburne, Narrator
Tavis Smiley, PBS Host
Phil Schaap, Voice of God
Renée Fleming
Herbie Hancock
Bette Midler
Abbey Lincoln
Joe Lovano
Diana Krall
Marcus Roberts
Paul Simon
Dianne Reeves
Irvin Mayfield
Norah Jones
McCoy Tyner
Elvis Costello
Allen Toussaint
Buckwheat Zydeco
Wynton Marsalis Septet
James Taylor
Jordan Family
Terence Blanchard
Marsalis Family
Jon Hendricks
Peter Cincotti
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra -w- Arturo O'Farrill & Paqueto D'Rivera
Cassandra Wilson
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Guest Appearances by:
Robert De Niro
Ken Burns
Meryl Streep
Robin Williams
Danny Glover
Harry Belafonte
Toni Morrison
Bill Cosby
Jeffrey Wright

Marsalis, Ain' No (W. Marsalis Septet Parade); Traditional, Amazing Grace (Renée Fleming); Mathis/Caesar (Williams), You're Next in Line For a Miracle (Caesar medley); Mathis, He's Working It Out For You (Caesar); Caesar (Williams), This Joy (Caesar); Byrd/Terrry, Go to the Mardi Gras (Neville); Hancock, Eye of the Hurricane; Marsalis, Back to Basics (LCJO); Leiber/Stoller, Is That All There Is? (Midler); Coots/Lewis, For All We Know (Lincoln); Lovano,Blackwell's Message (Lovano); Williams,Basin Street Blues (Krall); Morton, New Orlean's Blues (Roberts); Simon, That Was Your Mother (Simon); Allan/Robinson, The House I Live In (Reeves); Traditional, Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Mayfield, Jr/Markham); Newman, I Think It's Going To Rain (Jones); Tyner, Trane-Like (Tyner); Toussaint, Freedom for the Stallion (Costello/Toussaint); Dural, Jr./Fox, I'm Gonna Love You Anyway (Zydeco); Oliver, Dippermouth Blues(Marsalis Hot 7); Taylor, Never Die Young (Taylor); Butler/Molinary, Here's To Life (Jordan Family); Hoge, Over There (Blanchard); E. Marsalis, Jr., Twelve's It (Marsalis Family); Hendricks, This Love of Mine(Hendricks); Hendricks, Tell Me The Truth (Hendricks); Cincotti, Bring Back New Orleans (Cincotti); O'Farrill,Havana Blues (LC Afro-Latin Jazz Orch); Ellington, Come Sunday(Wilson & LCJO & O'Connor); Marsalis, Death of Jazz (Marsalis 7); Franck, Violin Sonata; Chopin, "Minute" Waltz.

Program Length: 4:56:46

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Mostly Mozart Festival
July 28, 2005

Mostly Mozart Festival - "A Concert at Mozart's House"
Beverly Sills, Host

Louis Langrée, Conductor
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Stephen Hough, Piano
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Mozart, Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" Allegro con spirito; Handel, "Endless Pleasure" Handel, "Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me?" Semele; Handel, "Let the bright Seraphim" Samson; Mozart, Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" Andante; Bach, Symphony in G Minor Allegro; Mozart, Piano Concerto # 23 Andante; Rameau, Pièces de Clavecin Gigue-Tambourin-Sarabande; Mozart, Bella mia fiamma... Resta, oh cara; Mozart, Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" Menuetto-Presto.

No Intermission

Program Length: 1:26:45

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Live From Lincoln Center
June 15, 2005

New York Philharmonic - "Shaham's Sibelius"
Beverly Sills, Host

David Robertson, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin

Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Sibelius for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, op. 47; Bach, Gavotte en Rondeau; INTERMISSION; Sibelius, The Swan of Tuonela (from: "The Four Legends of the Kalevala," Op. 22); Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919).

Intermission features: Beverly Sills talks with Gil Shaham backstage; Pretaped piece showing Sibelius' life and work; Beverly Sills talks with Maestro Robertson backstage.

Program Length: 1:56:46

Live From Lincoln Center
March 31, 2005

American Songbook - PASSION
(Based on the film: "Passione d'Amore." Book by James Lapine; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Directed by Lonny Price; Musical Director Paul Gemignani; and the American Theater Orchestra)
Lesley Stahl, Host

Paul Gemignani, Conductor
Audra McDonald (Clara)
Michael Cerveris (Giorgio)
Allen Fitzpatrick (Colonel Ricci)
Richard Easton
(Dr. Tambourri)
Alexander Gemignani (Lt. Torasso)
Timothy Gulan
(Sgt. Lombardi)
Devin Richards
(Lt. Barri)
James Clow
(Major Rizzolli)
John Sloman
(Lt. Augenti)
Patti LuPone
(Fosca)
Gina Ferrall
(Fosca's Mother)
John Cunningham (Fosca's Father)
George Dvorsky (Ludovic)
Kate Baldwin (Mistress)
Trey Compton, Jono Hustis
(Male Attendants)
Jenn Dottino, Abby Stevens
(Female Attendants)
Joshua Johnston
(Mail Boy)

Live from the Billie Holiday Terrace at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater, Lesley Stahl greets TV audience and introduces Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.

PASSION; No Intermission.

Live backstage, Lesley Stahl talking with Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald and Michael Cerveris.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(174) December 29, 2004

Sir James Galway @ The Penthouse
Hosted by Beverly Sills

Sir James Galway, Flute
Lady Jeanne Galway, Flute
Phillip Moll, Piano
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Bach, Badinerie; Kreisler, Schön Rosemarin; Gluck, Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Marais, Le Basque; Respighi, Italiana, from Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III, no. 1; Doppler, Rondo, from Andante & Rondo, Op. 25; Dvorak, Lento String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 26 "American" (arr. Craig Leon); Williams, Greensleeves Fantasia; Haydn, Presto, from Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, "Trauer;" Mercadante; Rondo russo, from Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in E Minor; Saint-Saëns, "Le Cygne," from Le Carnival des Animaux; Mozart, Rondo a la Turca (arr. David Overton); Traditional, Dawning of the Day (arr. Craig Leon); Traditional, Danny Boy; Rimsky-Korsakoff, Flight of the Bumblebee.

Pretaped video with voice-over of Sir James Galway talking about growing up in Belfast, Ireland; Clip of Sir James' Investiture ceremony.

No intermission

Program Length: 1:26:51

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Jazz at Lincoln Center
(173) October 18, 2004

Jazz At Lincoln Center Grand Opening of Frederick P. Rose Hall - One Family of Jazz
Hosted by Beverly Sills with Ed Bradley

Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Dir., Trumpet
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with:
Tony Bennett,
Roy Haynes,
Abbey Lincoln,
Cyro Baptista,
Dick Nash,
The Gardners (Vincent, Derrick and Burgess),
Marcus Gilmore,
Audrey Shakir;
Arturo O'Farrill
Jazz Orchestra with:
Arturo O'Farrill,
Paquito D'Rivera;
Bill Charlap Trio with:
Sandy Stewart,
Frank Wess,
Jeremy Pelt

Marsalis, Call to Prayer; Coltrane, Resolution from: A Love Supreme; Weill, Lost in the Stars; Harris, Stay Right With It; Gershwin, G&I, Our Love Is Here To Stay; O'Farrill, Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite; O'Farrill, Havana Blues; Prima, Sing, Sing, Sing; Lincoln, Down Here Below; Bernstein, Cool; Kern, Nobody Else But Me; Marsalis & Baptista, Forro For All; Kern, All The Things You Are; Nelson, Stolen Moments; Davis, Milestones.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to guests and introduces Wynton Marsalis; Pretaped clip of Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony hosted by Jazz at LC for opening of new venue, Frederick P. Rose Hall; Clip from "Big Town Groove."

No intermission

Program Length: 1:56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(172) September 21, 2004

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala
Beverly Sills, Host

Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Maxim Vengerov, Violin

Traditional, National Anthem; Beethoven, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 61; Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 in E minor - From The New World; ENCORE: Dvorak, Slavonic Dance,Op. 72, No. 1 in B major.

Live Backstage: Beverly Sills talks with Maestro Maazel.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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New York City Ballet
May 5, 2004

New York City Ballet: Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100
Sarah Jessica Parker, Host

Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief
Placido Domingo, Tenor
Kevin Kline, Speaker
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet – Jazz @ Lincoln Center
New York Philharmonic
New York City Ballet Orchestra
The Chamber Music Society
Students from The School of American Ballet
New York City Opera
The Juilliard School

Stravinsky, Fanfare for a New Theater; Tschaikovsky, None but the Lonely Heart; Drigo, Harlequinade (excerpt); Stravinsky, Duo Concertant (excerpt); Brahms, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (First Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25); Brahms, Liebeslieder Walzer (exerpts); Bach, Concerto Barocco (excerpt) Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor: Largo; Gershwin, The Man I Love (excerpt from Who Cares?); Strauss, R., Vienna Waltzes (excerpt)

Pretaped: Susan Stroman introduces archived video of Balanchine.

No intermission

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Great Performers
April 29, 2004

Great Performers: Vivaldi, Haydn & Yo-Yo Ma
Beverly Sills, Host

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Vivaldi, Cello Concerto in Bb Major, RV 423; Haydn, Cello Concerto in D Major, H. VIIb:2; Handel, Suite in F major from Water Music, HWV 348 (1715) (excerpts: Allegro - Andante - Menuet)

No intermission

Program Length: 00:56:46

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New York Philharmonic
January 28, 2004

New York Philharmonic: Mozart, Muti & Quasthoff
Beverly Sills, Host

Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Thomas Quasthoff, Bass-Baritone

Schubert, Overture to Rosamunde; Mozart, Così dunque tradisci…Aspri rimorsi atroci; Mozart, Per questa bella mano; Mozart, Alcandro, lo confesso…Non sò d’onde viene; Mozart, Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo; INTERMISSION; Brahms, Symphony #2 in D Major, Op. 73.

Live intermission features: Beverly Sills backstage talking with Riccardo Muti; Beverly Sills backstage talking with Thomas Quasthoff.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
January 14, 2004

Joshua Bell @ The Penthouse
Beverly Sills, Host

Joshua Bell, Violin
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Simon Mulligan, Piano

Kreisler, Praeludium & Allegro; Bach, Allegro assai from Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor; Kreisler, Liebesleid; Kreisler, Liebesfreud; Kreisler, Schön Rosemarin; Dvorák-Kreisler, Slavonic Fantasie in B Minor; Dvorák, Waltz in D Major, Op. 54 No. 4; Ravel, Tzigane; Chopin, Nocturne (Op. Posthumous) transcribed by Nathan Milstein; Puccini, “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi; Debussy, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair; Massenet, Élégie: O doux printemps d’autrefois; Schumann, Träumerei from Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7; Gershwin, G. & I., “He Loves and She Loves” from Funny Face; Gershwin, G., Three Preludes for Piano, transcribed by Jascha Heifetz; ENCORE: Vivaldi, L’estate, 3rd movement.

No Intermission

Film clip of Joshua Bell with his teacher, Josef Gingold.

Program Length: 1:26:48

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New York Philharmonic
December 31, 2003

New York Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Gala
Beverly Sills, Host

Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Renée Fleming, Soprano

Debussy, Prélude à l’apres-midi d’un faune; Ravel, Shéhérazade, Three Poems of Tristan Klingsor: Asie, La Flûte enchantée, L’indifférent; INTERMISSION; Bizet, Carmen Suite; Massenet, “Celui dont la parole efface toutes peines…Il est doux” from Hérodiade, “Je ne veux rien garder de mon passé…L’amour est un vertu rare” from Thaïs, “Je marche sur tous les chemins…Obéissons quand leur voix appelle” from Manon; Offenbach, Overture to Orphée aux Enfers; Encore: Chabrier, España; Trad., Auld Lang Syne.

Intermission feature: backstage Beverly Sills talks to Renée Fleming; Renée Fleming at Prairie Home Companion; Beverly Sills backstage with Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Chamber Music Society of LC
December 14, 2003

Chamber Music Society of LC:
The Complete Brandenburg Concertos
Beverly Sills, Host

Chamber Music Orchestra

Bach, Brandenburg Concertos. Brandenburg #1 in F; Brandenburg #2 in F; Brandenburg #3 in G; Brandenburg #4 in G; Brandenburg #5 in D; Brandenburg #6 in B flat. NO INTERMISSION.

Bruce Adolphe, live backstage at the harpsichord, discussing each Brandenburg after it is performed.

Program Length: 1:56:44

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Mostly Mozart Festival
July 29, 2003

Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night Gala Concert
Beverly Sills, Host

Louis Langrée, conductor
Lang Lang, Piano

Mozart: Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro;Mendelssohn, Concerto #1 in G minor for piano and orchestra; Liszt, (ENCORE) Reminiscences of Don Giovanni; INTERMISSION; Beethoven, Symphony #4 in B-flat major.

Filler and Intermission pieces introduced by Beverly Sills: #1: Clip of Lang Lang, age 5 at piano; #2: Oliver Sacks discussing Music and Math; #3: Oliver Sacks discussing the Brain; #4: Oliver Sacks discussing Savants; #5: Oliver Sacks discussing a letter by Mozart; #6: Beverly Sills interviews Louis Langrée live backstage.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
May 29, 2003

Marsalis @ The Penthouse: The Music of James Black
Beverly Sills, Host

Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
Ellis Marsalis, Piano
Victor Goines, Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax
Walter Blanding, Jr., Tenor Sax
Reginald Veal, Bass
Herlin Riley, Drums

Black: Magnolia Triangle; Old Wyne; Monkey Puzzle;; A Love Song; Dee Wee; Sister Wilson; New Arrival; Whistle Stop. Ellis Marsalis: 12’s It

No Intermission

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Perlman at the Penthouse
January 22, 2003

Perlman at the Penthouse
Beverly Sills, Host

Itzhak Perlman, Conductor, Violin
Alumni and Students of the Perlman Music Program

Vivaldi, Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor (L'Estro Armonico); Tchaikovsky, Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major - Finale; Bach, Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor - Largo ma non tanto; Bartók, Divertimento for String Orchestra Allegro assai; Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Vivaldi, "Summer" from The Four Seasons.

Clip of Perlman's Music Camp shown after Vivaldi; Clip of Perlman on Sesame Street shown after Bach's concerto.

Program Length: 56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(162) December 31, 2002

(LFLC 2705)

New York Philharmonic All-Gershwin New Year’s Eve Concert
Beverly Sills, Host

Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Indra Thomas, Soprano (Debut)
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor (Debut)
Willard White, Bass-Baritone (Debut)
The Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble (Debut)

All Gershwin: Cuban Overture; An American In Paris; INTERMISSION; Porgy and Bess (excerpts); ENCORE: Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever; Trad. Auld Lang Syne.

Intermission features: #1: Beverly Sills live backstage intro and short conversation with Maestro Lorin Maazel; #2: Backstage, Beverly Sills gives Gershwin’s radio show intro; Clip of Gershwin on radio and Feenamint sponsor commercial; #3: Beverly Sills backstage gives brief history of Gershwin’s “The Man I Love” with home movies and recording of Helen Morgan singing; #4: Beverly Sills backstage tells about Gershwin down south; Recording of Gershwin conducting Porgy and Bess; #5: Beverly Sills backstage gives lead-in to Gershwin on his celebrity and his paintings; #6: Photos of Gershwin and Ravel; #7: Beverly Sills live backstage interview with Maestro Maazel.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Lincoln Center Theater
(161) September 1, 2002
(LFLC 2704)

The Vivian Beaumont Theater -
"CONTACT"
(Written by John Weidman, Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman)
Beverly Sills, Host

Seán Martin Hingston (Frenchman)
Scott Taylor (Frenchman)
Joanne Manning (A Girl on a Swing)
Charlotte D’Amboise (Wife)
Danny Mastrogiorgio (Husband)(Bartender)
David MacGillivray (Headwaiter)
Alan Campbell (Advertising Exec)
Colleen Dunn (Girl in Yellow Dress)

Part I: “Swinging” (Baroque romp inspired by Fragonard’s painting - “Girl On A Swing”); Part II: “Did You Move?” (Italian restaurant in Queens, 1954); INTERMISSION; Part III: “Contact” (Advertising Executive looking for love).

Intermission feature: Pretaped interview with Susan Stroman, Choreographer and Director.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(160) July 18, 2002
(LFLC 2703)

New York Philharmonic: Kurt Masur’s 75th Birthday and Farewell

Beverly Sills, Host (No Intermission)

Kurt Masur, Conductor
NY Philharmonic Orchestra
NYP Soloists:
Philip Smith, Trumpet;
Joseph Alessi, Trombone;
Cynthia Phelps, Viola;
Eugene Levinson, Double Bass;
Sheryl Staples, Violin;
Michelle Kim, Violin;
Glenn Dicterow, Violin;
Carter Brey, Cello.

Bernstein, Candide Overture; Weber, Der Freischütz, Act III introduction; Turrin, Fandango for Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Symphony (P. Smith, J. Alessi); Dittersdorf, Allegro from Sinfonia Concertante for Viola, Double Bass and Orchestra (C. Phelps, E. Levinson); Bach, Largo from Double Violin Concerto (S. Staples, M. Kim); Mendelssohn, Nocturne & Scherzo from “Midsummer Night’s Dream”; Brahms, Vivace non troppo from Double Concerto (G. Dicterow, C. Brey); Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Act II introduction; Rimsky-Korsakov, “Festival at Baghdad” from Schederazade; Ravel, Boléro; ENCORES: Bernstein, “Mambo” from West Side Story; J. Strauss II, Egyptian March.

Program Length: 1:56:48

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New York City Ballet
(159) May 30, 2002
(LFLC 2702)

NYC Ballet’s Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography
Beverly Sills, Host

Janie Taylor, Benjamin Millepied, Damian Woetzel, Nikolaj Hübbe.
Stravinsky, JEU DE CARTES
Choreographed by Peter Martins, conductor: Andrea Quinn.

Intermission

Jock Soto, Rachel Rutherford, Jennie Somogyi, Pascal van Kipnis, James Fayette, Tom Gold.
Francesco Geminiani, CHIAROSCURO
Choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, conductor: Maurice Kaplow.

Charles Askegard, Maria Kowroski, Nikolaj Hübbe, Yvonne Borree, Jock Soto, Darci Kistler.
Marsalis, THEM TWOS
Choreographed by Peter Martins; Guest conductor: Robert Sadin.

Carrie Lee Riggins, Jennie Somogyi, Jeroen Hofmans, Alexander Ritter.
Hindemith, VIOLA ALONE
Choreographed by Kevin O’Day; (no conductor).

Gagliarda: Carla Körbes, Philip
NealSiciliana: Janie Taylor, James Fayette
Passacaglia: Alexandra Ansanelli, Sébastien Marcovici
Respighi, ANCIENT AIRS AND DANCES
Choreographed by Richard Tanner; conductor: Mauarice Kaplow.

Tom Gold, Benjamin Millepied.
Evelyn Ficarra, LA STRAVAGANZA
Choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj; (no conductor).

Maria Kowroski, Wendy Whelan, Albert Evans, Peter Boal.
Richard Einhorn, RED ANGEL
Choreographed by Ulysses Dove; (no conductor); Electric Violin: Mary Rowell.

Intermission

Jenifer Ringer, Jock Soto, Benjamin Millepied, Ashley Bouder, Lindy Mandradjieff.
Shostakovich, MERCURIAL MANOEUVERS
Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon; conductor: Andrea Quinn.

Live backstage intermission feature with Beverly Sills and Peter Martins; Pretaped intermission feature: Peter Martins, dancers, choreographers and Andrea Quinn (conductor) talk about music/ballet; Peter Martins, choreographers and dancers talk about dance; Pretaped intros to all dances are done by the choreographers except for “Red Angels” which is introduced by Wendy Whelan (dancer) and Mary Rowell (Elec. Violin).

Program Length: 2:56:46

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New York City Opera
(158) March 20, 2002
(LFLC2701)

New York City Opera - The Gershwins “Porgy and Bess”
(by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. Opera in 2 acts.)
Beverly Sills, Host

John DeMain, Conductor
Marquita Lister, Bess
Alvy Powell, Porgy
Angela Renée Simpson, Serena
Timothy Robert Blevins, Crown
Dwayne Clark, Sportin' Life
Sabrina Elaine Carten, Maria

Act I; INTERMISSION; Act II.

Live intro by Beverly Sills to pretaped interview with Sherwin Goldman, Executive Producer of NYCO; Tazewell Thompson, director of this production; Robert Kimball, author and Gershwin expert.

Program Length: 2:58:46

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New York Philharmonic + Jazz at Lincoln Center
(157) December 19, 2001

NYP + LC Jazz Orchestra - “Nutcracker Swing”
Beverly Sills, Host

Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
New York Philharmonic
LC Jazz Orchestra

Marsalis, All Rise, “Go Slow (But Don’t Stop)”; Marsalis, All Rise, “Wild Strumming of Fiddle”; Marsalis, All Rise, “Expressbrown Local”; Marsalis, All Rise, “El ‘Gran’ Baile de la Reina”; INTERMISSION; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite, “Overture Miniature”; Ellington/Strayhorn, Nutcracker Suite, Overture; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite, “Dance of the Reed Flutes”; Ellington/ Strayhorn, Nutcracker Suite, “Toot Toot Tootie Toot”; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite, “Trepak”; Ellington/Strayhorn, Nutcracker Suite, “The Volga Vouty”; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”; Ellington/Strayhorn, “Sugar Rum Cherry”; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite, “Waltz of the Flowers”; Ellington/Strayhorn, Nutcracker Suite, “Danse of the Floreadores”; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite, “March”; Ellington/Strayhorn, Nutcracker Suite, “Peanut Brittle Brigade”.

Intermission features: #1: Beverly Sills back-stage in conversation with Leonard Slatkin, conductor; #2: Beverly Sills backstage in conversation with Wynton Marsalis, Music Director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; #3: Beverly Sills backstage in conversation with Mercedes Ellington, Granddaughter of Duke Ellington.

Program Length: 1:56:45

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Chamber Music Society of LC
(156) October 14, 2001

CMS of LC: An Evening of Beethoven
Beverly Sills, Host

David Shifrin, Clarinet
André Watts, Piano
Leila Josefowicz, Violin
Ani Kavafian, Violin
Paul Neubauer, Viola
Cynthia Phelps, Viola
Gary Hoffman, Cello

Trad., National Anthem; Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem.

Beethoven, Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, in B flat major, Op. 11; Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 47, “Kreutzer”; INTERMISSION; Beethoven, Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas and Cello in C major, Op. 29.

Intermission features: #1: Live backstage with Beverly Sills, André Watts and Leila Josefowicz; #2: Live backstage with Beverly Sills, Paul Neubauer, Cynthia Phelps and Gary Hoffman; #3: Filler: Excerpt from B\LC #103: “How could a deaf person write music?”; #4: Backstage with Beverly Sills, David Shifrin and Ani Kavafian.

Program Length: 1: 56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(155) September 20, 2001

New York Philharmonic Memorial Concert - Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem
Beverly Sills, Host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Heidi Grant Murphy, Soprano
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
New York Choral Artists
The American Boychoir

Trad., National Anthem; Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem.

After National Anthem, speeches from lecturn by: Paul Guenther, Chairman NYP; Libby Pataki, First Lady of NY State; Joseph J. Lhota, Deputy Mayor; Zarin Mehta, Exec. Director NYP.

Program Length: 1:26:46

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(154) August 22, 2001

Mostly Mozart Festival
Beverly Sills, Host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Ute Selbig, Soprano
Florence Quivar, Mezzo- soprano
Michael Schade, Tenor
Richard Zeller, Baritone
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
The Dessoff Choirs

Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482; INTERMISSION; Mozart, Requiem; Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus. Intermission features: #1: Beverly Sills talks with Emanuel Ax backstage; #2: Beverly Sills talks with Gerard Schwarz backstage; #3: Film clip from Amadeus leading into 2nd half of program with Mozart’s Requiem.

Program Length: 1:55:57

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Live From Lincoln Center
(153) July 19, 2001

Lincoln Center Festival ‘01
Isabella Rossellini, Host
Michael Moschen, Correspondent
Cassandra Wilson, Correspondent

Cirque Plume
Youssou N’Dour, Singer
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Philip Glass, Composer
Harold Pinter, Playwright

#1: Cirque Plume: Cable Spool Dance, “Gag”, Trapeze (intro by Moschen); #2: Youssou N’Dour (intro by Wilson); #3: Tape piece of Bernard Kudlak (director of Cirque Plume), Robert Miny (composer), plus circus footage (intro by Rossellini); #4: Cirque Plume: housewife w/broom climbing rope, flying bicycle (intro by Moschen); #5: Tape piece of Philip Glass, Shirin Neshat [filmmaker], Godfrey Reggio [filmmaker] plus clips (intro by Rossellini); #6: Youssou N’Dour (intro by Wilson); #7: Tape piece of actors discussing Pinter’s work - on camera: John Slattery [actor], Liev Schreiber [actor], and 6 young playwrights (intro by Rossellini); #8: Tape piece of Trisha Brown and Dave Douglas (intro by Rossellini); #9: Trisha Brown, “El Trilogy” excerpt (intro by Rossellini); Isabella Rossellini ends Festival telecast.

(no intermission)

Live Performance from Midsummer Night Swing at end of telecast with George Gee and His Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra, Ann Hampton Callaway and Claude “Fiddler” Williams.

Program Length: 1:26:46

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New York City Opera
(152) March 28, 2001

Puccini’s - LA BOHÉME (Opera in four acts)
Beverly Sills, Host

George Manahan, conductor
Maria Kanyova, Mimi
Nicole Heaston, Musetta
Rolando Villazon, Rodolfo
Alfredo Daza, Marcello
George Cordes, Colline
Peter Strummer, Benoit
Brian McIntosh, Alcindoro

Act I; Act II; INTERMISSION; Act III; INTERMISSION: Act IV.
Intermission features: Beverly Sills talks backstage with James Robinson, director of production; #2: “The Two Bohémes”; #3: Beverly Sills talks backstage with Rolando Villazon (Rodolfo) and Alfredo Daza (Marcello); #4: “What’s in a Name?”; #5: Beverly Sills talks backstage with Nicole Heaston (Musetta); #6: Beverly Sills talks backstage with Maria Kanyova (Mimi); #7: “The Missing Act”; #8: Beverly Sills talks backstage with George Manahan, conductor; #9: “Colline and His Coat”; #10: Beverly Sills backstage with George Cordes and Mel Ulrich; #11: Beverly Sills backstage with James Robinson.

Program Length: 2:56:46

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Live From Lincoln Center
(151) January 4, 2001

LFLC: Renée Fleming at the Penthouse
Beverly Sills, Host

Renée Fleming, soprano
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Steven Blier, piano
Dave Grusin, piano
Lee Ritenour, guitar

Thomas, Another New Voice Teacher; Puccini, “Si Mi Chiamano Mimi” from La Boheme; Rossini, Overture to La Cambiale Di Matrimonio; Mozart, “Come Scoglio” from Cosi Fan Tutti; Rachmaninoff, Oh Do Not Sing; Strauss, Caecile; Bartok, Romanian Folk Dances; Kander, A Letter from Sullivan Ballou; Tilson Thomas, Fame; Massenet, “Recitative and Gavotte” from Manon; deFalla, “Nana” from Seven Popular Spanish Songs; deFalla, “Cancion” from Seven Popular Spanish Songs; Villa-Lobos (arr. Grusin), Aria from Bachianas Brasileiros No.5; Traditional (arr. Grusin), “River Songs”: The Water Is Wide; Shenandoah; Hubble (arr. Grusin), Poor Butterfly; Rodgers, This Can’t Be Love.

No Intermission

Program Length: 1:28:46

Jazz at Lincoln Center
(150) December 13, 2000

Jazz at LC: Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In
Beverly Sills, Host

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis, Music Dir., Trumpet
Bob Wilber, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone
Lucien Barbarin, Trombone
Don Vappie, Banjo, Guitar
Troy Andrews, Trumpet
Dominick Farinacci, Trumpet
Brandon Lee, Trumpet

Primrose, St. James Infirmary; Orly/Gilbert, Muskrat Ramble; Creamer/Bechet, Dear Old Southland; Bowman/Fuller, 12th Street Blues; Handy, St. Louis Blues; Armstrong/Curl, Tight Like This; Traditional, Flee As The Bird/Didn't He Ramble; INTERMISSION; Armstrong/Williams, Mahogany Hill Stomp; Carmichael/Arodin, Lazy River; Abrams/Stevens, Symphonic Raps; Muse/L. Rene/O. Rene, When It's Sleepytime Down South; Armstrong/Gerlach, Swing That Music.

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Great Performers
(149) October 4, 2000

An Evening with Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Beverly Sills, Host

Mark Elder, Conductor
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone
Frances Sternhagen, Narrator
Orchestra of St. Luke's

Glinka, Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla; Gounod, "Avant de quitter ces lieux" from Faust; Puccini, "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi; Mozart, "La ca darem la mano" from Don Giovanni; Léhar, "Lippen schweigen" from The Merry Widow, Verdi, "Gran Dio!...Oh, de'verd'anni miei" from Ernani; Gounod, "O Dieu! Que de bijoux (Jewel Song) from Faust; INTERMISSION; Tchaikovsky, Scenes from Eugene Onegin (with Frances Sternhagen as the memory of Tatiana) 1: Tatiana's Letter Scene; 2: Scene and Onegin's Aria, Act I Finale, 3: Onegin's opening soliloquy, Act III, Scene I; 4: Onegin's closing arioso, Act III, Scene I; 5: Act III, Final Scene.

Intermission features: #1: Live backstage interview with Beverly Sills and Dmitri Hvorostovsky; #2: Pushkin bio narrated by Beverly Sills; #3: Pretaped interview with Beverly Sills and Renée Fleming; #4: Tchaikovsky bio narrated by Beverly Sills.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York Philharmonic
(148) September 20, 2000

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala
Beverly Sills, Host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano

Mozart, Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620; Mozart, "Ach, ich fuhl's" from The Magic Flute, K. 620; Mozart, "Vado, ma dove? O Dei!", K. 583; Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian"; INTERMISSION; R. Strauss, Final scene from Arabella, op. 79; R. Strauss, "Morgen"; R. Strauss, "Till Eulenspiegel", op. 28.

Intermission pieces: #1: Beverly Sills and Kurt Masur talk live backstage; #2: Mozart/Mendelssohn bio narrated backstage by Beverly Sills; #3: Pretaped interview: Beverly Sills with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; Live backstage: Beverly Sills talks with Philip Myers, Principal Horn of NYP.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York City Opera:
Puccini's "Tosca"
(147) March 29, 2000

Conductor: George Manahan
Production Director: Mark Lamos

Cesare Angelotti - George Cordes
Sacristan - Kevin Glavin
Mario Cavaradossi - Alfredo Portilla
Floria Tosca - Amy Johnson
Baron Scarpia - Mark Delavan
Spoletta - Beau Palmer
Sciarrone - Michael Lofton
Jailer - Don Yule
Shepherd - Vianney Ausseil

Set Designer Michael Yeargan; Costume Designer Constance Hoffman; Lighting Designer Robert Wierzel.

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New York Philharmonic
(146) January 12, 1999

Modern Times, Romantic Visions

Kurt Masur, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist
Hosted by Beverly Sills
Prokofiev: Excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 64
Berg: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Op. 47

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Perlman at the Penthouse
(145) January 5, 2000

Itzhak Perlman, violin
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Rohan de Silva, pianist
Hosted by Beverly Sills
Works by Schubert, Vivaldi, Rieding, Gluck, Fiocco, Bloch, Novacek, Kreisler, Tchaikovski, Wieniawski, Williams, Grieg, and Bazzini.

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New York Philharmonic
(144) Sept 23, 1999

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala
Kurt Masur, conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Hosted by Beverly Sills

Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Op. 104
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Op. 64

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(143) July 28, 1999

Opening Night Gala of the 33rd Annual
Mostly Mozart Festival featuring
James Galway
Frederica von Stade
and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
led by
Music Director Gerard Schwartz

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New York City Ballet
(142) May 5, 1999

Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake"
New production by Peter Martins

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The New York Philharmonic and
Jazz at Lincoln Center
(141) April 7, 1999

The New York Philharmonic and Jazz at Lincoln Center in
"Uptown Blues - Ellington at 100"
New York Philharmonic- Kurt Masur, Conductor

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra- Wynton Marsalis, Music Director
Kelley Nassief, Soprano

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New York City Opera
(140) March 24, 1999

New York City Opera
Jack Beeson's Lizzie Borden
George Manahan, conductor
Rhoda Levine, Director
Phyllis Pancella (Lizzie Borden)
Lauren Flanigan (Abigail Borden)
Robin Blitch Wiper (Margret Borden)
Dennis Peterson (Reverand Harrington)
Dean Ely (Captain MacFarlane)
Stephen West (Andrew Borden)

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New York Philharmonic
(139) December 31, 1998

New York Philharmonic
New Year's Eve Gala
Kurt Masur, conductor
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(138) October 14, 1998

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Thirtieth Anniversary Gala
David Shifrin, Clarinet
André Watts, Pianist and Master of Ceremonies
Barbara Bonney, Soprano

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Lincoln Center Theater
(137) August 30, 1998

Twelfth Night, or, What You Will
by William Shakespeare

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Jazz at Lincoln Center
(136) July 1, 1998

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis

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New York City Opera
(135) April 22, 1998

Stewart Robertson, Conductor
Mark Lamos, Director

Paul Bunyan
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by W.H. Auden

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New York Philharmonic
(134) March 3, 1998

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Sarah Chang, Violin

Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6

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Juilliard Opera Center
(133) December 17, 1997

Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel

Randall Behr, Conductor
Frank Corsaro, Director
Maurice Sendak, Costume/Set Design
Duane Schuler, Lighting Design
Juilliard Opera Orchestra

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New York Philharmonic
(132) September 17, 1997

Opening Night Gala

Kurt Masur, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Strauss: Three Orchestral Songs
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(131) May 4, 1997

A Celebration of Johannes Brahms

Jessye Norman, soprano
Pinchas Zukerman, violist

Brahms: Quintet for Strings, Op. 111
Two Songs for Soprano, Viola, and Piano, Op. 91
Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 34

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(130) April 7, 1997

A Celebration of the American Musical

Elizabeth Futral, Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne, Frederika von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Dwayne Croft, Samuel Ramey
American Theater Orchestra
Paul Gemigniani, conductor

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New York Philharmonic
(129) April 3, 1997

Kurt Masur, conductor
Maria Ewing, narrator
E. Norberg-Schulz, N. Maultsby, M. McCormick - soloists
Westminster Choir

Monteverdi-Orff: Klage der Ariadne
Debussy: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

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The New York City Opera
(128) March 26, 1997

Puccini: La Bohème

Production by Graziela Sciutti
Directed by Paul L. King
Sets designed by Michael Anania
Costumes designed by Joseph A. Citarella
Lighting designed by Jeff Davis

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New York Philharmonic
(127) January 15, 1997

New York Philharmonic: Masur, Dvorák & Tchaikovsky

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Maxim Vengerov, Violin

Dvorák, Overture to The Devil and Kate, Op. 112
Dvorák, Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 53
INTERMISSION
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, Little Russian

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Lincoln Center Festival '96
(126) July 27, 1996

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
"Beethoven's 9th"
No Host

John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Luba Orgonasova, Soprano
Anne Sofie Von Otter, Mezzo-Soprano
William Kendall, Tenor
Franz Hawlata, Bass
Monteverdi Choir

Beethoven, "Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt"
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Op. 125

Pretaped feature: Festival Video

Program Length: 1: 26:46

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Mostly Mozart
(125) July 10, 1996

Mostly Mozart Opening Concert
No Host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Pinchas Zukerman, Viola

Stölzel, Concerto a 4 Cori
Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante

INTERMISSION

Mozart, "Jupiter" Symphony No. 4 in C

ENCORE:
Handel, Passacaglia (arr. By Halvarsen)

Pretaped feature: LFLC 20th Anniversary, "The Making of..."

Program Length: 1:56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(124) April 1, 1996

New York Philharmonic: Masur, Brendel, & Beethoven
Hugh Downs, Host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Alfred Brendel, Piano

All-Beethoven program:
Symphony No. 2 in D
"Leonore" Overture No. 3

INTERMISSION

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat "Emperor".

Pretaped intermission feature from B\LC episode No. 303. No. 1: "This old piano"; No. 2: "Almost everything you should know about the Emperor Concerto".

Program Length: 1:58:46

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New York City Opera
(123) March 27, 1996

Franz Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW
(Operetta in 3 acts. Music by Franz Lehar; original German text by
Victor Leon and Leo Stein; English book adaptation by Robert Johanson; English lyrics by Albert Evans.)
Hugh Downs, host.

Alexander Sander, Conductor
Jane Thorngren (Widow), Michael Hayes (Count Danilovitch),
Patricia Johnson (Valencienne), Carlo Scibelli (Camille de Rosillion),
George S. Irving (Baron Zeta), Robert Creighton (Njegus), Matthew Chellis (Viscomte Cascada), Shon Sims (Raoul de St. Brioche)

Pretaped intermission feature from B\LC No. 302. Segment No. 1: "Let there be light"; No. 2: "An unsung hero"; No. 3: "Almost everything you should know about The Merry Widow". Live backstage interviews: Downs, Hayes, Creighton; Downs, Irving.

Program Length: 2:56:46

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(122) February 14, 1996

"Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Friends"
No Host

Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Barbara Hendricks, Soprano
Pamela Frank, Violin (CMS)
Rebecca Young, Viola (CMS)
Edgar Meyer, Bass (CMS)
Mark Salzman, Cello

Beethoven, Variations in E-flat on a theme from THE MAGIC FLUTE (Ma, Ax)
Schubert, "Der Musensohn"; "Ständchen"; "Gretchen am Spinnrade"; "Ave Maria" (Ax, Hendricks)
Beethoven, "Air Russe"; "Bolero"; "Schwedisches Wiegenlied" (Ma, Ax, Frank, Hendricks)
Beethoven, "Tyroler Lied" (Ma, Ax, Frank, Hendricks, Salzman)

INTERMISSION

Schubert, "Die Forelle" (Ax, Hendricks)
Meyer, "Trout Variations" (Ma, Ax, Meyer)
Schubert, Quintet in A for Piano & Strings "Trout" (Ma, Ax, Frank, Young, Meyer)

Pretaped intermission feature from B\LC, episode No. 301. No. 1: "The corporation that plays together stays together"; No. 2: "Almost everything you should know about the Trout Quintet".

Program Length: 1:56:46

New York Philharmonic
(121) September 20, 1995

NY Philharmonic Opening Night
Hugh Downs, host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Jessye Norman, Soprano

Strauss, DON JUAN
Strauss, "Zueignung", "Ruhe, meine Seele", "Die Heiligen drei Könige", "Meinem Kinde", Cècilie

INTERMISSION

Wagner, DIE MEISTERSINGER, Prelude
Wagner, GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, "Siegfried's Funeral Music", "Immolation Scene"

Pretaped intermission feature from B\LC, episode No. 206. No. 1: "Where can I practice my drums?"; No. 2: "Let there be leitmotifs!".

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Mostly Mozart
(120) July 25, 1995

Mostly Mozart Opening Concert
No host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, Piano
Gil Shaham, Violin

Handel, "Water Music" Suite in F Major
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K. 595;

INTERMISSION

Kreisler, Concerto in C Major in the style of Vivaldi
Mozart, Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543

Pretaped intermission interview with Jonathan Miller, from BACKSTAGE\LINCOLN CENTER, episode No. 205.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York Philharmonic
(119) May 24, 1995

NYP with Kurt Masur and Sarah Chang
Hugh Downs, Host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Sarah Chang, Violinist

Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

INTERMISSION

Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D

Pretaped intermission features from B\LC, episode No. 204: "How can someone so young play so well?"; No. 2: "The Nature of Mahler"; No. 3: "It's Your Funeral, Mr. Mahler".

Program Length: 1:56:48

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New York City Opera
(118) March 28, 1995

Verdi, LA TRAVIATA
(Opera in 3 acts)
Hugh Downs, Host

Yves Abel, Conductor
Janice Hall (Violetta), Stephen Mark Brown (Alfredo), Louis Otey (Germont)

Pretaped intermission features from B\LC, episode No. 203: "In the Beginning"; "In the Middle of Things: Conflict for One?"; "The End of Traviata"; Live intermission interviews with Chuck Giles; Christopher Keene.

Program Length: 2:56:45

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(117) March 1, 1995

"An Evening with Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson"
Hugh Downs, Host

John Nelson, Conductor
Kathleen Battle, Soprano
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
The Orchestra of St. Luke's

Rossini, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Overture
Rossini, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, "Dunque io son"
Massenet, HERODIADE, "Vision Fugitive"
Handel, SEMELE, "Myself I Shall Adore"
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI, "Là ci darem la mano"
Korngold, DIE TOTE STADT, "Pierrot's Tanzlied"
Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW, "Vilia"
Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW, "Lippen schweigen"

INTERMISSION

Bernstein, CANDIDE, Overture
Berlin, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
Kern, "All the Things You Are"
Gershwin, PORGY AND BESS, "Summertime"
Rodgers & Hammerstein, CAROUSEL, "Soliloquy"
Arlen, "Over the Rainbow"
Bernstein, WEST SIDE STORY, "Tonight"

ENCORE:
Berlin, "You're Just in Love"

Two pretaped intermission features: "How could so many songs come from so few notes?" 2: "From Page to Stage" (from Backstage\Lincoln Center, episode No. 202)

Program Length: 1:56:12

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New York Philharmonic
(116) January 25, 1995

New York Philharmonic - Kurt Masur and Yo-Yo Ma
Hugh Downs, Host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist

Dvorák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

INTERMISSION

Schumann, Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 97 ("Rhenish")

Live intermission interview with Yo-Yo Ma. Pretaped intermission features from BACKSTAGE\LINCOLN CENTER, episode No. 201: No. 1: "Almost Everything You Should Know About the Dvorák Cello Concerto"; No. 2: "This Old Cello"; 3: "Isn't It Romantic?"

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Jazz at Lincoln Center
(115) August 3, 1994

Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis
"The City of Jazz"
Wynton Marsalis, host

Wynton Marsalis, Conductor
Art Farmer, Doc Cheatham, Harry Edison, Trumpets; Slide Hampton, Wycliffe Gordon, Fred Lonzo, Trombones; Benny Golson, Gerry Mulligan, Jerome Richardson, Charles McPherson, Phil Woods, Saxophones; Michael White, Clarinet Steve Pistorius, Marcus Roberts, Eric Reed, Michael Weiss, Pianos Milt Grayson, Vocalist; Ron Carter, Bass; Billy Higgins, Drums
Roy Hargrove Quintet
Joe Henderson Trio
Wynton Marsalis Septet

Ellington, "Happy Go Lucky Local"
B. Golson, "Whisper Not"
G. Mulligan, "Festive Minor"
C. Luke, "Smokehouse Blues" J R Morton, "Blackbottom Stomp"
S. Joplin, "Maple Leaf Rag"
Hargrove, "Soppin The Biscuit"
Hines/Eckstine, "Jelly Jelly"

INTERMISSION

W. Marsalis, "Back to Basics"
B. Strayhorn, "Take the A Train"
D. Redman, "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?"
C. Parker, "Steeple Chase"
W. Marsalis, "In This House, On This Morning" (excerpt)
D. Ellington, "Second Line" (from New Orleans Suite)

Pretaped intermission feature: Wynton Marsalis talks to John Goberman (from Backstage\Lincoln Center, episode No. 105).

Program Length: 1:56:46

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(114) July 6, 1994

"Mostly Mozart Festival Opening"
Hugh Downs, host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Shura Cherkassky, Pianist
Korliss Uecker, Soprano

Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
Haydn, ACIDE, "Tergi i vezzosi rai"
Gluck, ORFEO, "che farò senza Euridice"
Mozart, Overture to LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Mozart, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, "Non pié andrai"
Mozart, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, "Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro"
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI, "Là ci darem la mano"

INTERMISSION

Chopin, Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2
Tchaikovsky, Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, "Mozartiana"

Pretaped intermission features: "How can a miserable person write happy music?"; "Playing it by ear" (from Backstage\Lincoln Center, episode No. 104).

Program Length: 1:58:46

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New York Philharmonic
(113) May 17, 1994

"New York Philharmonic Masur, Ax, & Beethoven's 5th"
Hugh Downs, host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Emanuel Ax, Pianist

All-Beethoven program.
"Leonore Overture" No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 1

INTERMISSION

Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67.

Intermission features: Hugh Downs live backstage with Emanuel Ax. Pretaped feature: "Almost everything you should know about Beethoven's 5th". Filler: Introduced by Hugh Downs: "Would I want my kid to play in the Philharmonic?"; "How could a deaf person write music?" (from Backstage\Lincoln Center, episode No. 103).

Program Length: 2:26:48

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(112) April 27, 1994

Jessye Norman: "Women of Legend, Fantasy, and Lore"
Hugh Downs, host

Jane Glover, Conductor
Jessye Norman, Soprano
Orchestra of St. Luke's

Haydn, BERENICE, "Scena di Berenice"
Purcell, DIDO AND AENEAS, "Dido's Lament"
Tchaikovsky, THE MAID OF ORLEANS, "Adieu forêts"
Barber, ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, "Give me some music"

INTERMISSION

Offenbach, LA PERICHOLE, "O mon cher amant"
Strauss, CAPRICCIO, Interlude and Final scene
Saint-Saëns, SAMSON ET DALILA, "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"
Bizet, CARMEN, "Seguidilla".

Pretaped intermission features: - "Tragedy, What is it About Women? (from Backstage\Lincoln Center, episode No. 102); Jane Glover comments on conducting.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(111) January 24, 1994

"Pavarotti Plus!"
Hugh Downs, host

Leone Magiera, Conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
Elizabeth Holleque, Soprano
Aprile Millo, Soprano
Deborah Voigt, Soprano
Barbara Dever, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenie Grunewald, Mezzo-soprano
Steven Mark Brown, Tenor
Juan Pons, Baritone
Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass
New York City Opera Orch.

Cilea, L'ARLESIANA, "Lamento di Federico" (Pav)
Mascagni, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, "Oh! Il Signore vi manda" (Dever, Pons)
Verdi, BALLO, "Teco io sto" (Voigt/Pav)
Boito, MEFISTOFELE, "Lontano, lontano, lontano" (Holleque, Brown)
Verdi, DON CARLO, "A mezzanotte" (Dever/Pav/Pons)
Verdi, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, "Or siam soli" (Voigt/Scandiuzzi)
Puccini, LA BOHEME "O soave fanciulla" (Holleque/Pav)

INTERMISSION

Massenet, MANON, "Ah! Dispar, vision" (Pav)
Gounod, FAUST, "Alerte!, alerte!" (Holleque/Brown/Scandiuzzi)
Verdi, DON CARLO, "Io vengo a domandar grazia" (Millo/Pav)
Massenet, MANON, "Toi! Vous!" (Holleque, Brown)
Verdi, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, "Solenne in quest'ora" (Pav/Pons)
Ponchielli, LA GIOCONDA, "E un'anatema! (Voigt/Grunewald)
Verdi, ERNANI, "Solingo, errante, misero" (Millo/Pav/Scandiuzzi)

ENCORES:
Lehar, "Yours is my heart alone"
Lara, "Granada"
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, "Libiamo" (ALL)

Pretaped intermission features: "I would have been a Superstar, if it weren't for my stagefright!"; "If I were only a Tenor!" (from Backstage\Lincoln Center, episode No. 101).

Program Length: 2:28:47

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The Chamber Music Society
(110) October 20, 1993

"The Chamber Music Society 25th Season Opening Gala"
Hugh Downs, host

David Shifrin, Clarinet*
Robert Routch, Horn*
American Brass Quintet
Meridian Arts Ensemble
Joseph Silverstein, Violin*
Ani Kavafian, Violin*
Paul Neubauer, Viola*
Gary Hoffman, Cello*
André Watts, Piano
*Artists of the Society

Corigliano, "Fanfares to Music"
(Routch/Amer. Brass/Meridian Arts)
Debussy, "Premiere Rhapsody"
(Watts, Shifrin)
Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
(Shifrin/Silverstein, Kavafian/Neubauer/Hoffman)

INTERMISSION

Schubert, Piano Trio No. 1 in B- flat, Op. 99
(Watts, Kavafian, Hoffman)

Pretaped intermission feature: "The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: 25 Years of Making Music" featuring: Helen Frankenthaler,

Arthur Miller and William Styron. Also, live backstage interview with André Watts between Debussy and Mozart.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(109) September 22, 1993

"New York Philharmonic Opening Night: Masur & Perlman"
Hugh Downs, host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Violin

Beethoven, Overture to "Fidelio"
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

INTERMISSION

Shostakovitch, Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10.

Live intermission interview backstage with Masur & Perlman.

Program Length: 1:59:07

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(108) July 7, 1993

"Mostly Mozart and Mendelssohn Too!"
Hugh Downs, host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
June Anderson, Soprano
Joshua Bell, Violinist
André Watts, Pianist
The Mostly Mozart Festival Orch.

Mozart, Symphony No. 24 in B-flat, K. 182
Mozart,"L'amerò, sarò costante" from Il ré pastore, K. 208
Mozart, "Ch'io mi scordi di te?" K. 505
Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

INTERMISSION

Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
Mozart, "Marten aller Arten" from Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 (Italian)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Watts and Bell; Anderson and Schwarz.

Program Length: 2:28:46

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New York Philharmonic
(107) December 7, 1992

"New York Philharmonic 150th Anniversary"
Hugh Downs, host
(live PBS pledge show)

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Pierre Boulez, Conductor

Bernstein, Overture to "Candide" (no conductor)
Strauss, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks", Op. 28, (Mehta)
Debussy, "La Mer", Three Symphonic Sketches, (Boulez)

INTERMISSION

Dvorák, Symphony No. 9, E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" (Masur)

Live backstage interviews with Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez and Kurt Masur during 1st-half and intermission pledge breaks; taped intermission feature: "New York Philharmonic 150th Anniversary Tribute", narrated by Walter Cronkite.

Program Length: 2:19:30

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The Chamber Music Society
(106) October 18, 1992

"The Chamber Music Society: Masters & Masterpieces"
Hugh Downs, host

Ransom Wilson, Flute*
David Shifrin, Clarinet*
Ani Kavafian, Violin *
Ida Kavafian,Violin*
Paul Neubauer, Viola*
Fred Sherry, Cello*
Lewis Paer, Contrabass
Nancy Allen, Harp
John Browning, Piano
*Artist of the Society

Saint-Saëns, "Fantaisie" for Violin and Harp, Op. 124
(I. Kavafian/Allen)
Mozart, Quartet for Flute and Strings in D major, K. 285
(Wilson/ A. Kavafian/ Neubauer/ Sherry)
Ravel, Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
(Allen/ Wilson/ Shifrin/ I. Kavafian/ A. Kavafian/ Neubauer/ Sherry)

INTERMISSION

Schubert, Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, D 687 ("Trout")
(Browning/A. Kavafian/ Neubauer/ Sherry/ Paer).

Two live intermission interviews: Hugh Downs with David Shifrin, Artistic Director of The Chamber Music Society, and Ransom Wilson; and Hugh Downs with John Browning.

Program Length: 1:56:47

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New York City Opera
(105) September 30, 1992

Mascagni, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
(opera in 1 act, sung in Italian. Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti & Guido Menasci)

Leoncavallo, PAGLIACCI
(opera in 2 acts, sung in Italian. Libretto by composer)

Hugh Downs, host

Steven Sloane, Conductor
Sharon Graham (Santuzza), Melanie Sonnenberg (Lola), Dulce Reyes (Mamma Lucia), Craig Sirianni (Turiddu), Max Wittges (Salesman), GwynneGeyer (Nedda), Antonio Barasorda (Canio), Sigmund Cowan (Tonio), Eugene Perry (Silvio), Peter Blanchet (Beppe)

Live intermission interview with Christopher Keene, General Director of the New York City Opera.

Program Length: 2:56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(104) September 16, 1992

"New York Philharmonic 150th Opening Night Celebration"
Hugh Downs, host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Kathleen Battle, Soprano

Prokofiev, Suite from "Romeo & Juliet" Ballet, Op. 64
Strauss, Four Songs: "Amor", Op. 68, No. 5; "Wiegenlied", Op. 41, No. 1; "Morgan", Op. 27, No. 4; "Sahüs'le, liebe Myrthe", Op. 68, No. 3

INTERMISSION

Bernstein, WEST SIDE STORY, "I Feel Pretty", "Somewhere"
Bernstein, WEST SIDE STORY, Symphony Dances.

Live backstage intermission interview with Howard Shanet, author of the definitive history of the New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur.

Program Length: 1:56:46

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New York Philharmonic
(103) May 5, 1992

"An Evening with the New York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur"
Hugh Downs, host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Lorne Munroe, Cellist

Dukas, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
Barber, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 22
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64.

Live intermission interviews backstage with Munroe/Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic; Masur.

Program Length: 1:59:30

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(102) March 2, 1992

"Rossini Bicentennial Birthday Gala"
Garrick Utley, host

Maria Fortuna, Soprano
Deborah Voigt, Soprano
Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-soprano
Kathleen Kuhlmann, Mezzo-soprano
Mimi Lerner, Mezzo-soprano
Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-soprano
Rockwell Blake, Tenor
Craig Estep, Tenor
Chris Merritt, Tenor
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Jan Opalach, Bass-Baritone
Henry Runey, Bass-Baritone
George Hogan, Bass
Samuel Ramey, Bass

All-Rossini program:
LA GAZZA LADRA Sinfonia
LA DONNA DEL LAGO, "Mura Felici" (Horne)
STABAT MATER, "Inflammatus" (Voigt/mixed chorus)
L'OCCASIONE FA IL LADRO, "Che sorte, che accidente!" (Opalach/Runey)
TANCREDI, "Di tanti palpiti" (Horne)
PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE, "Agnus Dei" (Kuhlmann/mixed chorus)
ZELMIRA, "Terra amica, ove respira" (Blake/male chorus)
BIANCA E FALLIERO, "Cielo, il mio labbra ispira" (Fortuna.Horne/Merritt/Runey/male chorus)

INTERMISSION

GUILLAUME TELL, "Asile héréditaire" (Merritt/male chorus)
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, "Largo al factotum" (Hampson)
ZELMIRA, "Perché mi guardi, e piangi" (Voigt/Kuhl.)
LA CENERENTOLA, "Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto" (von Stade/Fortuna/Lerner/Estep/Opalach/Runey/male chorus)
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI, "Pappataci! che mai sento!" (Blake/Hampson/Opalach)
LE SIEGE DE CORINTHE, "La gloire et la fortune" (Ramey/male chorus)
IL VIAGGIO A REIMS, "A tal colpo inaspettato" (all soloists)

Live intermission interview backstage with Horne/Philip Gossett (Rossini scholar); Horne/Norrington, Horne.

Program Length: 2:58:48

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(101) February 24, 1992

"Pavarotti Plus!"
Hugh Downs, host

Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
June Anderson, Soprano
Kallen Esperian, Soprano
Raina Kabaivanska, Soprano
Francesca Pedaci, Soprano
Florence Quivar, Mezzo-soprano
César Hernández, Tenor
Sherrill Milnes, Baritone
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bass
Edoardo Müller, Conductor
New York City Opera Orch.

Puccini, TOSCA, "Recondita armonia" (Pav)
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI, "Là ci darem la mano" (Pedaci/Furlanetto)
Donizetti, FILLE DU REGIMENT Act I duet (Pav/Anderson)
Verdi, SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Act I duet (Esp./Milnes)
Puccini, TOSCA, Act I duet (Kabaivanska/Pav)
Verdi, FORZA DEL DESTINO, Final trio (Esp./Hernández/Furlanetto)
Verdi, IL TROVATORE, "Mal Reggendo" (Pav/Quivar)
Puccini, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Act I duet (Kab/Hern.)
Verdi, RIGOLETTO quartet (And/Quivar/Pav/Milnes)

INTERMISSION

Massenet, WERTHER, "Pourquoi me reveiller" (Pav)
Cilea, ADRIANA LECOUVREUR, Act II duet (Kabaivanska/Quivar)
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, "Parigi o cara" (Pedaci/Pav)
Rossini, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, "Dunque io son" (And/Milnes)
Verdi, OTELLO, Act III duet (Esp./Pav)
Verdi, I LOMBARDI, Act III trio (And./Hern/Furlanetto)
Puccini, LA BOHEME, Act IV duet (Pav/Milnes)
LA BOHEME, "O soave fanciulla" (Pedaci/Hern.)
LA BOHEME, Act III quartet (Kab./And/Pav/Milnes)

ENCORES:
Di Capua, "O sole mio"
De Curtis, "Torna a Sorrento"
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, "Libiamo" (Brindisi).

Pretaped intermission feature with Pavarotti talking with Hugh Downs.

Program Length: 2:58:46

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New York City Opera
(100) September 25, 1991

W.A. Mozart, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO/"The Marriage of Figaro"
(opera in 4 acts in Italian with English subtitles. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte after Beaumarchais' "La folle journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro".)

Scott Bergeson, Conductor
Elizabeth Hynes (Countess), Maureen O'Flynn (Susanna), Kathryn Gamberoni (Cherubino), Susanne Marsee (Marcellina), Michele McBride (Barbarina), Dean Peterson (Figaro), William Stone (Count), Joseph McKee (Dr. Bartolo), Jonathan Green (Don Basilio), Peter Blanchet (Don Curzio), Don Yule (Antonio)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Christopher Keene, General Director of the New York City Opera, O'Flynn/Peterson; John Copley, stage director, Gamberoni/Bergeson; Hynes/Stone, Keene.

Program Length: 3:50:46

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New York Philharmonic
(99) September 11, 1991

"Opening Night - Masur and the Philharmonic"
Hugh Downs, host

Kurt Masur, Conductor
Thomas Hampson, Baritone

John Adams, "Tromba Lontana"; "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
Copland, "Old American Songs" (2nd set); "The Little Horses", "Zion's Walls", "The Golden Willow", "At the River", "Ching-a-ring Chaw"

INTERMISSION

Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 in E

Live intermission interview backstage with Hampson and Masur.

Program Length: 2:10:27

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(98) July 10, 1991

"Mostly Mozart Silver Anniversary"
Hugh Downs, host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
James Galway, Flutist
André Watts, Pianist
The Mostly Mozart Festival Orch.

All-Mozart program:
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Overture
Flute concerto in G, K. 313
Symphony in D, K. 320 ("Posthorn")

INTERMISSION

Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb, K. 271 ("Jeunehomme")

Live intermission interviews backstage with Galway/Schwarz, Watts/Schwarz.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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Great Performers at Avery Fisher Hall
(97) January 30, 1991

"Pavarotti Plus!"
Hugh Downs, host

Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
Renee Fleming, Soprano
Cheryl Studer, Soprano
Ruth Ann Swenson, Soprano
Dolora Zajick, Mezzo-soprano
Marcello Giodani, Tenor
Haijing Fu, Baritone
Lucio Gallo, Baritone
Paul Plishka, Bass
Andrea Silvestrelli, Bass
Julius Rudel, Conductor
New York City Opera Orch.

Mozart, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Overture
Mozart, COSI FAN TUTTE, "Un'aura amorosa" (Pav)
Bizet, THE PEARL FISHERS, Act I duet (Gio/Fu)
Donizetti, L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Act I duet (Swen/Pav)
Bellini, I PURITANI, Act III duet (Flem/Gio)
Donizetti, L'ELISIR D'AMORE, "Venti scudi" (Gallo/Pav)
Donizetti, DON PASQUALE, Act III duet (Swen/Plish)
Verdi, IL TROVATORE, Act IV duet (Zaj./Pav)
Gounod, FAUST, Act I duet (Gio/Plish)
Donizetti, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Act I duet (Stu./Pav)

INTERMISSION

Meyerbeer, L'AFRICANA, "O paradiso" (Pav)
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI, "Là ci darem la mano" (Swen/Gallo)
Mascagni, L'AMICO FRITZ, Cherry Duet (Flem/Pav)
Verdi, AIDA, Act II duet (Stu/Zaj)
Verdi, LA FORZE DEL DESTINO, Act III duet (Fu/Pav)
Bellini, I PURITANI, "Suoni la tromba" (Fu/Silv)
Donizetti, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Sextet (Flem/Pav/Fu/Plish/Zaj/Gio)

ENCORES:
Puccini, TOSCA, "Recondita armonia"
Puccini, TOSCA, "E lucevan le stelle"
Di Capua, "O sole mio"

Pretaped intermission feature with Pavarotti talking about Italian vocal style. Live intermission interview backstage with Rudel.

Program Length: 2:57:46

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Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center
(96) January 27, 1991

"Mozart Bicentennial Birthday Serenade"
Hugh Downs, host

Raymond Leppard, Conductor
Barbara Kilduff, Ruth Ann Swenson, Dawn Upshaw, Sopranos; Vinson Cole, Tenor; Jeffrey Kahane Lee Luvisi, Dan-Wen Wei, Pianists; New York Philharmonic
Members of the Juilliard Orch.

All-Mozart program:
Symphony No. 35 in Dm, K. 385 ("Haffner") mov I-III
IDOMENEO, "Se il padre perdei", K. 366 (Upshaw)
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C minor K. 415, (Kahane)
"Misera, dove son!....Ah! non son'io che parlo", K. 369 (Cole)
"Sinfonia Concertante" K. 320 ("Posthorn Serenade") mov, III & IV

INTERMISSION

Piano Concerto in D minor, K.175 with Rondo-Finale, K. 328, (Wei)
LUCIO SILLA, "Parto, m'affretto" K. 135 (Swenson)
Prelude & Fugue in Cm, K. 394 & Variations in F minor on "Salve tu, Domine", K. 398 (Luvisi)
"Mia speranza adorate...Ah, non sai qual pena", K. 416 (Kilduff)
Symphony No. 35 in Dm, K. 385 ("Haffner") Finale

Pretaped intermission feature with Fred Sherry (Music Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center)/Upshaw/Gerard Schwarz (Music Director of the Mostly Mozart Festival)/Zubin Mehta (Music Director of the New York Philharmonic)/Neal Zaslaw (Musicological Advisor, Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center) talking about aspects of Mozart's life. Live backstage interview with Leppard. Additional voice-over commentary by Zaslow.

Program Length: 2:58:46

New York Philharmonic
(95) December 31, 1990

"New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala"
Hugh Downs, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
June Anderson, Soprano

Suppe, THE BEAUTIFUL GALATEA Overture
Meyerbeer, DINORAH, "Ombre legere"
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, Preludes to Act I & III, & "Ah fors'e lui Sempre libera"
INTERMISSION
Strauss, Jr., DIE FLEDERMAUS, Overture & "Czardas"
Bernstein, CANDIDE, Overture & "Glitter & Be Gay"
Strauss, Jr., "Emperor Waltz"

ENCORES:
Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW, "Vilia" "Champagne Polka"
"Auld Lang Syne"

Live intermission interviews backstage with Anderson and Mehta.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(94) December 19, 1990

"A Christmas Gala"
Hugh Downs, host

James Galway, Flutist
Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano
Vienna Choir Boys
Jeanne Galway, Flutist
Hugh Wolff, Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke's

Overton, Fantasia: "In Dulci Jubilo"
Handel, MESSIAH, "He Shall Feed His Flock"/"Come Unto Him"
Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor: Polonaise, Minuet, Badinerie
Schubert, "Ave Maria"
Britten, A CEREMONY OF CAROLS excerpts: "Wolcome Yole", "There is No Rose", "Balulalow", "This Little Babe", "Deo Gracias"
Overton, Carol Medley, "Wexford Carol", "What Child Is This?", "I Wonder as I Wander", "Angels We Have Heard"
INTERMISSION
Humperdinck, HANSEL & GRETEL, Prayer & Interlude
Mozart, "Alleluia" from "Exultate Jubilate"
Strauss, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Bach, "Sheep May Safely Graze"
Overton, "Brandenburg VII"
Overton, Finale Medley, "Silent Night", "Deck the Halls"

ENCORE:
"We wish you a Merry Christmas" (Vocal arr. Arthur Warrell; orch. by Pat Ryan).

Live intermission interviews backstage with Galway, von Stade, Wolff.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York City Opera
(93) November 7, 1990

Stephen Sondheim, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
(in 2 acts, book by Hugh Wheeler. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick)
Hugh Downs, host

Paul Gemignani, Conductor
Sally Ann Howes (Désirée Armfeldt), Regina Resnik (Madame Armfeldt), Beverly Lambert (Anne Egerman), Maureen Moore (Countess Malcolm), Susan Terry (Petra), Danielle Ferland (Frederika Armfeldt), George Lee Andrews (Fredrik Egerman), Kevin Anderson (Henrik Egerman), Michael Maguire (Count Malcolm)

Pretaped interview with Stephen Sondheim; live intermission interviews backstage with Christopher Keene (Artistic Director of New York City Opera), Howes/Resnick.

Program Length: 2:58:46

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Great Performers at Avery Fisher Hall
(92) October 14, 1990

"Yo-Yo Ma in Concert"
Hugh Downs, host

Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist
Carter Brey, Cellist
Jeffrey Kahane, Pianist
Orchestra of St. Luke's
David Zinman, Conductor

Barriere, Sonata for 2 Cellos in G
Rachmaninoff, Sonata for Cello & Piano in Gm, Op. 19
INTERMISSION
Mendelssohn, Scherzo from String Octet in Eb, Op. 20
Faure, Elegy for Cello & Orch., Op. 24
Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello & Orch., Op. 33

ENCORES:
Sousa, "Thunderer March" (arr. for 4 cellos by Douglas B. Moore)

Live intermission interview backstage with Ma/Brey/Kahane/Zinman.

Program Length: 1:57:49

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New York Philharmonic
(91) October 3, 1990

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim"
Hugh Downs, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Daniel Barenboim, Piano

Weber, OBERON Overture
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
INTERMISSION
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor, Op. 23

Live intermission interview backstage with Barenboim, Mehta.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(90) July 11, 1990

"The Mostly Mozart Festival"
Hugh Downs, host

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, Pianist
Frances Ginsberg, Soprano
Sally Wolf, Soprano
Vinson Cole, Tenor
Werner Klemperer, Guest Narrator

Mozart, Serenade in G, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart, THE IMPRESARIO, K. 486 (trans. & adpt. by Andrew Porter) with interpolated aria "Dalla sua pace" DON GIOVANNI
INTERMISSION
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503

Live intermission interviews backstage with Klemperer and Schwarz.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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Great Performers at Avery Fisher Hall
(89) April 18, 1990

"Flicka and Friends: From Rossini to Show Boat"
Hugh Downs, host

Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-soprano
Samuel Ramey, Bass
Jerry Hadley, Tenor
Henry Lewis, Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke's
The New York Concert Singers

Meyerbeer, LES HUGUENOTS, "Nobles seigneurs, salut" (von Stade)
Massenet, CHERUBIN, Duet Act I (Stade/Ramey)
Massenet, WERTHER, "Pourquoi me reveiller" (Hadley)
Gounod, FAUST, "Le veau d'or" (Ramey)
Thomas, MIGNON, Prayer & Final Trio
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI, "Vedrai, Carino" (von Stade)
Mozart, DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, "Dies Bildnis" (Hadley)
Mozart, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, "Non piu andrai" (Ramey)
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI, "Là ci darem la mano" (von Stade/Ramey)
Donizetti, L'ELISIR D'AMORE, "Una furtiva lagrima" (Hadley)
Rossini, MAOMETTO SECONDO, "Sorgete, Sorgete" (Ramey)
Rossini, LA CENERENTOLA, "Nacqui all'affanno" (von Stade)
INTERMISSION
Kern/Hammerstein II, excerpts from SHOW BOAT:
Overture; Opening Scene: "Cotton Blossom", "Where's the mate for me", "Make Believe", "Ol' Man River"; "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"; "Till Good Luck Comes My Way"; Waterbarrel scene & "You are Love"; "Bill"; "Why Do I Love You"; Reprise & Finale" "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Make Believe", "Ol' Man River"

Pretaped intermission feature (von Stade, Hadley and Ramey with Hugh Downs) in 4 segments with Downs live commentary between.

Program Length: 2:29:30

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(88) February 28, 1990

"Pavarotti Plus!"
(no host)

Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
Harolyn Blackwell, Soprano
Leona Mitchell, Soprano
Carol Vaness, Soprano
Leo Nucci, Baritone
Robert Briggs, Bass
Alan Held, Bass
Ted Huffman, Boy Soprano
Anton Guadagno, Conductor
New York City Opera Orch.
Collegiate Chorale

Puccini, TOSCA:
Intro Scene & Aria "Recondita armonia", Act I (Pav/Briggs/Held); "Vissi d'arte", Act II (Mitchell); Act III, (Mitch/Pav/Held/Briggs/ Huffman)
INTERMISSION
Verdi, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA:
Barcarolle, "Di tu se fedele" (Pav); Act III, Sc. 1 excerpt "Morro, ma prima in grazia" & "Eri tu" (Van/Nucci); Act III, Sc. 2, (Van/Black/Pav/Nucci/Briggs/Held)

ENCORES:
Puccini, MANON LESCAUT, "Tra voi, bella" & "Donna non vidimai"
Di Capua, "O sole mio"
De Curtis, "Torna a Surriento"

Pretaped intermission feature with Pavarotti/Vaness/Blackwell/Nucci/Mitchell.

Program Length: 1:58:47

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New York Philharmonic
(87) January 17, 1990

"A New York Philharmonic Five-Star Evening"
Hugh Downs, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Philip Smith, Trumpeter
Stanley Drucker, Clarinetist
Lorne Munroe, Cellist
Glenn Dicterow, Violinist

Beethoven, "Leonore" Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72A
Haydn, Concerto for Trumpet & Orch, in Eb
Weber, Concertino for Clarinet & Orch., Op. 26
INTERMISSION
Faure, Elegy for Cello & Orch., Op. 24
Bizet/Waxman, "Carmen" Fantasy for Violin & Orch
Ravel, "Bolero"

Interviews with artists between pieces. Pretaped intermission feature: conversation onstage with Mehta & soloists; live interview backstage with Mehta.

Program Length: 1:57:49

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Classical Jazz at Lincoln Center
(86) December 22, 1989

"A Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis"
Charles Wadsworth, host

The Wynton Marsalis Band
Jon Hendricks
The Lincoln Center Classical Jazz Orch.
David Berger, Conductor

(All carols arranged by W. Marsalis);
"Carol of the Bells"; "Let It Snow"; "Sleigh Ride"; "Oh, Tannenbaum"; "We Three Kings"; "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful"; "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"; "Winter Wonderland"; "Twas the Night Before Christmas; "Deck the Halls"
INTERMISSION
Tchaikovsky, (arr. Ellington/Strayhorn), "The Nutcracker Suite"

ENCORES:
"Jingle Bells" (arr. David Berger)
Herbert, (arr. David Berger) "March of the Toys"

Live intermission interviews backstage with Wynton Marsalis; Clark Terry, Jazz Trumpeter/Hendricks, Hendricks by himself.

Program Length: 1:57:52

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New York Philharmonic
(85) September 20, 1989

"New York Philharmonic Opening Night"

Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Jessye Norman, Soprano

Wagner, TANNHAUSER Overture
Mahler, Five Songs to Poems by Friedrich Ruckert: "Ich atmet einen Lindenduft" "Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder" "Um Mitternacht" "Liebst du um Schonheit" "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
INTERMISSION
Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Wagner, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Prelude and "Liebestod".

Pretaped intermission interview with Norman; live backstage interview with Mehta.

Program Length: 2:04:13

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(84) July 12, 1989

"Mostly Mozart with Itzhak Perlman"
Patrick Watson, host, introduced by Itzhak Perlman

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Mozart, Allegro con spirito from Serenade in D, K. 320 ("Posthorn")
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
INTERMISSION
Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042
Mozart, Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425 ("Linz")

Live interviews backstage between pieces and during intermission with Perlman, Schwarz/Perlman, Schwarz.

Program Length: 1:57:48

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New York City Ballet
(83) May 12, 1989

"Ray Charles in Concert with the New York City Ballet"
(A FOOL FOR YOU, choreographed by Peter Martins)
(no host)

Ray Charles, Ray Charles Band, The Raeletts, Judith Fugate, Stephanie Saland, Heather Watts, Lindsay Fischer, Robert LaFosse Jock Soto, Allison Brown, Florence Fitzgerald, Tom Gold, Nilas Martins, Gordon Stevens
Robert Irving, Conductor
New York City Ballet Orchestra

Carmichael/Gorrell, "Georgia on My Mind"
Charles, "Ain't That Love" (Fugate/Saland/Watts/LaFosse/Brown/Fitz.)
Charles, "Don't You Know" (Watts/Soto)
Curtis, "It Should've Been Me" (LaFosse/Brown/Fitz.)
Mayfield, "Hit the Road Jack" (Fugate/Soto/Watts)
Charles, "Rockhouse" (Fugate/Saland/LaFosse/Fischer)
Nugetre, "Mess Around" (Brown/Fitz/Gold/Martins/Stevens)
Charles, "A Fool For You" (Watts/Soto)
Charles, "I Got A Woman" (Fugate/LaFosse)
Glover, "Drown in My Own Tears" (Saland/Fischer)
Charles, "What'd I Say" (Entire cast)
Kern/Hammerstein II, "Ol' Man River"; "America the Beautiful" (adapted by Charles)

Program Length: 57:46

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(82) May 7, 1989

"20th Anniversary Concert"
(honoring Charles Wadsworth in his farewell concert)
Patrick Watson, host

Pinchas Zukerman, Violinist

Osian Ellis, Paula Robison, Gervase de Peyer, Zukerman, Ani Kavafian, Walter Trampler, Carter Brey
Ravel, Intro & Allegro for Harp, Winds & Strings

Wadsworth, Robison, Leonard, Arner de Peyer, Loren Glickman,
Robert Routch
Poulenc, Sextet for Piano & Winds

INTERMISSION
Zukerman, Kavafian, Trampler, Leslie Parnas, Brey
Schubert, String Quintet in C, Op. 163 (2 cellos)

Live intermission backstage with Wadsworth/Gian Carlo Menotti (composer, friend & colleague of Wadsworth); Zukerman/Menotti, pretaped interview with Fred Sherry (Artistic Director Designate), live interview with Kavafian/Zukerman. New York City Mayor, Edward Koch presents the Handel Medallion to Wadsworth beginning of 2nd half. Wadsworth's farewell talk to audience.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(81) January 9, 1989

"Pavarotti Plus"
Patrick Watson, host

Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
Pietro Ballo, Tenor
Mariella Devia, Soprano
Kallen Esperian, Soprano
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Cynthia Lawrence, Soprano
Sherrill Milnes, Baritone
Paul Plishka, Bass
Shirley Verrett, Soprano
New York City Opera Orchestra
Anton Guadagno, Conductor

Rossini, IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO Overture
Meyerbeer, L'AFRICANA, "O Paradiso" (Pav)
Verdi, MACBETH, Duet from Act I (Verr./Mil)
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, "Parigi, o cara" (Esp./Pav)
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI, "Là ci darem la mano" (Dev/Hamp)
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, Brindisi, "Libiamo" (Law./Pav)
Donizetti, DON PASQUALE, "Pronta io son" (Dev./Hamp.)
Ponchielli, LA GIOCONDA, Duet from Act I (Pav./Mil.)
Puccini, LA BOHEME, Quartet from Act III (Esp/Law./Ballo/ Hamp.)
Puccini, TOSCA, Duet from Act I (Verr./Pav)
INTERMISSION
Donizetti, LA FILLE DUE REGIMENT, "Pour me rapprocher de Marie" (Pav)
Verdi, DON CARLO, Quartet from Act III (Esp./Verr./Mil./Plish)
Donizetti, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Duet from Act I (Dev/Pav)
Gounod, FAUST, Final Trio (Esp./Ballo/Plish.)
Puccini, LA BOHEME, Duet from Act IV (Pav/Hamp)
Donizetti, LA FAVORITA, Finale Duet (Verr./Ballo)
Donizetti, L'ELISIR D'AMORE, "Ecco il magico liquore" (Pav/Plish)

ENCORES:
Flotow, MARTHA, "M'appari"
Di Capua, "O sole mio"
De Curtis, "Torna a Surriento"
Verdi, "Libiamo" (Law./Pav. with other singers as chorus)
Puccini, TURANDOT, "Nessun dorma".

Pretaped intermission feature with Watson commentary live backstage. Pavarotti/Verrett/Esperian/Hampson/Milnes on special aspects of their lives and careers.

Program Length: 2:57:46

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New York Philharmonic
(80) December 31, 1988

"New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Adriana Morelli, Soprano
Placido Domingo, Tenor

Giordano, FEDORA, "Amor ti vieta"
Lehar, GIUDITTA, "This Life is the Life for me"
Reznicek, DONNA DIANA Overture
Mascagni, L'AMICO FRITZ, "Cherry Duet"
Rimsky-Korsakov, "Capriccio espagnol" Op. 34
Lara, "Granada"
INTERMISSION
Strauss, Jr., "Voices of Spring" Waltz, Op. 410
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, "Lunge da lei...De'miei bollenti spiriti"
Tosti (arr. William Brohn), "Ideale"
Puccini, GIANNI SCHICCHI, "O mio babbino caro" (Morelli)
Gastaldon (arr. William Brohn), "Musica Proibita"
Strauss, Jr., DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (Domingo conducts)

ENCORES:
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, Brindisi ("Libiamo") duet "
"Auld Lang Syne".

Live intermission interview with Mehta/Domingo, Mehta. Clip from Gorky Park concert shown at beginning of intermission.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York Philharmonic
(79) October 5, 1988

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Yo-Yo Ma"
Hugh Downs, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist

Dvorák, Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104
INTERMISSION
Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D

Live intermission interviews backstage with Ma, and Mehta.

Program Length: 2:09:02

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New York City Opera
(78) September 21, 1988

Verdi, RIGOLETTO
(opera in 3 acts, sung in Italian with English subtitles)
Beverly Sills, host

Elio Boncompagni, Conductor
Faith Esham (Gilda), Susanne Marsee (Maddalena), Brent Ellis (Rigoletto), Richard Leech (Duke of Mantua), Mark S. Doss (Sparafucile)

Live intermission interviews backstage with stage directors Tito Capobianco/Gigi Elena, Esham; Leech, Ellis. Act I scene change shot backstage & narrated by Sills.

Program Length: 2:57:46

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(77) July 13, 1988

"An Evening at Mostly Mozart"
Patrick Watson, host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-soprano
Vladimir Feltsman, Pianist

Mozart, THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture, K. 384
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO, "Parto, parto", K. 621
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, "Voi che sapete" & "Non so piu cosa son"
Haydn, Symphony No. 100 in G ("Military")
INTERMISSION
Mozart, "Ch'io mi scordi di te?" K. 505
Mozart, Piano Concerto in Bb, K. 595

Live intermission interviews with von Stade/Schwarz, Feltsman/Schwarz.

Program Length: 1:58:47

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American Ballet Theatre
(76) May 7, 1988

Prokofiev, ROMEO AND JULIET
(ballet in 3 acts, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan)
Patrick Watson, host

Jack Everly, Conductor
Natalia Makarova (Juliet), Kevin McKenzie (Romeo), Johan Renvall (Mercutio)

Pretaped intermission feature with Natalia Makarova in 2 segments with Watson commentary live backstage; live interviews backstage with Kevin McKenzie, Georgina Parkinson, Dance Mistress.

Program Length: 2:57:46

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New York Philharmonic
(75) January 13, 1988

"André Watts 25th Anniversary Gala with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta"
André Watts, host introduction

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
André Watts, Pianist

Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 19
INTERMISSION
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18.

Pretaped intermission feature of Watts and individuals reminiscing about the last 25 years of Watts' career edited in 3 parts with Mehta giving live host commentary.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York Philharmonic
(74) December 31, 1987

"New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Celebration"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Kathleen Battle, Soprano
The Boys Choir of Harlem

Offenbach, ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD Overture
Massenet, MANON, "Fabliau"
Gounod, ROMEO & JULIET, Waltz Song
Gershwin, "An American In Paris"
Spirituals (arr. by Robert Sadin), "Rise up, Shepherd", "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" (Battle/Choir)
INTERMISSION
Strauss, Jr., "THE GYPSY BARON" Overture
DIE FLEDERMAUS, "Mein Herr Marquis"
Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW, "Vilia"
Strauss, Jr., "Tales from the Vienna Woods"

ENCORES:
Sieczynski, "Vienna, City of My Dreams"
"Auld Lang Syne"

Live intermission interviews backstage with Philip Myers, Horn/Warren Deck, Tuba, Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:51

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New York City Opera
(73) October 14, 1987

Mozart, DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, "The Magic Flute"
(opera in 2 acts, sung in German with English subtitles)
Beverly Sills, host

Sergiu Comissiona, Conductor Faith Esham (Pamina) Rachel Rosales (Queen of the Night) Jon Garrison (Tamino), Stephen Dickson (Papegeno), Gregory Stapp (Sarastro)

Live intermission feature with Sills walk across stage talking about props & effects. Interview with stage director Lotfi Mansouri/backstage Maestro Comissiona.

Program Length: 3:12:00

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New York Philharmonic
(72) September 15, 1987

"New York Philharmonic Opening Night"
Patrick Watson, host

Sir Colin Davis, Conductor
Murray Perahia, Pianist

Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
INTERMISSION
Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73.

Live intermission interviews with Glenn Dicterow (Concertmaster)/Joseph Robinson (Principal Oboe), Perahia.

Program Length: 1:51:20

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(71) July 8, 1987

"Mostly Mozart Festival Gala"
Patrick Watson, host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Alicia de Larrocha, Pianist
Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-soprano
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violinist
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Mozart, Symphony No. 39 in Eb, K. 543, (1st 3 mov)
Bach, Violin Concerto in Am, BWV 1041
Handel, MESSIAH arias: "He was despised", "O Thou That Tellest"
INTERMISSION
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467
Mozart, Symphony No. 39, Finale.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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Lincoln Center Theatre at the Vivian Beaumont
(70) June 24, 1987

Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
("new vaudevillian" style production performed in 2 acts)
Robert Krulwich, host

The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Avner "the Eccentric" Eisenberg (The Janitor/Dr. Pinch), Karla Burns (Duke of Ephesus/Luce), Ethyl Eichelberger (Emilia/Courtesan), Sophie Hayden (Adriana), Gina Leishman (Luciana), Alec Willows (Angelo/2nd Merchant), Vaudeville Nouveau, Kamikaze Ground Crew

Live intermission interview backstage with Bob Dishy (as Juggling Master)/Paul Dooley (as Dramaturg)/Tony Hendra (as Shakespearean Scholar)/Marshall Efron (as The Company Astrologer).

Program Length: 2:28:46

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(69) February 18, 1987

"An Evening with Placido Domingo"
Kitty Carlisle Hart, host

John De Main, Conductor
Placido Domingo, Tenor
Christopher Parkening, Guitarist
Victoria Vergara, Mezzo-soprano
Jascha Silberstein, Cellist
New York City Opera Orch.

Giordano, FEDORA, "Amor ti vieta"
Lerner & Loewe (arr. Loewe [arr. A. Clausen]), MY FAIR LADY Medley
Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW, "Da geh'ichzu Maxim"
Soutullo & Vert, EL ULTIMO ROMANTICO, "Bella enamorada"
Anon. (arr. Jack Marshall), "Romance" (guitar solo)
Torroba (arr. P. Russ), "Fandango castellano"
Barrera & Calleja (arr. P. Russ), "Granadinas"
Rodrigo, Adagio from Concerto de Aranjuez
Serrano, EL TRUST DE LOS TENORIOS, "Jota"
Ruiz, "Despierta"
Caruso & Firpo, "Alma de Bohemio"
Puccini, LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, "Ch'ella mi creda"
INTERMISSION
Menotti, GOYA, "Now that we are alone" duet
Saint-Saëns, SAMSON ET DALILA, "Amour viens aider ma faiblesse" (Vergara)
Massenet, "Elegie"
Tosti, "Ideale"
Verdi, I MASNADIERI Prelude (for cello solo)
Verdi, LUISA MILLER, "Quando le sere al placido"
Sorozabal, LA TABERNERA DEL PUERTO, "No puede ser"

Pretaped intermission feature with footage of onstage meeting to plan concert, edited into 4 segments with live host commentary. Live intermission interview with Christopher Parkening.

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York City Opera
(68) November 12, 1986

Leonard Bernstein, CANDIDE
(Opera House version, in 2 acts. Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Richard Wilbur, additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim/John La Touche. Orchestrated by Bernstein & Hershy Kay. Additional orch. by John Mauceri.)
Beverly Sills, host

Scott Bergeson, Conductor
Erie Mills (Cunegonde), David Eisler (Candide), John Lankston (Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss), Deborah Darr (Paquette), Muriel Costa-Greenspon (The Old Lady), Scott Reeve (Maximilian), Jack Harrold (Baron/Inquisitor/Slave Driver/Pasha Prefect), James Billings (Jack of All Trades)

Live intermission interview backstage with production director, Harold Prince.

Program Length: 2:28:46

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New York Philharmonic
(67) September 16, 1986

"New York Philharmonic Opening Night with Zubin Mehta and Itzhak Perlman"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Violinist

Ravel, "Tzigane"
Chausson, "Poeme" Op. 25
Sarasate, Concert Fantasy on Motifs from Bizet's Opera "Carmen"
INTERMISSION
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64.

Live intermission interview with Mehta/Perlman; pretaped feature: Perlman at the Collegiate School (1982).

Program Length: 1:57:46

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New York City Ballet
(66) May 24, 1986

Mendelssohn, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
(choreography by George Balanchine)
Patrick Watson, host

Robert Irving, Conductor
Maria Calegari (Titania), Ib Anderson (Oberon), Jean-Pierre Frohlich (Puck), Merrill Ashley, Adam Luders (Divertissiment)

Live intermission interview backstage with Irving/ Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief. Program Length: 1:58:46

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New York Philharmonic
(65) April 29, 1986

"New York Philharmonic Celebration with Zubin Mehta"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Isaac Stern, Violinist
Itzhak Perlman, Violinist
Montserrat Caballe, Soprano

Vivaldi, Concerto in Dm for 2 violins, RV 514 (Stern/Perl)
Dvorák, "Romance" for Violin & Orch., Op. 11 (Stern)
Saint-Saëns, "Intro. & Rondo Capriccioso" for Violin & Orch. Op. 28 (Perlman)
Donizetti, SANCIA DI CASTIGLIA, "Sola son io" (Caballe)
Rossini, LA DONNA DEL LAGO, "Tanti affetti" (Caballe)
INTERMISSION
R. Strauss, "Also Sprach Zarathustra"

Live intermission interview backstage with Watson/Stern/Perlman, joined by Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(64) January 12, 1986

"Chamber Music Society with Irene Worth and Horatio Gutierrez"
Patrick Watson, host

Irene Worth, Narrator
Horacio Gutierrez, Pianist

Paula Robison, Leonard Arner, Loren Glickman, Charles Wadsworth

Vivaldi, Sonata in Gm for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon and and Harpsichord

Worth, Gutierrez, Wadsworth, Robeson, Gervase de Peyer, James Buswell, Lynn Chang, Walter Trampler, Leslie Parnas, Alvin Brehm, Richard Fitz, Joseph Passaro

Saint-Saëns, "Carnival of the Animals" (Verses by Ogden Nash)

INTERMISSION

Worth, Gutierrez

Satie, "Sports et Divertissements"

Buswell, Parnas, Gutierrez

Brahms, Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8

Live intermission interviews with Robison & daughter, Gutierrez/Wadsworth.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(63) January 6, 1986

"Pavarotti Plus!"
Patrick Watson, host

Emerson Buckley, Conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, Susan Dunn, Jerry Hadley, Mary Jane Johnson, James Morris, Cheryl Parrish, Alan Titus, Carol Vaness, Delores Zielger, Soloists. The New York City Opera Orch.

Verdi, LUISA MILLER Overture
Ponchielli, LA GIOCONDA, "Cielo e mar" (Pav)
Donizetti, LUCIA Sextet (John/Zieg./Pav./Titus/Mor./Had.)
Bellini, PURITANI Duet (Titus/Mor.)
Donizetti, LUCIA Duet (Van/Pav)
Mozart, DON GIOVANNI Duet (Pav/Morr)
Verdi, RIGOLETTO, "La donna e mobile" & Quartet (Pav/Van/Zieg/Titus)
INTERMISSION
Bizet, THE PEARL FISHERS duet (Had/Titus)
Cilea, L'ARLESIANA, "Lamento di Federico" (Pav)
Puccini, BOHEME Quartet (Dunn/Joh./Had/Titus)
Verdi, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Quintet (Parr/Zieg/Pav/Titus/Morris)
Gounod, FAUST, Final Trio (Van./Had/Morr)
Bellini, NORMA Duet (Joh/.Zieg)
Verdi, AIDA Nile Scene (Dunn/Pav/Morris/Zieg)

ENCORES:
"O sole mio" (Neopolitan song)
DeCurtis, "Torna a Sorriento"
Puccini, TURANDOT, "Nessun dorma".

Pretaped intermission in 3 parts with Watson commentary live backstage (Titus/Pav/Van/Had/Mor/ Robert Jocobson, Editor of Opera News/Herbert Breslin, Pavarotti's manager/James Levine [Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera House] featured in taped interviews).

Program Length: 2:57:48

Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(62) November 25, 1985

"Dame Joan Sutherland Sings ANNA BOLENA"
(concert version of Donizetti's 2-act opera sung in Italian,
with English subtitles)
Robert Jacobson, host

Richard Bonynge, Conductor
Dame Joan Sutherland (Anne Boleyn), Judith Forst (Jane Seymour),
Jerry Hadley (Lord Percy), Cynthia Clarey (Smeaton), Gregory Yurisich (Henry VIII), Jan Opalach (Lord Rochefort), Gran Wilson (Sir Hervey)
New York City Opera Orchestra
The New York Choral Artists

Pretaped intermission interview with Sutherland Bonynge.

Program Length: 2:58:48

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New York Philharmonic
(61) November 14, 1985

"Aaron Copland's 85th Birthday"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Leonard Bernstein, Laureate Conductor
Bennett Lerner, Pianist

All-Copland program.
"Fanfare for the Common Man" (conducted by Bernstein;
rest of prog. by Mehta)
"Letter From Home"/"John Henry"; Concerto for Piano & Orchestra
INTERMISSION
"Proclamation" (orch. by Phillip Ramey) "Prairie Journal" "Symphony No.1 (1928 version w/out organ).

Live intermission program: Carlos Moseley/Bernstein/Mehta in Green Room; Watson talk with Francis Hodsoll (National Endowment for the Arts Chairman) backstage. Copland seen in his box during concert & onstage for "Happy Birthday" at end.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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New York City Opera
(60) October 30, 1985

Puccini, LA RONDINE
(opera in 3 acts, sung in Italian with English subtitles)
Beverly Sills, host

Alessandro Siciliani, Conductor
Elizabeth Knighton (Magda), Jon Garrison (Ruggero), Claudette Peterson (Lisette), David Eisler (Prunier), Richard McKee (Rambaldo

Puccini, LA RONDINE
(opera in 3 acts, sung in Italian with English subtitles)

Live intermission features: watching set changes while Sills talks with Ralph Funicello/Sam Kirkpatrick (set & costume designers); Knighton/Garrison; Siciliani; Peterson/Eisler.

Program Length: 2:46:36

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The Juilliard School
(59) October 5, 1985

"Juilliard at 80"
Patrick Watson, Kelly McGillis, and John Rubinstein, hosts

The Juilliard Orchestra
Jorge Mester, Conductor
Glinka, RUSSLAN AND LUDMILLA Overture

Juilliard String Quartet with students: Eufrosina Raileanu, viola;
Joshua Gordon, cello
Brahms, Variation movement from String Sextet, No.1 in Bb, Op. 18

Juilliard Dance Ensemble with the Juilliard Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, Conductor
CLOVEN KINGDOM, Choreography by Paul Taylor; music by Corelli,
Henry Cowell, Malloy Miller, combined by John Herbert McDowell.

Juilliard Theatre Center
Spencer Beckwith, Christina Haag, Gregory Jbara, Joanne Kilgour,
Melinda Mullins, David Rainey
Short scenes from: "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" (Bertolt Brecht); "Ladyhouse Blues" (Kevin O'Morrison); "Translations" (Brian Friel);
"The Bear" (Anton Chekov); "Boesman & Lena" (Athol Fugard);
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (Tennessee Williams).

The Juilliard Orchestra
Leontyne Price, Soprano
Mester, Conductor
Barber, ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, "Death of Cleopatra"

The Juilliard Orchestra
Mester, Conductor
Britten, "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" (Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Purcell)

Live performances separated by four pretaped 4-5 minute documentary segments: general overview, Dance, Drama, Music.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(58) July 10, 1985

"Mostly Mozart Meets Salieri"
Patrick Watson, host

Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Elly Ameling, Soprano
Horacio Gutierrez, Pianist
Mostly Mozart Fest. Orchestra

Salieri, PRIMA LA MUSICA E POI LE PAROLE Overture
Mozart, DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR Overture
Salieri, LA FIERA DI VENEZIA, "Non temer"
Mozart, "Voi avete un cor fedele", K. 217
Mozart, Symphony No.35 in D minor, K. 385 ("Haffner")
INTERMISSION
Mozart, Symphony in A minor, K. 16a
Salieri, Allegretto mov. from Concerto in C for Flute and Oboe (Scott Goff, flute/Leonard Arner, oboe)
Mozart, Piano Concerto No.24 in Cm, K. 491.

Live intermission interview with Schwarz; and Gutierrez at the end, (musical examples played on upright piano backstage).

Program Length: 1:58:48

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New York Philharmonic
(57) May 11, 1985

"Great Russian Theater Music"
Gene Shalit, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano
Matti Salminen, Bass
The New York Choral Artists

Prokofiev, ALEXANDER NEVSKY Cantata, Op. 78
INTERMISSION
Mussorgsky, Scenes from BORIS GODUNOV;
Prologue: Coronation Scene;
Act II: Boris' Monologue, Clock scene;
Act III: Polonaise
Act IV: The Death of Boris (sung in Russian with English subtitles)
The "Alexander Nevsky" performance includes clips from the Eisenstein classic film for which the music was originally written.

Live intermission interviews with Vishnevskaya & Mehta; also a short taped tribute to George London, (Bass-baritone), to whom Mehta dedicates the performance of "Boris Godunov."

Program Length: 1:57:48

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(56) February 20, 1985

"André Watts in Concert"
André Previn, host

André Watts, Pianist

Scarlatti, Sonata in Dm, L. 422, Sonata in A, L. 345
Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight")
Chopin, Sonata No. 2 in Bbm, Op. 35
INTERMISSION
Gershwin, Three Preludes, (1926)
Debussy, "La Plus que Lente", "Danse", "L'Isle Joyeuse"
Liszt, Etude d'Execution Transcendante No.10

ENCORES:
Chopin, Etude Op. 25, No.1; "Revolutionary"; Etude, Op. 10, No.12
MacDowell, Etude Op. 46.

Live backstage talks between pieces & live intermission conversation.

Program Length: 1:57:48

New York Philharmonic
(55) December 31, 1984

"New Year's Eve Gala"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Kathleen Battle, Soprano
Shlomo Mintz, Violinist

Strauss, DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture & "Voices of Spring"
Lehar, GIUDITTA, "Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss"
Strauss, "Auf der Jagd" Polka
Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Wieniawski, Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16
INTERMISSION
Strauss, "Wiener Blut" Waltz, Op. 354
Mozart, IL RE PASTORE, "L'Amerò, sarò costante", K. 208 (Battle/Mintz)
Strauss, "Emperor Waltz", Op. 437
Kreisler, "Liebesleid", "Schon Rosmarin", "Liebesfreud"
Strauss, "Tritsch-Tratsch" Polka, Op. 214; "Perpetuum mobile", Op. 257; "Blue Danube" Waltz, Op. 314

ENCORES:
Strauss, Sr., "Radetsky" March
Paganini, Caprice No. 5
Sieczynski, "Wien, Wien"
Strauss, "Champagne" Polka, Op. 211
"Auld Lang Syne"

Live intermission interview with Mintz/Mehta; Mehta.

Program Length: 2:27:48

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A Lincoln Center Special
(54) October 26, 1984

25th Anniversary Fanfare
(Highlights of performances originally broadcast on "Live From Lincoln Center"; Lincoln Center Specials; "Live From the Met"; documentary and historical footage of the building of Lincoln Center and opening nights of the halls. With special appearances by the artistic heads of the major performing constituents: Zubin Mehta, Peter Martins, Beverly Sills,
Charles Wadsworth, and James Levine.)
Patrick Watson, host

New York Philharmonic
New York City Ballet
New York City Opera
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Juilliard School
Metropolitan Opera House

Chamber Music Society (2/2/81)
Itzhak Perlman, Guest soloist
String break during Tchaikovsky, "Souvenir of Florence" sextet: Perlman entertains the audience while the string is changed.

New York Philharmonic (1/14/80)
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
Itzhak Perlman, Bass
Puccini, TOSCA, Scene and aria "E lucevan le stelle"

New York Philharmonic (1/17/79)
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, last movement

Great Performers Recital (10/15/79)
Richard Bonynge, Conductor
Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-soprano
New York Philharmonic
Saint-Saëns, SAMSON ET DALILA, "Mon coeur s'ouvre a to voix"

New York Philharmonic (11/14/79)
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, last movement

New York Philharmonic (9/23/81)
Danny Kaye, Conductor
Verdi, AIDA, Comedy routines and Triumphal March

American Ballet Theatre (5/17/78)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Tchaikovsky, "Theme and Variations" solo (choreographed by Balanchine)

Great Performers Recital (11/28/76)
André Watts, Pianist
Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue" final minute

Mostly Mozart Festival (7/14/82)
James Galway, Flute
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Bach, "Badinerie" from Bm Orchestral Suite

New York City Ballet (10/10/83)
R. Strauss, "Vienna Waltzes" final minute (choreographed by Balanchine)

New York City Ballet (10/4/82)
Peter Martins, Suzanne Farrell, Kyra Nichols, Maria Calegari
Stravinsky, "Apollo" Coda and Apotheosis (choreographed by Balanchine)

New York City Ballet (11/3/76)
Beverly Sills, Donald Gramm
Rossini, Lesson Scene aria from THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

New York City Opera (4/10/82)
Gianna Rolandi, Barry McCauley, Brent Ellis, Robert Hale, Jane Shaulis, David Eisler, New York City Opera Chorus
Donizetti, Act II Sextet from LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

Film Society of Lincoln Center (5/5/80)
Tribute to John Huston
Excerpts of speeches by Brendan Gill, Lauren Bacall, Richard Burton, and John Huston

Chamber Music Society (1/9/83)
James Buswell, Violin Paula Robison, Eugenia Zukerman, Flute
Bach, Brandenberg Concerto No.4, last movement

The Juilliard School
"Pavarotti at Juilliard"
Master class: Pavarotti coaches a student on the aria "E lucevan le stelle" from TOSCA

Metropolitan Opera
"Live From the Met" - excerpts from telecasts 1978-1984.
Verdi, DON CARLOS, Prelude "Auto da fe" (Met. Opera Chorus)
Verdi, DON CARLOS, Act I duet (Mirella Freni/Placido Domingo)
Berlioz, LES TROYENS, Act I aria (Jessye Norman)
Donizetti, Act I duet (Joan Sutherland/Alfredo Kraus)
Strauss, DER ROSENKAVALIER Act III trio (Kiri Te Kanawa/Tatiana Troyanos/Judith Blegen)
Mozart, IDOMENEO, Act III Aria (Hildegard Behrens)
Puccini, LA BOHEME, Act III quartet (Teresa Stratas/Jose Carreras/Renata Scotto/Richard Stilwell)
Strauss, ELEKTRA, Duet (Brigit Nilsson/Leonie Rysanek)
Verdi, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Act III aria (Leontyne Price)
Weill, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHOGANY, Act II duet (Teresa Stratas/Astrid Varney [on camera, not heard]/Richard Cassilly)
Verdi, ERNANI, Act III Trio (Leona Mitchell/Luciano Pavarotti/Ruggero Raimondi)
Verdi, OTELLO, Act III duet (Renata Scotto/Jon Vickers)
Verdi, OTELLO, Act II duet (Placido Domingo/Sherrill Milnes)

Program Length: 1:58:57

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New York Philharmonic
(53) October 3, 1984

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, Viola & Violin

Susato, 4 Dances from "Danserye" (arr. for Brass instruments by John Iveson); La Mourique, Basse Danse Bergeret, Ronde: "Mon Amy",
Pavane Battaille
Telemann, Concerto for Viola & Strings in G
Hindemith, "Trauermusik" for Viola & Strings
Vivaldi, Concerto for Violin & Strings in C minor ("Il sospetto")
Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26
INTERMISSION
Wagner, DIE WALKURE, "Ride of the Valkyries"; excerpts from GOTTERDAMMERUNG: "Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey", "Siegfried's Funeral March", Finale

Live intermission interviews with Zukerman and Mehta.

Program Length: 2:27:48

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New York City Opera
(52) September 26, 1984

Bizet, CARMEN
(opera in 4 acts, sung in French with English subtitles)
Beverly Sills & Patrick Watson, hosts

Christopher Keene, Conductor
Victoria Vergara (Carmen), Jacque Trussel (Don Jose), Marianna Christos (Micaela), Robert Hale (Escamillo)
(New production by Frank Corsaro, set during the Spanish Civil War)

Bizet, CARMEN
(opera in 4 acts, sung in French with English subtitles)

Beverly Sills & Patrick Watson, hosts

Live intermission interviews backstage with Sills/Watson/Keene; Sills/Watson/Vergara/Trussel; Sills/Watson/Franco Colavecchia (set designer); Sills/Watson. Taped intermission conversation with Sills/ Corsaro.

Program Length: 3:28:48

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(51)September 12, 1984

"Bach to Bach"
(all-Bach program featuring alternating performances on original and modern instruments)
Patrick Watson, host

Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
Christopher Hogwood, Director

Academy (Lisa Bezhosiuk, Flute) CMS (Paula Robison, Flute)
Sinfonia from Cantata "Non sa che sia dolore" BWV 209 (same sinfonia)

Academy (Michel Piguet, Oboe) CMS (Leonard Arner, Oboe)
Sinfonia (Adagio) from Cantata "Ich steh' mit Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156 (same sinfonia)

Academy (Simon Standage, Violinist)
Preludio from Partita No.3 for Solo Violin in E, BWV 1006

CMS (Anthony Newman, Organ)
Sinfonia (Presto) from Cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott" BWV 29 (Bach's arrangement of above prelude)

INTERMISSION

Academy (Standage, Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, Violins)
Concerto for 3 Violins in D, after BWV 1064 (arranged by Christopher Hogwood from Bach's Concerto in C for 3 Harpsichords)

CMS (Kenneth Cooper, Harpsichord; Robison, Flute; Ani Kavafian, Solo Violin)
Brandenberg Concerto No.5 in D, BWV 1050

Academy (Beznosiuk, Flute) CMS (Robison, Flute)

ENCORE:
"Badinerie" from Bm Orchestral Suite, played by Academy, then CMS

Wadsworth talked to concert audience at top of program & before encore. Hogwood gave a "lecture-demo" on instrument differences and improvisation, assisted by both flutists & Cooper.

Live intermission interviews with Cooper/Hogwood/Wadsworth; Robison/Beznosiuk/Hogwood.

Program Length: 1:57:48

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New York Philharmonic
(50) February 29, 1984

"James Galway with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
James Galway, Flute
Marisa Robles, Harp

R. Strauss, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28
Mozart, Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orch. in C, K. 299
INTERMISSION
Rodrigo, "Fantasia para un Gentilhombre" (Arr. by Galway)
Rimsky-Korsakov, "Capriccio espagnol", Op. 34.

Live intermission interviews with Galway, Mehta/Galway, Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:47

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(49) December 28, 1983

"Marilyn Horne's Great American Songbook"
(Arranged & orchestrated by William Brohn, Paul Chihara, Jack Gale, Glenn Osser, Jonathan Tunick)
Patrick Watson, host

Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-soprano
American Symphony Orchestra
New York Choral Artists

Opener: George M. Cohen, "You're a Grand Old Flag"
Folk Songs:
John Jacob Niles, "Go 'Way From My Window"
Trad., (setting by John Edmunds) "Billy Boy"
Trad., "Shenandoah"
Trad., "He's Gone Away"
Stephen Foster songs: "Beautiful Dreamer"; "If You've Only Got A Moustache" (Lyrics by George Cooper); "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair"; "Camptown Races"; "Gentle Annie"
Aaron Copland songs: (from "Old American Songs") "Simple Gifts"; "At the River"; "I Bought Me a Cat"; "Long Time Ago"; "Ching-A-Ring-Chaw"

INTERMISSION

Hymns/Spirituals:
Austin Miles, "In the Garden"
Trad., "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
May H. Brahe (Lyrics by Helen Taylor), "Bless This House"
Trad., "I Just Come From the Fountain"
Albert Hay Malotte, "The Lord's Prayer"
Patriotic Songs:
Louis Lambert, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
William Steffe (Lyrics by Julie Ward Howe), "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Al Piantadosi (Lyrics by Alfred Bryan), "I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier"
Irving Berlin, "God Bless America"

Pretaped intermission interview with Horne; live intermission interview with Slatkin; pretaped Horne vignettes to introduce each song group.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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New York City Opera
(48) November 9, 1983

Janácek, THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
(opera in 3 acts, sung in English, from a novel by R. Tesnohlidek)
Beverly Sills & Patrick Watson, hosts

Scott Bergeson, Conductor
Gianna Rolandi (Vixen Sharp-Ears), Richard Cross (Bartos), Nadia Pelle (The Golden-Stripe Fox), John Lankston (The Schoolmaster)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Watson/Sills; Sills/Rolandi/Pelle; Sills/Maurice Sendak, scenery & costume designer/Frank Corsaro, production director; Corsaro with children from the cast in costume.

Program Length: 2:28:46

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A Lincoln Center Special
New York City Ballet
(47) October 10, 1983

"New York City Ballet Tribute to George Balanchine"
(3 ballets choreographed by Balanchine)
(no host)

Robert Irving, Conductor

Kyra Nichols, Heather Watts, Elyse Borne, Karin von Aroldingen, Suzanne Farrell, Sean Lavery, Helgi Tomasson, Bart Cook, Peter Martins, Adam Luders
J. Strauss, II, Franz Lehar, Richard Strauss VIENNA WALTZES

Suzanne Farrell, Victor Castelli, Ib Anderson
Tchaikovsky, MOZARTIANA

Lourdes Lopez, Heather Watts, Patricia McBride, Sean Lavery
George Gershwin, WHO CARES? (adapted & orchestrated by Hershy Kay.)

(Performance tapings: May 27-28, 1983)

Program Length: 1:58:46

Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(46) April 4, 1983

"Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
James Morris, Bass (assist. artist)
New York Philharmonic
New York Choral Artists Men's Chorus

All-Verdi 1st-half:
I VESPRI SICILIANI Overture
RIGOLETTO, "Questa o quella" & "Parmi veder le lagrime"
IL TROVATORE, Soldiers' Chorus
I LOMBARDI, "La mia letizia infondere"
RIGOLETTO, "La donna e mobile"
LUISA MILLER, Overture and Act II Finale
INTERMISSION
Weber, OBERON Overture
Massenet, MANON, "Ah! dispar vision"
Bizet, CARMEN, Prelude to Act I, & Flower Song
Gounod, FAUST, Soldiers' Chorus
Donizetti, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Final Scene

ENCORES:
Puccini, TOSCA, "E lucevan le stelle"
Leoncavallo, "Mattinata"; "O sole mio"

Pretaped intermission interviews with Mehta, Pavarotti.

Program Length: 2:27:46

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New York Philharmonic
(45) February 2, 1983

"Beethoven's Ninth Symphony"
Patrick Watson, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Margaret Price, Soprano
Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-soprano
Jon Vickers, Tenor
Matti Salminen, Bass
The New York Choral Artists

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

Extended host introduction & live Mehta interview before symphony. (Program included PBS dedication and Bookspan voice-over tribute to Nancy Hanks. Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts).

Program Length: 1:28:48

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(44) January 9, 1983

"Chamber Music Society with Chick Corea"
Charles Wadsworth, host

Chick Corea, Composer-Pianist

Paula Robison, Eugenia Zukerman, Judy Mendenhall, Marya Martin
Kuhlau, Grand Quartet for 4 Flutes in Em, Op. 103

James Buswell, Zukerman, Robison, Ida Kavafian, Lynn Chang, Walter Trampler, Fred Sherry, Alvin Brehm, Charles Wadsworth
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G, BWV 1049

Trampler, André-Michel Schub
Brahms, Sonata for Viola & Piano in Fm, Op. 120, No.1

INTERMISSION

Martin, Peter Gordon, Kavafian, Chang, Trampler, Sherry, Corea
Corea, Septet for Winds, Strings & Piano (New York premiere)

Corea, Kavafian, Chang, Trampler, Sherry
Corea, "Day Danse" (piano & string quartet)

Live intermission interviews backstage Zukerman/Trampler/Schub; Wadsworth/Corea.

Program Length: 1:58:47

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New York City Opera
(43) October 20, 1982

Puccini, MADAMA BUTTERFLY
(opera in 3 acts)
Beverly Sills, host

Christopher Keene, Conductor
Judith Haddon (Madama Butterfly), Jerry Hadley (Lt. Pinkerton), Alan Titus (Sharpless), Judith Christin (Suzuki), James Billings (Goro)

Live intermission interviews with Keene/Frank Corsaro, production director; Haddon/Hadley, Lloyd Evans, costume & set designer/Corsaro

Program Length: 2:58:46

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A Lincoln Center Special
New York City Ballet
(42) October 4, 1982

"Stravinsky & Balanchine: A Genius Has A Birthday!"
(2 ballets choreographed by George Balanchine, with music by
Igor Stravinsky)
Introductory remarks by Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein
Robert Irving, Conductor

Peter Martins, Suzanne Farrell Kyra Nichols, Maria Calegari
APOLLO; Apollo (Martins); Terpsichore (Farrell), Polyhymnia (Nichols), Calliope (Calegari)

Martins, Adam Luders, Karin von Aroldingen, Victoria Hall
ORPHEUS: Orpheus (Martins), Dark Angel (Luders), Euridyce (Aroldingen), Leader of the Bacchantes (Hall)

(Performance tapings: June 18-19, 1982)

Program Length: 67:07

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New York Philharmonic
(41) September 15, 1982

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Leontyne Price"
Schuyler Chapin, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Leontyne Price, Soprano

Mozart, Symphony No.41 in C, K. 551 ("Jupiter")
Mozart, COSI FAN TUTTE, "Come Scoglio"
Verdi, OTELLO, Act IV Prelude, "Willow Song" & "Ave Maria"
INTERMISSION
Strauss, "Don Juan"
R. Strauss, SALOME, Final Scene

Pretaped intermission interview with Leontyne Price.

Program Length: 2:04:20

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Mostly Mozart Festival
(40) July 14, 1982

"James Galway Plays Mostly Mozart with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra"
Joanna Simon, host

James Galway, Flutist & Conductor
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Handel, SOLOMON, Act III, "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba" Sinfonia
Mozart, Andante in C, K. 315
Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314
INTERMISSION
Vivaldi, THE FOUR SEASONS

ENCORES:
Bach, Polonaise & Badinerie from Orchestra Suite No.2 in B Minor
Overton, "Loch Mozart"; Londonderry Air ("Danny Boy").

Live intermission interviews with Galway and Gerard Schwarz, Music Advisor to Mostly Mozart Festival.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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New York Philharmonic
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
(39) June 3, 1982

"Two Philharmonics: Israel and New York"
(no host)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, Conductor

Tchaikovsky, "Romeo & Juliet" Overture-Fantasy (NYP)
Bartok, "The Miraculous Mandarin" Suite (Israel Phil)
INTERMISSION
Berlioz, "Symphonie Fantastique" (NYP/Israel Phil)

Live Mehta/Teddy Kollek (Mayor of Jerusalem, Israel) conversation backstage between 1st two pieces; taped intermission feature with Mehta/3 members of each orchestra at Shun Lee West restaurant, NYC.

Program Length: 2:01:00

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New York Philharmonic
(32) February 18, 1981

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Vladimir Ashkenazy"
Carlos Moseley, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pianist

Walker, "In Praise of Folly"
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
INTERMISSION
R. Strauss, "Ein Heldenleben", Op. 40

Carlos Moseley interviews composer George Walker; live intermission interviews backstage with Ashkenazy/Mehta, Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster/Philip Myers, Principal Horn/Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(31) February 2, 1981

"Chamber Music Society with Itzhak Perlman"
Charles Wadsworth, host

Itzhak Perlman, Violinist

Paula Robison, Perlman, Leslie Parnas, Wadsworth
Bach, Trio Sonata in C, BWV 1037

Perlman, André-Michele Schub
Beethoven, "Kreutzer" Sonata in A, Op. 47

INTERMISSION

Perlman, Mark Kaplan, Walter Trampler, Marcus Thompson, Parnas, Stephen Kates
Tchaikovsky, "Souvenir de Florence" in D minor, Op. 70

Live intermission interviews with Schub/Robison/Perlman, Trampler/Parnas.

Program Length: 1:58:57

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A Lincoln Center Special
New York City Opera
(30) January 5, 1981

Beverly! Her Farewell Performance
(no host)

Julius Rudel, Conductor
Beverly Sills (Rosalinda), Gianna Rolandi (Adele), Kitty Carlisle Hart (Prince Orlofsky), Puli Toro (Sally), Alan Titus (Gabriel von Eisenstein), Richard Fredricks (Dr. Falke), Spiro Malas (Frank), James Billings (Ivan); with special guests as listed.

Strauss, DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture & Act II (performed in English)
Jerry Herman, "It's Today" (Carol Burnett)
Blossom/Herbert, "I want what I want when I want it" (Donald Gramm)
Mercer/Arlen (arr. John Rodby), "Blues in the Night" (Dinah Shore)
Sieczynski, "Vienna, My City of Dreams" (John Alexander)
Komzak, "Bad'ner Mad'In" (Ballet solo by Cynthia Gregory)
Kleban/Hamlisch, "What I did for Love" (Leontyne Price)
Sondheim/Bernstein, "Maria" (Sherrill Milnes)
"Danny Boy" (James Galway)
Harburg/Arlen, "Over the Rainbow" (Renata Scotto)
Gershwin/I. Caesar, "Nashville Nightingale" (Bobby Short)
Koehler/Arlen, "I've got the World on a String" (Eileen Farrell/Bobby Short on piano)
Schubert, Ballet pas de deux: "Du bist die Ruh (sung by Dominic Cossa; danced by Peter Martins/HeatherWatts)
Lara, "Granada" (Placido Domingo)
Cole Porter, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Mary Martin)
Irving Berlin, "There's No Business Like Show Business" (Ethel Merman)
Sills & Burnett sing "Sufferin' Blues Medley"
DIE FLEDERMAUS Waltz with celebrity guest appearances; Sills

ENCORE:
Portuguese folk song, with Charles Wadsworth at piano

(Performance taping: Oct. 27, 1980)

Program Length: 1:58:46

New York Philharmonic
(27) September 24, 1980

Rossini, CINDERELLA/"La Cenerentola"
(opera in 3 acts, libretto by Jacopo Ferretti, English version by Gimi Beni)
Beverly Sills, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Violinists; Pinchas Zukerman, Violist & Violinist

Live intermission interviews backstage with Titus/Blake/Bassett, Rolandi/Freni; stage director Lou Galterio/Salesky, Marsee/Billings.

Program Length: 2:58:51

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New York Philharmonic
(28) October 22, 1980

Verdi, REQUIEM
Schuyler Chapin, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Montserrat Caballe, Soprano
Bianca Berini, Mezzo-soprano
Placido Domingo, Tenor
Paul Plishka, Bass-Baritone
Westminster Choir

Live interview backstage at the end of the program with Caballe/Domingo/Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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New York Philharmonic
(27) September 24, 1980

"Isaac Stern's 60th Birthday Celebration"
Schuyler Chapin, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Violinists; Pinchas Zukerman, Violist & Violinist

Bach, Double Violin Concerto in Dm, S. 1043 (Stern/Perl)
Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante Viola/Violin in Eb, K. 364. (Stern/Zuk)
Vivaldi, Concerto in F for 3 violins

INTERMISSION

Brahms, Violin Concerto, Op. 77 (Stern)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Stern, Perlman/Zukerman, Mehta.

Program Length: 2:28:46

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American Ballet Theatre
(26) May 28, 1980

Minkus, LA BAYADERE
(ballet in 3 acts, choreography by Makarova after Petipa. Music arranged by John Lanchbery.)
Pia Lindstrom, host

John Lanchbery, Conductor
Natalia Makarova (Nikiya), Anthony Dowell (Solor), Cynthia Harvey (Gamzatti), Victor Barbee (Rajah Dugmanta), Alexander Minz (High Brahmin), Danilo Radojevic (Head Fakir/Bronze Idol)
(Marianna Tcherkassky replaced Makarova after Act I)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Lanchbery, Israel Chorberg, ABT Concertmaster; Dowell, Makarova.

Program Length: 2:58:44

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The Film Society of Lincoln Center
(25) May 5, 1980

"A Tribute to John Huston"
(no host)

Speeches by Brendan Gill, Vice-Chairman of the Film Society, Lauren Bacall, Bill Mauldin, Eli Wallach, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, interspersed with clips from Huston's films; Huston introduction by Alfred Stern, President of the Film Society. (no intermission)

Program Length: 1:28:46

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New York Philharmonic
(24) January 14, 1980

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti"
(no host)

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor

Verdi, "Ingemisco"
Beethoven, "Egmont" Overture
Donizetti, "Una furtiva lagrima"
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, Prelude to Act I & "Lunge da lei...De'miei bollenti spiriti...O mio rimorso!"
Respighi, Pines of Rome

INTERMISSION

Puccini, MANON LESCAUT, Intermezzo & "Donna non vidi mai"
Puccini, "Ch'ella me creda"
Leoncavallo, PAGLIACCI, Intermezzo & "Vesti la giubba"
Puccini, TOSCA, Prelude to Act III, Opening Scene (Itzhak Perlman singing jailor role) & "E lucevan le stelle"

ENCORES:
DeCurtis, "Torna a Surriento"
Paganini, Caprice No. 24 (played by Perlman)
Puccini, "Nessun dorma"
Verdi, "La donna e mobile" (sung twice)

Pretaped intermission feature of Pavarotti at home in Italy; live Mehta/Pavarotti conversation.

Program Length: 2:28:48

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New York Philharmonic
(23) November 14, 1979

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Emil Gilels"
Pia Lindstrom, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Emil Gilels, Pianist

Beethoven, Leonora Overture No. 3 in C, Op. 72a
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra (1943)

INTERMISSION

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor, Op. 23.

Live intermission interview with Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:46

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New York City Opera
(22) October 27, 197

Weill, STREET SCENE
(opera in 2 acts, book by Elmer Rice, lyrics by Langston Hughes)
Beverly Sills, host

John Mauceri, Conductor
Eileen Schauler, Catherine Malfitano, William Chapman, Alan Kays,
Harlan Foss

Pretaped interview backstage with Lotte Lenya, Kurt Weill's widow.

Program Length: 2:58:46

Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(21) October 15, 1979

"Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne in Recital"
(no host)

Richard Bonynge, Conductor
Dame Joan Sutherland, Soprano
Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-Soprano
New York Philharmonic

Bellini, I CAPULETTI ED I MONTECCHI Overture
Offenbach, LES CONTES D'HOFFMAN duet, "Barcarole"
Handel, ALCINA, "Torna mi a vagghegiar" (Suth)
Handel, SEMELE, "Iris, hence away" (Horne)
Verdi, LA TRAVIATA, "E straNo. ..Sempre libera" (Suth)
Rossini, SEMIRAMIDE: "Ah quel giorNo. ..Oh! Come da quel di" (Horne); duet, "Serbami ognor"

INTERMISSION

Delibes, LAKME duet, "Viens, Mallika"
Foster, "I dream of Jeannie" (Horne)
Lehar, THE MERRY WIDOW, "Vilia" (Suth)
Saint-Saëns, SAMSON ET DALILA, "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" (Horne)
Donizetti, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, "Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito" (Suth)
Bellini, NORMA duet, "Mira, o Norma"

ENCORES:
Rossini, L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI, "Cruda sorte" (Horne)
Gounod, MIREILLE, Waltz Song (Suth)
Rossini, SERMIRAMIDE duet, "Giorno d'orrore".

Pretaped intermission feature with rehearsal footage and Bonynge/Sutherland/Horne interviews.

Program Length: 2:28:46

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American Ballet Theatre
(20) May 2, 1979

Tchaikovsky, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
(ballet in Prologue and 3 acts, staged by Mary Skeaping after Marius Petipa & Nicholas Sergeyev)
Robert MacNeil, host

John Lanchbery, Conductor
Cynthia Gregory (Princess Aurora), Fernando Bujones (Prince Florimund)

Live intermission interviews with Marcos Paredes (Wicked Fairy), Jolinda Menendez (Lilac Fairy); Gregory, Bujones; Lanchbery.

Program Length: 2:58:48

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(19) January 22, 1979

"Dame Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti Center in Recital"
(no host)

Richard Bonynge, Conductor
Dame Joan Sutherland, Soprano
Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
Symphony Orchestra

Mozart, MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Overture
Verdi duet, "Libiamo"
Verdi, "A la paterna mano" (Pav)
Verdi, "Ernani, involami" (Suth)
Verdi duet, "Un di felice"
Massenet, "Pourquoi me reveiller" (Pav)
Thomas, HAMLET, Mad Scene (Suth)
Verdi duet, "Signor ne principe"

INTERMISSION

Verdi duet, "Parigi o cara"
Ponchielli, "Cielo e mar" (Pav)
Balfe, "I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls" (Suth)
Meyerbeer, "O paradiso" (Pav)
Bellini, "Ah! non credea" & "Ah non giunge" (Suth)
Giordano, "Amor ti vieta" (Pav)
Donizetti duet, "Sulla tomba"

ENCORES:
Puccini, "Nessun dorma" (Pav)
Ricci, "Io non sono piu l'Annetta (Suth)

Pretaped intermission feature with rehearsal footage, Bonynge/Pavarotti/Sutherland interviews

Program Length: 2:28:48

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New York Philharmonic
(18) January 17, 1979

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Itzhak Perlman"
Joan Mondale, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Itzhak Perlman, Violinist

Stravinsky, "Scherzo Fantastique", "Fireworks" & "Scherzo a la Russe"
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Violin, Op. 35

INTERMISSION

Mussorgsky-Ravel, "Pictures at an Exhibition"

Live intermission interviews backstage with Perlman, Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
(17) December 10, 1978

"Chamber Music Society with Itzhak Perlman"
Gene Shalit, host

Itzhak Perlman, Violinist

Paula Robison, Perlman, Jaime Laredo
Beethoven, Serenade No. 6 in D, Op. 25

Gervase de Peyer, Laredo, Perlman, Michael Tree, Leslie Parnas
Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

INTERMISSION

Perlman, Laredo, Daniel Phillips, Hiroko Yajima, Tree, Scott Nickrenz, Parnas, David Soyer
Mendelssohn, Octet for Strings in Eb, Op. 20

Live interview between pieces with Robison. Live intermission interviews backstage with Perlman, Wadsworth.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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New York City Opera
(16) October 4, 1978

Rossini, THE TURK IN ITALY
(opera in 2 acts English version by Andrew Porter)
Harold Prince, host

Julius Rudel, Conductor
Beverly Sills (Donna Fiorilla), Donald Gramm (Selim, the Turk), Susanne Marsee (Zaida), Henry Price (Don Narciso), Alan Titus (the Poet), James Billings (Don Geronio), Jonathan Green (Albazar)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Sills/ Gramm, Rudel.

Program Length: 2:58:48

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New York Philharmonic
(15) September 20, 1978

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Rudolf Serkin"
Robert MacNeil, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Rudolf Serkin, Pianist

Wagner, RIENZI Overture
Prokofiev, ROMEO AND JULIET

INTERMISSION

Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor")

Live intermission interviews backstage with Carlos Moseley, Vice-Chairman of New York Philharmonic, Mehta.

Program Length: 2:01:13

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American Ballet Theatre
(14) May 17, 1978

"American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House"
(in 3 acts)
Robert MacNeil, host

Akira Endo, Conductor

Rebecca Wright, Marianna Tcherkassky, Ivan Nagy
Chopin, LES SYLPHIDES (choreography by Michel Fokine)
Natalia Makarova, Fernando Bujones
Leon Minkus, Grand pas de deux from DON QUIXOTE (choreography after Marius Petipa)

INTERMISSION

Gelsey Kirkland, Mikhail Baryshnikov
Tchaikovsky, THEME AND VARIATIONS (choreography by George Balanchine)

INTERMISSION

Cynthia Gregory (The Firebird), John Meehan (Tsarevitch), Leslie Browne (Tsarevna), Marcos Paredes (Immortal Kostchei)
Stravinsky, THE FIREBIRD (choreography by Michel Fokine)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Makarova, Bujones, Erik Bruhn, (a principal dancer of the ABT); Kirkland, Bruhn.

Program Length: 2:44:57

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New York City Opera
(13) April 19, 1978

Menotti, THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET
(opera in 3 acts, words by composer)
Beverly Sills, host

Cal Stewart Kellogg, Conductor
Catherine Malfitano (Annina), Enrico di Guiseppe (Michele)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Menotti, Menotti/Malfitano/di Giusseppe; Menotti/Francis Rizzo, stage director.

Program Length: 2:43:58

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(12) February 12, 1978

"Luciano Pavarotti in Recital at the Metropolitan Opera House"
(no host)

Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
John Wustman, Pianist

Donizetti, "Una furtiva Lagrima"
Gluck, "Che farò senza Euridice"
Rossini, "La danza"
Beethoven, "In questa tomba oscura"
Bellini, "Vanne, o rosa fortunata"/"Vaga luna che inargenti"
Donizetti, "Me voglio fa 'na casa"
Verdi, "Quando le sere al placido" & "L'ara o l'avello"

INTERMISSION

Liszt, "Two Sonnets of Petrarch" (No. 47/No. 104)
Donizetti, "Fra poco a me ricovero"
Tosti, Four Songs

ENCORES:
Puccini, "E lucevan le stelle"
Leoncavallo, "Mattinata"
Puccini, "Nessun dorma"

Pretaped intermission interview with Pavarotti by Terry McEwen, Executive Vice-President of London Records.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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New York City Ballet
(11) January 31, 1978

Delibes, COPPELIA
(ballet in 3 acts, choreography by George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova after Petipa. Book by Charles Nuitter after E.T.A. Hoffman).
Edward Villella, host

Robert Irving, Conductor
Patricia McBride (Swanhilda/Coppelia), Helgi Tomasson (Frantz), Shaun O'Brien (Dr. Coppelius)

Live intermission interviews backstage with McBride/ Tomasson, Danilova; O'Brien, Irving.

Program Length: 2:28:48

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New York Philharmonic
(10) October 29, 1977

"New York Philharmonic with Erich Leinsdorf and André Watts"
Robert MacNeil, host

Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor
André Watts, Pianist

Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb, Op. 83

INTERMISSION

R. Strauss, "Also Sprach Zarathustra".

Live intermission interviews backstage with Watts, Leinsdorf.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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New York City Opera
(9) October 18, 1977

Massenet, MANON
(opera in 5 acts, 3 intermissions, sung in French w/English subtitles)
Robert MacNeil, host

Julius Rudel, Conductor
Beverly Sills (Manon), Henry Price (Le Chevalier des Grieux), Richard Fredricks (Lescaut), Samuel Ramey (Le Comte), Nico Castel (de Morfontaine), Robert Hale (De Bretigny)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Castel, Sills; Rudel/Kitty Carlisle Hart, Chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts; New York State Governor, Hugh Carey.

Program Length: 3:29:13

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New York Philharmonic
(8) September 24, 1977

"New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Shirley Verrett"
Robert MacNeil, host

Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Shirley Verrett, Soprano

Mozart, MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Overture
Mozart, "Exultate Jubilate"
Wagner, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Prelude & "Liebestod"

INTERMISSION

Stravinsky, "Le Sacre du Printemps".

Live talks with Mehta between pieces and intermission interviews backstage with Verrett, Mehta.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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American Ballet Theatre
(7) June 2, 1977

Adolphe Adam, GISELLE
(ballet in 2 acts, choreography by Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot. Orchestration by John Lanchbery.)
Dick Cavett, host

John Lanchbery, Conductor
Natalia Makarova (Giselle), Mikhail Baryshnikov (Count Albrecht), Martine van Hamel (Myrta)

Live intermission interview with Erik Bruhn (a principal dancer of the ABT).

Program Length: 1:58:48

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Great Performers at Lincoln Center
(6) November 28, 1976

"André Watts in Recital"
Dick Cavett, host

André Watts, Pianist

Liszt, "Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este"
Liszt, Sonata in B minor

INTERMISSION

Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Schubert, Four "Moments Musicaux," Op. 94
Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue".

Live intermission interview and talks between pieces with Watts.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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New York Philharmonic
(5) November 20, 1976

"New York Philharmonic with Rafael Kubelik and Claudio Arrau"
Dick Cavett, host

Rafael Kubelik, Conductor
Claudio Arrau, Pianist

Beethoven, "Egmont" Overture, Op. 84
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3 in Cm, Op. 37

INTERMISSION

Dvorák, Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Live intermission interviews onstage with Cyril Harris, Acoustics Consultant for Avery Fisher Hall, and backstage with the Chairman of Lincoln Center, Amyas Ames.

Program Length: 1:58:48

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New York City Opera
(4) November 3, 1976

Rossini, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA/"The Barber of Seville"
(opera in 2 acts, sung in Italian w/English subtitles)
Dick Cavett, host

Sarah Caldwell, Conductor
Beverly Sills (Rosina), Alan Titus (Figaro), Henry Price (Count Almavivo), Donald Gramm (Dr. Bartolo), Samuel Ramey (Basilio)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Sills/Gramm, Julius Rudel, Director of New York City Opera.

Program Length: 2:58:48

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American Ballet Theatre
(3) June 30, 1976

Tchaikovsky, SWAN LAKE
(ballet in 4 acts, choreography by Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov)
Dick Cavett, host

Akira Endo, Conductor
Natalia Makarova (Odette/Odile), Ivan Nagy (Prince Siegfried)

Live intermission interviews backstage with Clive Barnes, Dance Critic, New York Times; Erik Bruhn (a principal dancer of the ABT); Makarova, Lucia Chase (Director of ABT).

Program Length: 2:58:48

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New York City Opera
(2) April 21, 1976

Douglas Moore, THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE
(Opera in 2 acts, text by John La Touche)
Julius Rudel, host

Judith Somogi, Conductor
Ruth Welting (Baby Doe), Richard Fredricks (Tabor), Frances Bible (Augusta), Richard McKee (Bryan), Jane Shaulis (Mama McCourt)

Live intermission interviews on promenade with Harold Prince, production director/W. McNeil Lowry, Director, Ford Foundation/Bible.

Program Length: 2:58:48

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New York Philharmonic
(1) January 30, 1976

"New York Philharmonic with André Previn and Van Cliburn"
Carlos Moseley, host

André Previn, Conductor
Van Cliburn, Pianist

Berlioz, "Beatrice and Benedict" Overture
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

INTERMISSION

R. Strauss, "Ein Heldenleben"

Live intermission interview backstage with Previn.
Program Length: 1:58:48