Previn and the Pittsburgh (1977)
Renowned composer, conductor, and pianist Andre Previn welcomes one or more musical guests for conversation and performance, either accompanied by Mr. Previn on piano or in concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Produced by WQED and syndicated nationally on PBS, the series was notable among musical performance programs for its deft camera work and editing. The episode The Music That Made the Movies was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction.
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Episodes
- 1 1. Mistress of Jazz / Jazz Great Ella Fitzgerald1979-04-03 · 1h 0mElla Fitzgerald discusses her career, from Chick Webb to the big bands to the song books of Gershwin and Cole Porter and beyond. and sings some old favorites with her combo.
- 2 2. Movie Music1979-04-10 · 1h 0mComposer John Williams premieres his new "Superman Suite", Miklos Rozsa conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony in his "Ben Hur Suite", and Previn conducts film scores from Psycho, The Se
- 3 3. Itzhak Perlman1979-04-17 · 1h 0mViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony, then talks with conductor Andre Previn.
- 4 4. Nathaniel Rosen1979-04-24 · 1h 0mCellist Nathaniel Rosen, the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competition since Van Cliburn, is featured soloist in Richard Strauss' "Don Quixote". Rosen also performs a movem
- 5 5. Yehudi Menuhin1979-05-08 · 1h 0mViolinist Yehudi Menuhin performs chamber music with Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Ann Martindale Williams and Previn.
- 6 6. Carmina Burana1979-05-15 · 1h 0mPittsburgh Symphony and Penn State University Choir perform the concert favorite, Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" - a lively piece set to medieval poems.
- 7 7. Benjamin Britten1979-05-22 · 1h 0mThis tribute to English composer Benjamin Britten features concert tenor Robert Tear and French hornist Barry Tuckwell soloing in "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings", and also i
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