Great Performances

Name: Great Performances
Released: 1972-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Derek Jacobi, George Hearn

TV Show · Documentary · Music

Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

1972 · 53m

Starring Angela Lansbury, Derek Jacobi, George Hearn

Samara Joy at Royal Albert Hall

Jazz vocalist Samara Joy makes her debut at London's Royal Albert Hall, offering unique twists on classic songs ranging from bossa nova to the Great American Songbook.
Conductor Gemma New | CHASING CRESCENDOS

Conductor Gemma New leads the orchestra with a focus on creating a collective musical experience.
Now Hear This: Brahms: Free But Alone

Discovering Brahms' private world in Germany, including his personal photo collection and a visit to his summer hideaway.
Now Hear This: Everyone Loves Joplin

Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, a new kind music for the turn of the 20th century.
Now Hear This: The Call of Istanbul

In this adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero.
Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound

Scott Yoo crosses this sunlit, rainy, volcanic land of extremes to meet Icelandic composers.