GREAT PERFORMANCES: A CARNEGIE HALL CHRISTMAS CONCERT (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramatic arts programs. This concert special, recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York, celebrates the Christmas season with musical performances by Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, André Previn, and Wynton Marsalis and his Septet, aided by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Christmas Concert Chorus and the American Boychoir. Songs performed include: "Mary's Little Boy Chile," "The Twelve Days of Christmas," "Gesú Bambino," "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming," "Winter Wonderland," "Alleluja" from "Exsultate, jubilate," "I Wonder As I Wander," "Mary Had A Baby," "What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?", "Who Was Mary? Mary Was Queen of Galilee," "Sister Mary Had-A But One Child," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Joy to the World," "My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music," "The Christmas Song," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "We Three Kings of Orient Are," "Abendsegen (Evening Prayer)" from "Hänsel und Gretel," "Maria Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song)", "I Saw Three Ships," "The First Noel," "Away in a Manger," "Deck the Halls," "The Holly and the Ivy," "O Holy Night" and "Angels We Have Heard on High." "Silent Night" is performed as an encore. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
- DATE: December 11, 1991 14:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:26:56
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 105602
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Opera; Christmas
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1991
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Häagen-Dazs ice cream
- TV - Commercials - Texaco service stations
CREDITS
- Peter Gelb … Executive Producer
- Jac Venza … Executive Producer
- Daniel Anker … Producer
- Laura Mitgang … Producer
- Thomas Frost … Audio Producer
- Steven Epstein … Audio Producer
- David Horn … Series Producer
- Brian Large … Director
- André Previn … Conductor, Performer, Instrumentalist, Piano
- Orchestra of St. Luke's … Symphony Orchestra
- The Christmas Concert Chorus … Chorus
- The American Boychoir … Choir
- Robert De Cormier … Choral Director
- James Litton … Choral Director
- The Wynton Marsalis Septet … Music Group
- Kathleen Battle … Performer, Singer
- Frederica von Stade … Performer, Singer
- Wynton Marsalis … Performer, Instrumentalist, Trumpet
- Wes Anderson … Performer, Instrumentalist, Alto saxophone
- Wycliffe Gordon … Performer, Instrumentalist, Trombone
- Herlin Riley … Performer, Instrumentalist, Drums
- Reginald Veal … Performer, Instrumentalist, Bass
- Stephen Scott … Performer, Instrumentalist, Piano
- Herbert Harris … Performer, Instrumentalist, Tenor and soprano saxophone
- Nancy Allen … Performer, Instrumentalist, Harp
- Crusher Bennett … Performer, Instrumentalist, Calypso percussion
- Victor See Yuen … Performer, Instrumentalist, Calypso percussion