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Next episode: PBS, Thu, Nov 26 9:00 PM
Sting: A Winter's Tale New
Sting performs a mix of carols, lullabies and other songs at Durham Cathedral near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northern England. The set includes his "Lullaby for an Anxious Child" and "The Hounds of Winter," as well as the "Balulalow" lullaby, the 14th-century carol "Gabriel's...
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Channel	Date & Time	Episode
PBS	Thu, Nov 26 9:00 PM	Sting: A Winter's Tale New Sting performs a mix of carols, lullabies and other songs at Durham Cathedral near... more
PBS	Sat, Nov 28 6:00 PM	Sting: A Winter's Tale Sting performs a mix of carols, lullabies and other songs at Durham Cathedral near... more
PBS	Sun, Nov 29 4:00 PM	Sting: A Winter's Tale Sting performs a mix of carols, lullabies and other songs at Durham Cathedral near... more
PBS	Sun, Dec 6 9:00 PM	Barenboim on Beethoven Daniel Barenboim performs five Beethoven sonatas: Nos. 5, 11, 19, 20 and 23 (“Appassionata”) in a... more

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Premiered: November 04, 1972, on PBS

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: PBS's signature performing-arts series showcases dance, drama, comedy and music ranging from orchestral and operatic to Broadway and the blues. The Lanford Wilson drama `The Rimers of Eldritch' was its first presentation and `Brideshead Revisited' was perhaps its most famous. There have been more than 600 `Great Performances' all told. Some might have been only `reasonable performances' (as Robin Williams once quipped), but many others were distinguished, among them some 50 Emmy nominees.

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