Great Performances Season 22 Episodes

Episode 1

Episode #22.1

Sat, Feb 6, 1993

Episode 2

The Maestros of Philadelphia

Wed, Sep 22, 199355 mins

Episode 3

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Wed, Oct 6, 1993

Episode 4

The Sorceress

Fri, Oct 8, 199348 mins

Episode 5

Passing the Baton

Wed, Oct 20, 1993

Episode 6

Pete Townshend's Psychoderelict

Wed, Dec 1, 1993

This appearance includes a performance of Psychoderelict. In this composition a reclusive rock musician preparing a work on virtual reality is forced from retirement by means of a plot carried out by his manager and a well-known music critic.

Episode 7

On the Town in Concert

Wed, Dec 22, 1993107 mins

A concert version of the 1944 Broadway musical with librettist and lyricist Betty Comden and Adolph Green narrating on stage. Story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during World War II.

Episode 8

Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music

Wed, Dec 29, 1993

Episode 9

Turandot

Sat, Jan 1, 1994123 mins

Episode 10

Jerry Herman: Broadway at the Bowl

Fri, Mar 4, 1994

Episode 11

Vladimir Horowitz: A Reminiscence

Thu, Mar 11, 199385 mins

Wanda Horowitz reminisces about her husband, the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz, with clips from his television appearances.

Episode 12

Episode #22.12

Sun, Feb 6, 1994

Episode 13

The Songs of Six Families

Fri, Apr 1, 1994

Episode 14

Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve Records at 50

Wed, May 18, 1994120 mins

Episode 15

La bohème

Wed, Jun 8, 1994112 mins

In the 50's, in Paris, the neighbors Rodolfo and Mimi meet each other when Mimi's candle blows out in a cold and dark night. They immediately fall in love for each other, in times of financial difficulties in the post-war. Rodolfo introduces Mimi to his close friends Marcello and his beloved Musetta; Colline; and Schaunard and together they have a good-time in Café Momus. Some time later, Mimi tells Marcello that she can not support the jealousy of Rodolfo any longer and when Marcello discuss with Rodolfo, Mimi overhears the real reason for the behavior of her beloved Rodolfo.

Episode 16

Episode #22.16

Sun, Feb 6, 1994

Episode 17

Episode #22.17

Sun, Feb 6, 1994

Episode 18

El Gato Montés

Wed, Oct 5, 1994