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6 Episodes 2005 - 2005
Episode 1
Thu, Mar 31, 2005 120 mins
Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris and Audra McDonald are at the corners of a dark love triangle in a concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Tony-winning 1994 musical, "Passion." It's set in 1860s Italy, where Cerveris and McDonald play young lovers and LuPone is the sickly, unattractive older woman who possesses an all-consuming passion for Cerveris. Telecast from Lincoln Center's Rose Theater.
Episode 2
Wed, Jun 15, 2005 120 mins
Violinist Gil Shaham performs Jean Sibelius's "Violin Concerto" in a New York Philharmonic concert conducted by David Robertson. Sibelius's 1903 D-Minor work, his farewell to 19th-century Romanticism, headlines a program that also includes Sibelius's "Swan of Tuonela" (featuring Thomas Stacy as English horn soloist), Stravinsky's "Firebird" Suite (1919) and "Sorcerer's Apprentice," by Paul Dukas.
Episode 3
Thu, Jul 28, 2005 90 mins
Soprano Renee Fleming opens Lincoln Center's 39th Mostly Mozart Festival with three Handel arias, and one by Mozart, "Bella mia fiamma...Resta, o cara." The program also includes Mozart's "Haffner" Symphony, and the allegro from his Piano Concerto No. 23 (with soloist Stephen Hough), as well as works by Rameau and J.C. Bach. Louis Langree conducts.
Episode 4
Thu, Sep 22, 2005 120 mins
Pianist Lang Lang performs Chopin's First Piano Concerto in a New York Philharmonic program that also includes Mahler's First Symphony. Lorin Maazel conducts the concert, which opens with the romantic 1830 Chopin concerto (composed at age 20). Mahler's sprawling and at times bombastic symphonic poem (the "Titan"), follows a hero's life. Finished in 1888, it's filled with inventive melodies, both original and borrowed.
Episode 5
Sat, Sep 17, 2005 240 mins
A benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Slated to appear: Wynton Marsalis; Elvis Costello; Diana Krall; Paul Simon; Bette Midler; James Taylor; McCoy Tyner; Cassandra Wilson; Buckwheat Zydeco; Terence Blanchard; Cyrus Chestnut; Peter Cincotti; Paquito D'Rivera; Jon Hendricks; Abbey Lincoln; Dianne Reeves; Marcus Roberts. Also featured: Ken Burns, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Bill Cosby.
Episode 6
Sat, Dec 31, 2005 120 mins
Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu joins the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel for a program of Italian opera. Selections include Puccini's "Un bel di," from "Madama Butterfly"; "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta," from "La Rondine"; and "Vissi d'arte," from "Tosca"; and the "I Vespri Siciliani" Overture and "Pace, pace," from "La Forza del Destino"; Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra" Overture; and "Ave Maria," from Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana."