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The Gershwin years. Part two, An American in Paris ... & Hollywood ... & Catfish Row
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Leonard Bernstein, Liza Minelli, Mikhail Barishnikov, Cleo Laine and Christopher Walken are among the guest performers featured in this profile of the late, great George Gershwin. Michael Tilson Th...
Leonard Bernstein, Liza Minelli, Mikhail Barishnikov, Cleo Laine and Christopher Walken are among the guest performers featured in this profile of the late, great George Gershwin. Michael Tilson Thomas, one of the world's foremost interpreters of Gershwin, narrates a journey through the composer's creative life, highlighting his extraordinary diversity and featuring his best-loved work.
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- devised and produced by Arthur Whitelaw, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Patricia Birch ; a co-production of BBC and WNET/New York in association with the Brooklyn Academy of Music and ORF (Austria), RAI (Italy), ZDF (Germany) ; director, Humphrey Burton
- Other Titles
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- Gershwin years : a journey through the creative life of George Gershwin
- American in Paris and Hollywood and Catfish Row
- American in Paris ... & Hollywood ... & Catfish Row
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Burton, Humphrey, 1931- director
- Birch, Patricia, producer
- Whitelaw, Arthur, producer
- Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- conductor, narrator, producer
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor
- Orchestra of St. Luke's
- London Symphony Orchestra
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Publication
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- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 1987
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (100 minutes)
- video file
- OCLC
- on1296407526
- Credits
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- Michael Tilson Thomas, music director ; singers, Rosemary Clooney, Damon Evans, Michael Feinstein, John Green, Cynthia Haymon, Ruby Hinds, Larry Kery, Madeleine Kahn, Maureen McGovern, Erie Mills, Gregg Burge, Liza Minnelli, Harold Nicholas, Chita Rivera, Bobby Short, Christopher Walken, and others ; Mikhail Baryshnikov, dancer ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Orchestra of St. Luke's ; Manhattan Rhythm Kings ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
- Title from title screen (viewed February 01, 2022).
- Recorded at the BBC Television Centre, London and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York.
- In English.