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All-Star Orchestra

"All-Star Orchestra" delivers "masterpieces for the masses," helping viewers enjoy, explore and experience the celebrated classical music of Beethoven, Stravinsky, Dvorak, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Mahler. The educational and entertaining eight-part series features the world-class talents of the All-Star Orchestra, an ensemble comprised of top players who gathered together in August 2012 for a one-week recording "summit." Each one-hour episode pairs the All-Star Orchestra's performance of a popular symphonic score with a new work by a contemporary American composer, including Philip Glass. These inspiring, all-ages concerts, filmed in New York's historic The Grand at Manhattan Center, are supplemented with illuminating interviews with the conductor, musicians, composers and special guests.

All-Star Orchestra  
  • A Symphonic Organ Spectacular
    Sunday, January 5
    8:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    The ultimate romantic pairing: a full symphony orchestra with a magnificent organ. French composer Camille Saint-Saens created his "Organ Symphony" in 1886, and it has thrilled audiences worldwide ever since! The program opens with Mexican composer Carlos Chavez' Sinfonia india from 1931 featuring authentic melodies of indigenous peoples and native percussion instruments of Aztec heritage.
  • A Symphonic Organ Spectacular
    Sunday, January 12
    2:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    The ultimate romantic pairing: a full symphony orchestra with a magnificent organ. French composer Camille Saint-Saens created his "Organ Symphony" in 1886, and it has thrilled audiences worldwide ever since! The program opens with Mexican composer Carlos Chavez' Sinfonia india from 1931 featuring authentic melodies of indigenous peoples and native percussion instruments of Aztec heritage.
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis
    Sunday, January 12
    8:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    The splashy, colorful Symphonic Metamorphosis was composed for American audiences by the great Paul Hindemith after he fled Nazi Germany in 1940, and it has been a concert favorite ever since. Catchy themes are transformed by the orchestra into constantly changing shapes and colors. Also featured are the romantic masterpiece Les Preludes by Franz Liszt and the exquisitely beautiful Slow Movement composed by the young Anton Webern as a gift to his future wife.
  • Symphonic Metamorphosis
    Sunday, January 19
    2:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    The splashy, colorful Symphonic Metamorphosis was composed for American audiences by the great Paul Hindemith after he fled Nazi Germany in 1940, and it has been a concert favorite ever since. Catchy themes are transformed by the orchestra into constantly changing shapes and colors. Also featured are the romantic masterpiece Les Preludes by Franz Liszt and the exquisitely beautiful Slow Movement composed by the young Anton Webern as a gift to his future wife.
  • Concerto for Orchestra
    Sunday, January 19
    8:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Hungary's greatest composer Bela Bartok moved to New York during World War II, and he overcame serious health problems to create a musical masterpiece showing off all the instruments of the orchestra in unique and unforgettable style. His Concerto for Orchestra is truly one of the peaks of the 20th century repertoire. Opening the program is Bach's magnificent Prelude and Fugue in D Major in a spectacular large orchestration by Ottorino Respighi.
  • Concerto for Orchestra
    Sunday, January 26
    2:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Hungary's greatest composer Bela Bartok moved to New York during World War II, and he overcame serious health problems to create a musical masterpiece showing off all the instruments of the orchestra in unique and unforgettable style. His Concerto for Orchestra is truly one of the peaks of the 20th century repertoire. Opening the program is Bach's magnificent Prelude and Fugue in D Major in a spectacular large orchestration by Ottorino Respighi.
  • Schubert's Immortal 'Unfinished Symphony'
    Sunday, January 26
    8:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    When he died in 1828 at age 31, Franz Schubert left behind an unfinished symphony that was discovered only years later. Musicians and the public were stunned by the beauty and profundity of this mysterious work, and its magic continues to enthrall. Also featured are the folkloric Rounds by David Diamond and the Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by one of America's great living composers, Joan Tower.
  • Schubert's Immortal 'Unfinished Symphony'
    Sunday, February 2
    2:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    When he died in 1828 at age 31, Franz Schubert left behind an unfinished symphony that was discovered only years later. Musicians and the public were stunned by the beauty and profundity of this mysterious work, and its magic continues to enthrall. Also featured are the folkloric Rounds by David Diamond and the Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by one of America's great living composers, Joan Tower.

 

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