Great Performances

GREAT PERFORMANCES, the longest-running performing arts anthology on television, continues to feature the best in the performing arts.

Mon, Jul 15 12:00 P.M. Message in a Bottle     NH Explore (11.2)

Experience triple-Olivier Award nominee Kate Prince's dance and theater show set to the songs of 17-time Grammy winner Sting.

Mon, Jul 22 12:00 P.M. Coppelia     NH Explore (11.2)

Enjoy this contemporary reboot of the 1870 classical ballet favorite Featuring a blend of live action ballet with CGI, the film features ballet stars Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo.

Mon, Jul 22 1:30 P.M. Black Lucy and the Bard     NH Explore (11.2)

Explore Shakespeare's mysterious love life through the perspective of the "Dark Lady" in this work from Nashville Ballet based on poetry by Caroline Randall Williams and featuring an original score by GRAMMY winner Rhiannon Giddens.

Mon, Jul 29 1:00 P.M. Anything Goes     NH Explore (11.2)

Enjoy this London production of Cole Porter's classic musical led by Tony winner Sutton Foster who reprises her Tony-winning role as Reno Sweeney directed by Kathleen Marshall with favorite songs like "I Get A Kick Out of You" and "You're the Top.

Mon, Aug 19 11:00 A.M. Now Hear This: Copland: Dean of American Music     NH Explore (11.2)

Learn how the works of an American classical composer developed into a signature American sound drawing from his Jewish roots, modernism and American folk music.

Mon, Aug 19 12:00 P.M. The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry     NH Explore (11.2)

Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil in a tribute to its architect.

Mon, Aug 19 1:30 P.M. Purlie Victorious     NH Explore (11.2)

Enjoy this comedic play starring Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr.

Fri, Aug 23 9:00 P.M. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2024     NHPBS (11.1)

Each summer, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic is joined by a guest soloist to perform an enchanting open-air concert under the direction of a guest conductor from the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schonbrunn Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

Sat, Aug 24 1:00 A.M. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2024     NHPBS (11.1)

Each summer, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic is joined by a guest soloist to perform an enchanting open-air concert under the direction of a guest conductor from the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schonbrunn Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

Mon, Aug 26 11:00 A.M. New American Voices     NH Explore (11.2)

Discover how two American composers are inspired by their respective Brazilian and Indian immigrant roots with influences that include a Brazilian martial art dance "fought" to music and Indian scales and rhythms.

Mon, Aug 26 12:00 P.M. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2024     NH Explore (11.2)

Each summer, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic is joined by a guest soloist to perform an enchanting open-air concert under the direction of a guest conductor from the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schonbrunn Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

Mon, Aug 26 1:30 P.M. A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood     NH Explore (11.2)

Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home at Tanglewood including Williams' new violin concerto performed by virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter and other works conducted by Andris Nelsons.


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