Audra McDonald Performs on PBS's "Great Performances" with NY Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert

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Audra McDonald helped Carnegie Hall celebrate its 120th birthday as part of an all-star gala benefit concert with the New York Philharmonic earlier this month. McDonald performs songs by Duke Ellington; also on the program are works by Beethoven, Dvořák, and Gershwin. The Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Gala Concert will be broadcast on PBS tonight as part of WNET’s Great Performances. New York classical radio station 105.9 FM WQXR will also broadcast the concert.

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Audra McDonald helped Carnegie Hall celebrate its 120th birthday as part of an all-star gala benefit concert earlier this month featuring the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Music Director Alan Gilbert. The Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Gala Concert will be broadcast on PBS stations across the United States starting tonight at 8 PM ET as part of WNET’s Great Performances series. For more information and to watch a short preview of tonight's presentation, visit pbs.org. Classical radio station 105.9 FM WQXR in New York City will also broadcast the concert and stream it online at wqxr.org starting at 8 PM.

For the concert, McDonald performs songs by Duke Ellington: "Solitude," "Sophisticated Lady," "On a Turquoise Cloud," and "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing." Pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Gil Shaham, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma join the Philharmonic as guest soloists in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, and the orchestra also performs Dvořák's Carnival Overture and Gershwin’s An American in Paris, which had its premiere at Carnegie Hall in 1928.

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Audra McDonald: Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Gala Concert, May 2011
  • Tuesday, May 31, 2011
    Audra McDonald Performs on PBS's "Great Performances" with NY Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert

    Audra McDonald helped Carnegie Hall celebrate its 120th birthday as part of an all-star gala benefit concert earlier this month featuring the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Music Director Alan Gilbert. The Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Gala Concert will be broadcast on PBS stations across the United States starting tonight at 8 PM ET as part of WNET’s Great Performances series. For more information and to watch a short preview of tonight's presentation, visit pbs.org. Classical radio station 105.9 FM WQXR in New York City will also broadcast the concert and stream it online at wqxr.org starting at 8 PM.

    For the concert, McDonald performs songs by Duke Ellington: "Solitude," "Sophisticated Lady," "On a Turquoise Cloud," and "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing." Pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Gil Shaham, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma join the Philharmonic as guest soloists in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, and the orchestra also performs Dvořák's Carnival Overture and Gershwin’s An American in Paris, which had its premiere at Carnegie Hall in 1928.

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