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I caught a tiny bit of this on PBS this week, just the last two pieces. WOW! I couldn't exactly count but I think it was 7 or 9 Steinway D's in a row. Some of the folks I recognized playing (all similtaneously) were Ax, Levine, Kissin, Lang Lang.... I am hoping it reruns here again soon but Great Performances claims it is to air Aug 25 so check you listings!
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It's on tonight at 8pm in NYC, Channel 13.
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Thanks for the heads-up, both you B's. Tonite in Topeka we have pledge drive, so looks like I'm going to be watching "Tough Crowd" again.  But GP will be back on next week.
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This program is WAY COOL. They've just opened the program with "Flight of the Bumblebee"--8 world reknown pianists in flight! 
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This is the best piano show I've ever seen in my life. Precious.
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Do you just get to see it before everyone else?
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It seems that here in Boston where WGBH is located, many PBS shows air a week ahead of others. Don't know why.
It is replaying tonight on channel 2 at 3 am and channel 44 at 4. My vcr is set!
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Benard, did you get my email re: Teflon? A piano tech here called in!
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BeeLady, No I have not received your email yet. Did you PM me, or was it sent direct?
Thanks for the heads up about this program. I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a taping from the Verbier Festival.
The pianists were:
Leif Ove Andsnes
Nicolas Angelich
Martha Argerich
Emanuel Ax
Claude Franck
Evgeny Kissin
Lang Lang
James Levine
Mikhail Pletnev
Staffan Scheja
And the pieces that were broadcast were:
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (They only broadcast the Allegretto of this piece)
Sonata for two pianos in C, K. 521
Allegro
Andante
Allegretto
Martha Argerich · Evgeny Kissin
BEDRICH SMETANA
Sonata in one movement for 2 pianos and 8 hands in E minor
Allegro energico
Leif Ove Andsnes · Emanuel Ax · Evgeny Kissin · James Levine
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Concerto for 4 pianos and Orchestra in A minor, BWV 1065
First movement
Largo
Allegro
Martha Argerich · Evgeny Kissin · James Levine · Mikhail Pletnev
Birthday Festival Orchestra
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Semiramide Overture (Arr. for 8 pianos/16 hands: Rico Gulda, based on the arr. by Carl Czerny)
Leif Ove Andsnes · Nicolas Angelich · Emanuel Ax · Evgeny Kissin · Lang Lang · James Levine · Mikhail Pletnev · Staffan Scheja
RICHARD WAGNER
Ride of the Valkyries (Arr. for 8 pianos: Richard Blackford)
Leif Ove Andsnes · Emanuel Ax · Claude Frank · Evgeny Kissin · Lang Lang · James Levine · Mikhail Pletnev · Staffan Scheja
ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Jamaican Rumba (Arr. for 8 pianos: Patrick Russ)
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
L’Union: paraphrase de concert sur les airs nationaux (Arr. for 8 pianos: Patrick Russ, based on the arr. by Samuel Adler)
Star spangled banner -- Yankee doodle -- Hail Columbia
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. for 8 pianos: First Piano Quartet)
MORTON GOULD
Stars and Stripes Forever Suite (Arr. for 8 pianos: Michael Rot)
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ahh! I heard about this performance..tower records sells the dvd, and of course..I was so tempted to buy it, but being a poor music student..! Anyways, I'm disappointed I missed it tonight, but hopefully, it will be on again..? Does anybody know when?
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Botticelli, check with your local PBS station's web site. Our station is rather large, so it broadcast multiple times within the week on a few stations they own.
Granted it's at 3am, but my VCR will be working while I sleep!
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Wow! It's times like this I miss watching tv.
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kathyk, I have a confession to make. Seeing as this is "TV Free Summer" at our house...I was cheating!!! :rolleyes: I was sneeking a peek at the the news and while waiting flipped channels. Bless me father for I have sinned (funny how somethings you NEVER forget!  I will keep the tape to watch at an "approved" time! :rolleyes: Bernard, I did send to your email address. I spent time in the supermarket parking lot listening to the Teflon show. You can hear it online at the site I sent...
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BeeLady. Now for your penance, you must practice 3 C scales and do an arpeggio in E Major.
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Bernard, your penance is FAR more useful, Thank you! See post above, as I edited at the same time you posted!!!
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I'd say cheating on No TV Summer is worth Bb, three octaves, hands together, major and the 3 minors. (I hate the Bb scale fingering, always mess it up!) Nina
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I saw that program afew months ago on BBC 4 but only caught the last pieces.
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And in Chicago, on WTTW Channel 11:
Great Performances: All-Star Piano Extravanganza: the Verbier Festival
Sun. Aug. 29 from1-2 p.m.
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Looks like it's not airing here in Houston. Anyone know where I can get a copy of the DVD?
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NoteWorthy, how could it not be airing in Houston!? Well, I'll tell you, I have a real love-hate relationship with PBS. Anyway, you can get a copy of the DVD from BMG, check this out: Verbier Festival
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