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AUGUST 2012

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S MUSIC

The Philharmonic, Tanglewood, and more on “Ten thousand people may see a performance during the course of a show’s run in a theater, but one million people or more see it when it airs on Great Performances.” ­ DAVID HORN, Executive Producer, Great Performances Starry DAVID HORN Nights BILL O'DONNELL

THIS MONTH, THIRTEEN’s Great Perfor- Great Performances is currently enjoying mances series brings you starry summer its 39th year on public television. What music specials from around the world. was it like to produce the series in the ‘70s Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Vienna and ‘80s compared to now? Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2012 (Fri 31st, 9 p.m.; pictured on the DAVID HORN: I think the biggest differ- cover), filmed in the magnificent gardens ence is that we’ve expanded the definition of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn of performing arts programming on Palace. Closer to home, we’re pleased public television. In its early years, it con- to present Tanglewood 75th Anniversary siste d primarily of ope ra , symphonic m usic , Celebration (Fri 10th, 9 p.m.) and Music classical music, drama, and dance. Today, of the Movies (Sat 11th, 7:30 p.m.), young we include classic American Songbook, singing sensation Jackie Evancho’s new musical theater, popular music, classic special. And opera fans won’t want to rock, and crossover artists like Josh miss Manon (Thu 9th, 8:30 p.m.) and Groban, Andrea Bocelli, and 12-year-old La Traviata (Thu 23rd, 9 p.m.) on Great musical prodigy Jackie Evancho. Performances at the Met. BILL O’DONNELL: What hasn’t changed THIRTEEN spoke with Executive Producer is that we continue to bring viewers pro- David Horn and Series Producer Bill grams they truly won’t find anywhere O’Donnell to get an inside look at the else. The networks and cable have pretty

long-running performing arts series. much abandoned everything but main- SINNOTT/©WNET JOSEPH THIS PAGE: RICHARD SCHUSTER; FRONT COVER: thirteen.org 1

stream music programming. We’re the What does it mean to you that Great place where performers of all kinds can do Performances has inspired so many what they do best in a long-form format. people to pursue the arts?

What is it like working with artists BO’D: Battle, artistic director you admire? Do you have a favorite of American Dance Theater, personal memory of working on Great recently came to the studio to tape a Performances? promo for THIRTEEN’s upcoming 50th anniversary, and he spoke quite passion- DH: It ’s been wonderful to work with and ately and poetically about the experience meet people like Dame , of seeing the Ailey company on public , , Garrison television when he was a teen growing Keillor, Harry Connick, Jr., and Sir Patrick up in an inner city near Miami. Stewart. But one of my favorite memo- ries involves a show we did with Luciano DH: Battle was completely mesmerized Pavarotti in the mid-80s. It was a show by the program, which was narrated by about Neapolitan song, filmed in Naples, former Ailey star and artistic director and due to a mishap, Luciano and I ended . He said the experience up traveling to the shooting locations of watching it and hearing Jamison talk on a houseboat called “The Love Boat,” about Ailey’s choreography and artistic complete with disco ball. The crew had vision inspired him profoundly. Stories no idea we were delayed and while they like that speak volumes as one of our were frantic with worry, Luciano and I goals is to provide a platform for great were on the roof of the boat in lawn chairs, artists and organizations and bring their singing Sinatra songs. work to people whose geography or circumstances may prevent them from BO’D: I guess my career high—although it having access to the performing arts. Ten wasn’t Great Performances—was when I thousand people may see a performance got to be the FCC guy in Make ‘Em Laugh, during the course of a show’s run in a a documentary series we produced on theater, but one million people or more American comedy, and had to lock up see it when it airs on Great Performances. Billy Crystal in jail with the other ground- We’re providing a service, and as Robert breakers of comedy. He complimented Battle’s story illustrates, it ’s a service that me on my acting, which pretty much can dramatically change people’s lives. made my day. Read the complete interview at thirteen.org/GP

Great Performances is produced for PBS by THIRTEEN for WNET, and is funded by the Irene Diamond Fund, The National Endowment for the Arts, Vivian Milstein, The Starr Foundation, public television viewers, and PBS. Major series funding is also provided by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, The Agnes Varis Trust, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, the Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Annaliese Soros, Jody and John Arnhold, Victor and Sono Elmaleh and Vera von Kuffner Eberstadt. 2 EVENING AND NIGHT

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8:00 PREMIERE NYC-ARTS 5:30 BBC World News New York arts and America 1 WEDNESDAY culture with Philippe de 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Montebello and Paula Schneider. 5:30 BBC World News Zahn. REPEATS SUN 5TH, 12 6:30 Nightly Business Report America NOON. 7:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 NJ Today With Mike 8:00 Washington Week Schneider. REPEATS SAT 4TH, 9AM. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 8:30 PREMIERE Need to 7:00 PBS NewsHour Know With Scott Simon. 8:00 Nature: “White Falcon, REPEATS SAT 4TH, 9:30AM. White Wolf” Life on 9:00 PREMIERE The Canada’s remote Ellesmere Barnes Collection—PBS Island with white gyr Arts The quirky, quarrel-

falcons and rare Arctic SINNOTT/©WNET JOSEPH some Dr. Albert C. Barnes wolves. REPEATS EARLY 8:30 PREMIERE Will and his astounding art FRI 3RD, 4:30PM AND SAT 4TH, Barnet: Tracing the Soul of collection. REPEATS EARLY 5PM. the Work The 99-year-old MON 6TH, 3:30AM. 9:00 The War: “When artist talks of life and the 10:00 Live From the Artists Things Get Tough” The creative process. REPEATS Den: “” The British German war machine rolls SAT 4TH, 7:30AM. singing sensation performs over Western Europe. 9:00 The War: “A Deadly at the Santa Monica Bay Directed by Ken Burns. Calling” Ken Burns’ series Woman’s Club in California. (PART 2 OF 7) REPEATS EARLY examines public reaction to REPEATS EARLY MON 6TH, 1AM. FRI 3RD, 2AM. the war’s human cost. (PART 3 11:00 New York Goes to OF 7) REPEATS EARLY SAT 4TH, 11:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS War: “The Road to Victory” 2AM. MON 6TH, 1:30PM. New Yorkers’ personal sto- 11:00 New York War Stories ries of World War II, from Memories of New York during 8/04 EARLY SATURDAY AM the battlefield and on the World War II, captured in 12:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS home front. viewer narratives and MON 6TH, 1PM. videos. 12:30 One-on-One With 8/02 EARLY THURSDAY AM Steve Adubato 12:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS 8/03 EARLY FRIDAY AM 1:00 Theater Talk THU 2ND, 1:30PM. 12:00 Charlie Rose REPEATS 1:30 Austin Film Festival: 1:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS FRI 3RD, 1:30PM. On Story THU 2ND, 1PM. 1:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS 2:00 The War SEE THU 2ND, 1:30 One-on-One With FRI 3RD, 1PM. 9PM. [R] Steve Adubato 1:30 One-on-One With 4:00 Secrets of the 2:00 The War (PART 1 OF 7) Steve Adubato Manor House 4:30 History Detectives 2:00 The War SEE WED 1ST, 5:00 William and Kate: REPEATS SAT 4TH, 3PM. 9PM. [R] Into the Future thirteen.org 3

4 SATURDAY survive a trip to Mars? Neil 6:00 NJ Today With Mike deGrasse Tyson hosts. Schneider. 6:00 Mike Colameco’s 6:30 Nightly Business Real Food 8:00 American Masters: Report 6:30 Lidia’s Italy in “: Still 7:00 PBS NewsHour America Life” Reflections on the 7:00 The This Old House star’s singular career and 8:00 PREMIERE Market Hour carefully cultivated image. Warriors Looking for art 8:00 Fawlty Towers REPEATS EARLY MON 6TH, glass in Brimfield, Sybil catches Basil in a 12MID AND EARLY TUE 7TH, Massachusetts. REPEATS compromising situation. 4:30AM. EARLY WED 8TH, 4:30AM. 8:35 As Time Goes By Jean teaches Lionel a lesson about trust. 9:05 PREMIERE Reel 13 Classics: “Auntie Mame” (1958) A bohemian socialite () teaches her nephew how to

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1:20AM. 9:00 The War: “Pride of TROY AARON OF DAVID COURTESY 11:35 Reel 13 Indies: Our Nation” Ken Burns’ 9:00 The War: “FUBAR” “Arranged” (2007) The epic view of the Normandy Savage fighting in East and friendship between an Invasion: 1.5 million Allied West marks the desperate Orthodox Jewish woman troops land in France. (PART final months of 1944. A Ken and a Muslim woman who 4 OF 7) REPEATS EARLY TUE 7TH, Burns production. (PART 5 OF teach at a Brooklyn school. 2AM. 7) REPEATS EARLY WED 8TH, 2AM. REPEATS EARLY SUN 5TH, 11:25 New York War Stories 11:10 New York War Stories 3:50AM. Memories of New York dur- Memories of New York dur- ing World War II, captured ing World War II, captured 8/05 EARLY SUNDAY AM in viewer narratives and in viewer narratives and 1:15 PREMIERE Reel 13 videos. videos. Shorts Short films selected by THIRTEEN viewers via 8/06 EARLY MONDAY AM 8/07 EARLY TUESDAY AM online voting. 12:00 American Masters 12:00 Charlie Rose 1:20 Reel 13 Classics SEE SUNDAY 5TH, 8PM. REPEATS 1:00 Tavis Smiley REPEATS SEE SAT 4TH, 9:05PM. [R] EARLY TUE 7TH, 4:30AM. TUE 7TH, 1PM. 3:50 Reel 13 Indies 1:00 Live From the Artists 1:30 One-on-One With SEE SAT 4TH, 11:35PM. [R] Den SEE FRI 3RD, 10PM. [R] Steve Adubato 2:00 Piaf: Her Story, 2:00 The War SEE SUN 5TH, Her Songs 9PM. [R] 5 SUNDAY 3:30 The Barnes Collection— 4:30 American Masters SEE PBS Arts SEE FRI 3RD, 9PM. SUN 5TH, 8PM. [R] 6:00 PREMIERE Moyers [R] & Company Conversations 4:30 Market Warriors about life and American 7 TUESDAY democracy, with Bill Moyers. 6 MONDAY 5:30 BBC World News 7:00 NOVA scienceNOW: America “Can We Make It to Mars?” 5:30 BBC World News 6:00 NJ Today With Mike Can humans physically America Schneider. 4 EVENING AND NIGHT

6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour 6:00 NJ Today With Mike 7:00 PBS NewsHour 8:00 Nature: “Frogs: The Schneider. 8:00 History Detectives Thin Green Line” Scientists 6:30 Nightly Business Episode TBA mobilize to stem the global Report 9:00 The War: “The Ghost die-off of frogs. REPEATS 7:00 PBS NewsHour Front” Allied bombers EARLY FRI 10TH, 4:30AM. 8:00 PREMIERE NYC-ARTS annihilate German and 9:00 The War: “A World New York arts and culture Japanese cities; Hitler Without War” Ken Burns’ with launches the Ardennes series looks at the final and Paula Zahn. REPEATS Offensive. A Ken Burns film. convulsions of history’s SUN 12TH, 12 NOON. (PART 6 OF 7) REPEATS EARLY bloodiest war. (PART 7 OF 7) THU 9TH, 2AM. REPEATS EARLY FRI 10TH, 2AM. 8:30 PREMIERE Great 11:05 New York War Stories 11:10 New York War Stories Performances at the Met: REPEATS EARLY THU 9TH, Memories of New York “Manon” Soprano Anna 1:30AM. [R] during World War II, cap- Netrebko and Piotr 11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS tured in viewer narratives Beczala star in Massenet’s WED 8TH, 1:30PM. and videos. REPEATS EARLY opera about a country FRI 10TH, 4:09AM. girl who is drawn into a 8/08 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 11:35 Charlie Rose REPEATS life of glamorous—but 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS THU 9TH, 1:30PM. hollow—Parisian sophis- WED 8TH, 1PM. tication. Also starring 1:00 One-on-One With 8/09 EARLY THURSDAY AM Paulo Szot. Conducted Steve Adubato 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS by Fabio Luisi. [R] 1:30 Over Here REPEATS THU 9TH, 1PM. EARLY FRI 10TH, 1:30AM. 1:00 One-on-One With 2:00 The War Steve Adubato SEE MON 6TH, 9PM. [R] 1:30 New York War Stories 4:10 New York War Stories SEE TUE 7TH, 11:05PM. REPEATS EARLY THU 9TH, 4AM. [R] 4:30 Market Warriors SEE MON 6TH, 8PM. [R] 2:00 The War SEE TUE 7TH,

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COURTESY OF KELSEY BENNETT COURTESY signature blue piano is Steve Adubato 10:00 PREMIERE joined by international stars 1:00 Arthur Hanlon’s Dr. Fuhrman’s Immunity for an evening of enchant- Encanto del Caribe Solution! Joel Fuhrman, ing Latino music. REPEATS SEE TUE 14TH, 9:30PM. [R] M. D. reveals new ways to EARLY THU 16TH, 1AM. 2:30 Use Your Brain to build immunity to colds 11:00 Charlie Rose Change Your Age With Dr. and infections. REPEATS Daniel Amen [R] TUE 14TH, 1PM AND EARLY 8/15 EARLY WEDNESDAY AM 4:30 Qi Gong for Beginners WED 15TH, 1AM. [R] 12:00 Tavis Smiley [R] COURTESY OF JAMES VESEY 7:00 PBSNewsHour 16 THURSDAY 1:00 Celebrating theMusic 12:30 One-on-OneWith 12:00 Tavis Smiley 11:00 CharlieRose 2:30 Nature 4:00 America This vintage America Schneider. the duoinstudio and from theera. SAT 18TH,1AM. 5:30 BBCWorld News 9:30 9:30PM. [R] the Line! Steve Adubato [R] 6:30 6:00 NJToday With Mike 8PM. REPEATS SAT 18TH,6PM. program from 1969 shows of Johnny Cash:We Walk 8/17 EARLY8/17 FRIDAY AM onstage, withnews clips and Garfunkel: Songsof The folk icon celebrates Years ofTimeless Music from hernew album. Collins Live at the 8:00 PREMIEREJudy Metropolitan Museum beloved classics andsongs her 50thanniversary with of Art:Celebrating Fifty Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report PREMIERE Simon The Happiness SEE WED15TH, SEE WED15TH, REPEATS EARLY

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AND EARLY MON 27TH, 4:30AM. 10:30 Live From the Artists 8/26 EARLY SUNDAY AM Den: “Kid Rock” The 12:20 PREMIERE Reel 13 2:30 NOVA Detroit rocker at Graceland, Shorts Short films selected 3:30 Inside Nature’s Giants singing his early and late by THIRTEEN viewers via 4:30 NOVA [R] (“Born Free”) hits. online voting. REPEATS EARLY 11:30 Charlie Rose REPEATS SUN 26TH, 3:50AM. [R] MON 27TH, 1:30PM. 12:25 Reel 13 Classics SEE 24 FRIDAY SAT 25TH, 9:05PM. [R] 8/25 EARLY SATURDAY AM 2:25 Reel 13 Indies SEE 5:30 BBC World News 12:30 Tavis Smiley REPEATS SAT 25TH, 11PM. REPEATS EARLY America MON 27TH, 1PM. WED 29TH, 1AM. [R] 6:00 NJ Today With Mike 1:00 One-on-One With 3:50 Reel 13 Shorts SEE Schneider. Steve Adubato EARLY SUN 26TH, 12:20AM. [R] 6:30 Nightly Business Report 1:30 Theater Talk 7:00 PBS NewsHour 2:00 Austin Film Festival: 3:55 Austin Film Festival: 8:00 Washington Week On Story On Story [R] REPEATS SAT 25TH, 9AM. 2:30 Austin City Limits 4:25 Globe Trekker [R] 3:30 Front Row Center 8:30 PREMIERE Need to 4:30 Globe Trekker Know With Jeff Greenfield. 26 SUNDAY REPEATS SAT 25TH, 9:30AM. 25 SATURDAY 6:00 PREMIERE Moyers & Company Conversations 6:00 Mike Colameco’s Real about life and American Food democracy, with Bill 6:30 Lidia’s Italy in Moyers. America 7:00 The This Old House Hour 8:00 Fawlty Towers Basil steps in for the chef. 8:35 As Time Goes By Jean 9:00 Great Performances: wants Lionel to write the “Twilight: Los Angeles” story of their romance. Anna Deavere Smith 9:05 PREMIERE Reel 13

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