The Christmas Tree Concert- Carnegie Hall Click here US only: https://www.carnegiehall.org/carnegie-hall-plus/holiday-programs?watch=5&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ch%2B-list-11-21-2022&utm_content=version_A&sourceCode=41325#watch Or this one, worldwide: Click here to watch In 2017, Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim performed a festive programme for four-hands piano, featuring Liszt’s seldom-heard suite of Christmas-carol arrangements and two delightful French works: Bizet’s Jeux d’enfants and Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye. These two great artists are both in their 80s and neither is in the best of health so I was delighted when my friend Carmen discovered this beautiful concert on the Carnegie Hall platform. Unfortunately, unless you have Apple+ this is only available in the US but for those outside the US who are feeling deprived, here’s another lovely concert, a multi-view recording by these two old friends, filmed in 2021, which includes Mozart’s Sonata KV 521, Debussy's Les Épigraphes Antiques, and Bizet's Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22. Peter Pan – Cathy Rigby Click here to rent Cathy Rigby was already famous before she became an actor/dancer/singer. She was a champion gymnast with 8 gold medals, and a successful career as a broadcaster and commentator on international gymnastics. Her appearance in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City made her a favourite with American television audiences and helped to popularize gymnastics in America. She then embarked on an intensive 7-year programme of singing, dancing and acting studies and, after a rigorous ‘apprenticeship’ in many regional productions, she won the role for which she would always be known, that of the Boy Who Never Grew Up, Peter Pan. In 1991, Cathy was nominate for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical when she starred in the 35th Anniversary production of Peter Pan on Broadway. In addition to multiple Tony nominations, Peter Pan also garnered several Emmy nominations, and a win, when A&E filmed the show for television broadcast in 2001. Now, Cathy Rigby’s name is synonymous with Peter Pan, having played the part on Broadway (Tony Award nomination), on a major National Tour in the 1990-91 Season, in the revival in 1998 and in the Emmy Award winning A&E Special, for which she continues to receive critical acclaim. This is that production. In this Broadway musical, Peter Pan recounts the adventures of the three Darling children as they fly away from their nursery into the magic and wonder of Neverland. It is in Neverland that they encounter the cunning and evil Captain Hook, villainous pirates, a crafty crocodile and a sprightly fairy, Tinker Bell. The score, a joint effort by Moose Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green remains a favourite of children and adults alike. Peter Pan features such classics as “I Gotta Crow,” “Neverland” and “I’m Flying.” 2-day rental $9.99 James Barbour's Annual Holiday Show - Birdland Click here for tickets James Barbour returns to Birdland on Monday, December 12 with his annual Holiday Concert. The audience will be entertained with holiday classics, incredible music and the warmth of the season. As he does every year, James and his surprise guests from the Broadway stage will help you ring in the holiday season. For the uninitiated, he is an American singer and theatre actor who played the title role in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera from February 2015 until December 2017. Among his other credits are the Beast in Beauty and the Beast and Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Hurry, this one is only available tonight, Monday, December 12 at 7pm ET. An Evening with Groucho – Broadway on Demand Click here to rent Award-winning actor, Frank Ferrante, stars in this New York and London smash hit portrayal of the legendary comedian in this fast paced 90 minutes of hilarity. The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including “Hooray for Captain Spalding,” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style. Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields and Marx foil Margaret Dumont. A perfect family show for all Marx Brothers fans. 2-night rental $9.99 National Gallery – Monet’s Water Lilies Click here to watch The National Gallery has just posted this exquisite video from its former Ahmonson Fellow in Art and Religion, Dr Ayla Lepine, about Monet’s Water-Lilies under the title, Why Does This Painting Make Some People Cry? A viewer of this video posted this comment, “Dr Lepine and The National Gallery have just gifted us with two extraordinary, moving pieces of pure art: that beautiful painting and that wonderful, peaceful lesson. Thank you, because in this world full of painful nothing, beauty and eloquence are so much needed.” I agree, and think you will too. Sabine Devieilhe sings Handel's Giulio Cesare Click here to watch The French soprano Sabine Devieilhe is quite a ‘find’. Wife and muse to the conductor Raphaël Pichon, she is known for her often startling interpretations of baroque and 19th Century opera but she is attracting attention recently for her Handel recordings. Here she joins with Pichon’s Pygmalion ensemble for a poignant and personal recording, made under the tense conditions of the pandemic, of “Se pietà di me non senti”, an aria from Act 11 of Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto. "We really wanted to convey the idea of human emotion that at times goes beyond our understanding, and which creates music of extraordinary drama. That kind of emotion can be found in secular music, like opera, as much as in sacred music. I wanted to demonstrate that through the music of both Bach and Handel." Jacobs Pillow Dance Streams Click here to watch Jacob’s Pillow, that invaluable centre for dance in the Berkshires, has, over the years, made films and videos of many of its presentations, some of the most avant garde and priceless dance ensembles of the past, the present and, indeed, the future. Many of these videos are just snippets, but no less valuable for that. Here, they have collected many unrelated dance excerpts from all the different genres, to give us a taste of the breadth and range of dance in the 20th and 21st centuries. This is part of the ever-growing collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today.
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