9:00pm - 3:00am
Works Performed
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Music - George Frideric Handel
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Twenty-six years after its premiere, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato makes its Great Performances debut. Set to Handel’s baroque classic, Morris’ thrilling masterwork showcases a colorful array of dancers moving in ecstatic joy. The spellbinding concert-length dance features the Mark Morris Dance Group accompanied live by the Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Jane Glover and features soloists Sarah-Jane Brandon, Elizabeth Watts, James Gilchrist and Andrew Foster-Williams.
A production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET, Teatro Real, Bel Air Media and the Mark Morris Dance Group in association with TVE, Mark Morris Dance Group: L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is directed for television by Vincent Bataillon and produced by François Duplat, John Walker, and Joan Hershey. For Great Performances, Bill O’Donnell is series producer and David Horn is executive producer.
LISTINGS:
| City | Station | Airtime | City | Station | Airtime | |
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| New York | THIRTEEN |
Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET Sun. 3/29 12:30pm ET |
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| Nashville | WNPT | Fri. 3/27, 8pm UTC | ||||
| Baltimore | MPT | Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET | Orlando | WUCF | Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET | |
| Boston |
WGBH2 WGBX44 |
Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET Sat. 3/28, 7pm ET |
Philadelphia | WHYY | Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET | |
| Charlotte | WUNG | Fri. 3/27, 9:30pm ET | Phoenix | KAET | Fri. 3/27, 8pm MST | |
| Chicago | WTTW | Fri. 3/27, 9pm CT | Portland, Oregon | KOPB | Sun. 3/29, 12pm PT | |
| Cleveland | WVIZ | Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET | Raleigh-Durham | WUNC | Fri. 3/27, 9:30pm ET | |
| Denver | KRMA | Fri. 3/27, 9pm UTC | Sacramento | KVIE | Sun. 3/29, 12pm PT | |
| Detroit | WTVS | Sun. 3/29, 3pm ET | San Francisco / Bay Area | KQED | Mon. 3/30, 8pm PT (LIFE) | |
| Houston | KUHT | Fri. 3/29, 9pm UTC | Seattle | KCTS |
Sat. 3/28, 11pm PT Sun. 3/29, 12pm PT |
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| Indianapolis | WFYI | Fri. 3/27, 9pm CT | St. Louis | KETC | Sun. 3/29, 1:30pm CT | |
| Los Angeles | PBS SoCal | Fri. 3/27, 9pm PT | Tampa | WEDU | Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET | |
| Miami | WPBT | Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET | Washington, D.C. | WETA | Fri. 3/27, 9pm ET |
For more times and airdates, check your local listings.