All-Star Orchestra
All-Star Orchestra is an
symphony orchestras
, from across the United States. The assembled players performed over a four-day period. In 2014, the program consisted of eight episodes. The second season began broadcast in the fall of 2015. The organization's web site provides details of the second season's programs.
The first part of the program consists of Stravinsky's The Firebird, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 and Brahms's Intermezzo in A.[1][2][3][4][5]
Represented cities
Approximately fifty percent of the musicians were chosen from the
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and others. The other fifty percent were chosen from the New York area; the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Orpheus, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and New York City Opera
.
Selected prominent musicians represented orchestras based in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Hartford, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle, the Tampa Bay Area, and Washington, D.C.[1][2][3][5]
References
- ^ a b Wakin, Daniel J. (31 August 2012). "Pickup Orchestra of Stars, Made for TV". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b Tommasini, Anthony (6 September 2013). "TV Lets the All-Stars Play Together". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b Upchurch, Michael (16 July 2013). "Gerard Schwarz assembles an 'All-Star Orchestra' for TV". The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Rothwell, Jessie (11 February 2014). "Minnesota musicians join PBS's All-Star Orchestra". Classical MPR. Minnesota: Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b Morrison, Robert B. (17 September 2014). "From the Trenches: All-Star Orchestra". School Band & Orchestra. Las Vegas. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Masterpieces old and new – analysis by Gerard Schwarz at Khan Academy