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The Best Episodes of Previn and the Pittsburgh Season 3

Every episode of Previn and the Pittsburgh Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Previn and the Pittsburgh Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Previn and the Pittsburgh Season 3

Renowned composer, conductor, and pianist Andre Previn welcomes one or more musical guests for conversation and performance, either accompanied by Mr. Previn on piano or...

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    #1 - Mistress of Jazz / Jazz Great Ella Fitzgerald

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    Ella Fitzgerald discusses her career, from Chick Webb to the big bands to the song books of Gershwin and Cole Porter and beyond. and sings some old favorites with her combo.

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    #2 - Movie Music

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    Composer John Williams premieres his new "Superman Suite", Miklos Rozsa conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony in his "Ben Hur Suite", and Previn conducts film scores from Psycho, The Seahawk, and Now Voyager. Previn, Williams, and Rozsa talk about the relationship between composers and movie producers in the old - and new - days of Hollywood.

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    #3 - Itzhak Perlman

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    Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony, then talks with conductor Andre Previn.

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    #4 - Nathaniel Rosen

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    Cellist Nathaniel Rosen, the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competition since Van Cliburn, is featured soloist in Richard Strauss' "Don Quixote". Rosen also performs a movement from the Prokofiev Cello Sonata, accompanied by Previn on piano, and talks about his experience in Moscow.

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    #5 - Yehudi Menuhin

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    Violinist Yehudi Menuhin performs chamber music with Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Ann Martindale Williams and Previn.

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    #6 - Carmina Burana

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    Pittsburgh Symphony and Penn State University Choir perform the concert favorite, Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" - a lively piece set to medieval poems.

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    #7 - Benjamin Britten

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    This tribute to English composer Benjamin Britten features concert tenor Robert Tear and French hornist Barry Tuckwell soloing in "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings", and also includes the ballet suite "Prince of the Pagoda". Previn, Tear, and Tuckwell reminisce about the composer.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Mistress of Jazz / Jazz Great Ella Fitzgerald" is the best rated episode of "Previn and the Pittsburgh" season 3. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/3/1979. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Movie Music".