PBS to Record and Broadcast Carnegie Hall’s 120th Birthday Gala, Featuring Audra McDonald
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PBS will record the gala benefit concert celebrating Carnegie Hall’s 120th Birthday on Thursday, May 5 at 7pm, and will broadcast the event nationwide on May 31 as part of the Great Performances series. There will also be a radio broadcast in New York on Classical 105.9 FM WQXR, which will be streamed online at 8pm EST.
Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will perform songs of Duke Ellington at the benefit, which will feature the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Music Director Alan Gilbert. Participants will also include pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Gil Shaham, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
The gala will benefit Carnegie Hall’s artistic and education programs and includes a dinner-dance at The Plaza with the artists following the concert.
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