Thirteen’s September Pledge Drive runs from 10 pm on Friday, Sept. 5 through 5:00 am (late night) Sunday, Sept. 14, plus an additional day, Saturday, Sept. 20. See list of special programs here; this does not include regularly-scheduled shows that will be doing pledge versions.
Friday, Sept. 5
10:00 pm
American Masters: Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Throughout his life, Pete Seeger never stopped singing out - and speaking up. “I look upon myself as a planter of seeds,” says the legendary artist and political activist.
Saturday, Sept. 6
9:30 am
Back Care Basics: Yoga for the Rest of Us
Yoga instructor Peggy Cappy demonstrates a regimen for the back that protects the back and improves posture. These simple but powerful exercises stretch and strengthen back muscles and can alleviate back pain caused by muscular tension. And, with regular practice, they can keep back pain from returning.
10:30 am
My Music: Doo Wop Love Songs
The MY MUSIC series returns to its record-breaking roots with DOO WOP LOVE SONGS, an all-new salute to heartfelt harmonies that spotlights legendary acts from the 1950s and 1960s, many of whom haven’t performed together in decades, including: Little Anthony & the Imperials, the Tokens, The Original Drifters, Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers, and more.
7:00 pm
That’s Amore: Italian-American Favorites
Songs from Italian-American performers are featured in a show that includes new and archival performances. Included: Perry Como, Julius LaRosa, Frankie Laine, Tony Martin and Louis Prima. Danny Aiello hosts.
Sunday, Sept. 7
10:00 am
Dr. Christiane Northrup: The Wisdom of Menopause
Dr. Northrup redefines menopause as the beginning of a woman’s most sexually passionate, creatively inspired, and professionally productive phase of life.
Noon
Sunday Arts
Great Performances: The Israel Philharmonic 70th Anniversary Gala
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the orchestra’s origin, GREAT PERFORMANCES travels to Tel Aviv, Israel, to take part in a gala concert paying tribute to the social significance and musical pedigree of this esteemed organization. Under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta, the IPO Gala program features Maurice Ravel’s La Valse, Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with guest soloist and longtime friend of the IPO, Pinchas Zukerman, and Brahms’ Concerto for Piano No. 1 performed with pianist and also longtime friend, Daniel Barenboim.
6:00 pm
Sunday Arts: Leonard Bernstein: Berlin Celebration Concert, 1989
Leonard Bernstein conducted the Ninth Symphony for the original celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. “It was,” says Great Performances executive producer Jac Venza, “a crowning moment of his life.” Three days of performances, in East and West Berlin, concluded at midnight on Saturday, December 23, 1989, when West Germans were allowed to cross the border for the first time since the end of World War II. That concert remains a Bernstein and PBS milestone.
(This legendary concert had a BBC Radio documentary made about it a few years ago…you can listen to the radio documentary online here.)
10:00 pm
That’s Amore: Italian-American Favorites
Songs from Italian-American performers are featured in a show that includes new and archival performances. Included: Perry Como, Julius LaRosa, Frankie Laine, Tony Martin and Louis Prima. Danny Aiello hosts.
midnight
My Music: My Generation: The 60s
This essential 60s folk rock, R&B and pop music retrospective focuses on the years 1965 to 1969, from the soft harmony of The Association to the psychedelic sound of Iron Butterfly.
Monday, Sept. 8
8:00 pm
Billy Joel: The Stranger Live in 1978
Billy Joel’s 1978 British concert debut — a live television performance on the BBCs “Old Grey Whistle Test” a seldom-seen sixty minute cavalcade from 1978 that has aired only once on the UK’s BBC2. During the appearance, the legendary singer/songwriter played a set of now-classic hits, including “Only the Good Die Young,” “Movin’ Out,” “She’s Always a Woman” and “Just the Way You Are,” which earned 1978 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Joel and his band also performed “New York State of Mind” and “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)” off 1976’s Turnstiles as well as Piano Man stomper “Ain’t No Crime.” Filmed March 14, 1978 at the BBC Television Theatre in London, England.
9:30 pm
Andre Rieu: Live in Vienna
André Rieu leads the Johann Strauss Orchestra at Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Included are compositions from Johann Strauss, Franz Lahár and Mozart. Singers Suzan Erens, Carmen Monarcha, Carla Maffioletti and Mirusia Louwerse also perform.
Tuesday, Sept. 9
8:00 pm
The Jewish People: A Story of Survival
Spanning millennia, this history of the Jewish people explores how a small group who started as desert nomads overcame countless obstacles to survive to the present day. From slavery to the loss of their temple; from exile to anti-Semitism; from forced conversions to near-annihilation in the Holocaust, how did the Jews make it when so many other communities vanished? The answers are surprising. Martha Teichner of “CBS Sunday Morning” hosts.
9:30 pm
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
A healthy brain is key to a great quality of life. In Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, best-selling author, psychiatrist and brain-imaging specialist Daniel G. Amen, MD demonstrates how to optimize mental performance and overcome self-defeating behaviors like depression, ADD, and anxiety. In this groundbreaking special, Dr. Amen shows us in simple language how our brain works, how damage (through bumps, falls, substance abuse, diet, aging, and other factors) can reveal itself in our negative behaviors, and how to improve brain health and achieve optimum results.
Wednesday, Sept. 10
8:00 pm
American Soundtrack: Doo Wop’s Greatest Hits
Featured performances include “The Great Pretender” by the Platters, “Blue Moon” by the Marcels, “Chapel of Love” by the Dixie Cups, “Since I Don’t Have You” by the Skyliners, “Soldier Boy” by the Shirelles, and “Heart and Soul” by the Cleftones.
10:00 pm
The Who at Kilburn 1977
On December 15, 1977, after a hiatus of more than a year, The Who — Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon — assembled at the Gaumont State Theatre in Kilburn, North London, to record a concert for Jeff Stein’s documentary The Kids Are Alright. Filmed before an invited audience, it turned out to be Keith Moon’s penultimate live performance.
Thursday, Sept. 11: Pledge blackout
Friday, Sept. 12
10:00 pm
That’s Amore: Italian-American Favorites
Songs from Italian-American performers are featured in a show that includes new and archival performances. Included: Perry Como, Julius LaRosa, Frankie Laine, Tony Martin and Louis Prima. Danny Aiello hosts.
Saturday, Sept. 13
9:00 pm
Reel 13 - Casablanca
Sunday, Sept. 14
Noon
Sunday Arts
Great Performances: Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias
Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) is remembered in an episode that includes concert footage and remarks by friends and colleagues, including tenors José Carreras and Plácido Domingo.
(Ordinarily the summer pledge drive takes place in August, but this year was deferred due to convention coverage and the Olympics.)
what were the programs that were shown Sat 12-9 am? i would like to make a pledge to get the video and book on two of the programs that i was half asleep but hearing sort of.
why can’t I click on the “That’s Amore” program. And why was’t the 3 CD set of That’s Amore offered by itself; I wasn’t interested in the $90 offer w/ the additional frank sinatra cd
Pleas advise if any one donated the $1,500 to dine with Danny Aiello and his wife at Patsy’s in NYC on Monday Nov 10, 2008. I met Danny at a Yankees game and he invited me to dine with him in Spring Lake. I didn’t want to bother him. I will donate the $1,500 as long as you confirm that my wife and I will have the dinner with Danny at Patsy’s. Thank You and I look forward to your response. Lou Fusaro
I would like to donate to get the video and cd of
Great Performances: Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias
Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) is remembered in an episode that includes concert footage and remarks by friends and colleagues, including tenors José Carreras and Plácido Domingo.
How do I go about it.
Amalia:
You can find last Saturday’s program line up on our schedule archive here:
http://www.thirteen.org/watch/schedule.php?view_date=2008-09-06&time_frame=evening
For the full list of thank-you gifts from our September Campaign, visit us online here:
http://support.thirteen.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepage&s_src=AOW080901001&s_subsrc=comments
Dear Vittoria Repetto:
You can find “That’s Amore” thank-you gifts onlie here:
https://secure2.convio.net/wnet/site/Ecommerce?store_id=1141&VIEW_CATALOG=true&FOLDER=0&TYPE=My%20Music:%20That’s%20Amore:%20Italian%20American%20Favorites&NAME=&s_src=AOW080901001&s_subsrc=comments, including the 3-CD set.
Dear Rosemarie:
You can find out full list of Pavarotti thank-you gifts online at:
https://secure2.convio.net/wnet/site/Ecommerce?store_id=1141&VIEW_CATALOG=true&FOLDER=0&TYPE=Great%20Performances:%20Pavarotti:%20A%20Life%20in%20Seven%
20Arias&NAME=&s_src=AOW080901001&s_subsrc=comments
Thanks.
The Tribute to Pavarotti was supposed to be broadcast on 09/10 according to ALL TV guides I have (for my local area) as well as in PBS brochure that I get as a subscriber. But you choose to show something else. It is extremely distressing to look forward to a program, not to see it, then look at a TV guide on the web for my local area and see that it is supposed to be ON. Also, I get the PBS brochure as a donor, and I’d like to expect the information in it to be accurate. It is not. Why should I keep donating money when you are lying about what is on TV, and change programming at a moment’s notice. Also, people don’t normally stay at home on Sundays at noon. Removing a tribute to Pavarotti from primetime to the time when nobody is sitting in front of a TV is totally ridiculous.
I’d also like to add that many newspapers and web articles reported how you are going to broadcast Tribute to Pavarotti on 09/10. Some people plan their time accordingly. Changing programs like this at a moment’s notice shows total disregard for viewers - both those who wanted to see a tribute to Pavarotti about a year after his death in primetime as advertised and those who wanted to see the program you actually showed: without this program’s being present in any of the TV guides, how could anybody know to watch it?