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Great Performances

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2023

Season 50 Episode 24 | 1hr 26m 40s

Great Performances presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer night concert from Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace Gardens. Focusing on musical works from French Romanticism to Impressionism, the orchestra is led for the first time by Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Aired: 08/24/23 | Expires: 02/24/24
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