About this season
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
Episodes (12)
1. From Shtetl to Swing
Aired 5 October 2005
A collective journey from synagogue choirs to Harlem hot spots, from Yiddish theater to musical extravaganza, from klezmer to ragtime, from symphonic jazz to swing. All the way from the Bowery to Tin Pan Alley to Broadway to Hollywood - FROM SHTETL TO SWING recounts the ebullient story of a musical metamorphosis born in darkest Russia.
2. Episode 2
Aired 26 February 2003
3. Episode 3
Aired 1 March 2003
4. Episode 4
Aired 11 March 2003
5. Episode 5
Aired 7 May 2003
6. Episode 6
Aired 14 June 2003
7. Episode 7
Aired 28 July 2003
8. Episode 8
Aired 1 August 2003
9. Episode 9
Aired 10 August 2003
10. Episode 10
Aired 27 August 2003
11. Episode 11
Aired 29 October 2003
15. Garrison Keillor’s Independence Day Special: A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood
Aired 2 July 2006
A concert version of the popular radio program.