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Great Performances  The New York Philharmonic: Live From North Korea

Dvorak, Gershwin and Wagner take stage for New York Philharmonic's North Korean concert. Details

 
 

Program: Great Performances

Episode: The New York Philharmonic: Live From North Korea

Opening with the national anthems of North Korea and the United States, The New York Philharmonic performs in the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, with coverage by Bob Woodruff of ABC, which has had rare access inside the closed society of the DPRK, where contact with the outside world is completely forbidden to citizens. The New York Philharmonic visit marks the first by American artists there.

Duration: (1:54:32)
Premiere Date: 02/28/2008
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-PG


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