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A Gift To Be Simple

A Gift To Be Simple is the 52 minute documentary produced by Picture Start Films and featured in

the national public television broadcast of

Simple Gifts: The Chamber Music Society at Shaker Village

for Live From Lincoln Center on PBS

Season 41, Episode 2 | 1h 25m

Aired: 09/09/16

"The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center takes to the road, performing in one of the country’s most beautiful historic sites: Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Kentucky. Delivering a monumental performance of Copland's 'Appalachian Spring,' the ensemble draws poignant connections between life on the frontier, the art of making music, and the quest for transcendence in American life."

The DVD release produced by PBS includes the full length documentary.

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