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

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"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."

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

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