Joel Grey & More Featured on GREAT PERFORMANCES' Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, 8/28

Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and renowned cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, airing Thursday, August 28 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the program Sunday, September 21 at 7 p.m.)

The music of Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot showcases the confluence between the violinist's famed classical technique and Helfgot's magnificent voice, and is the result of a mutual admiration society. "It was a dream to someday sing with him," remarks Helfgot. "

And now the dream has become real." Also featuring reminiscences by Elie Wiesel, Joel Grey, and Neil Sedaka, the program is directed by Joshua Waletzky, whose earlier collaboration with Perlman, In the Fiddler's House, won a Primetime Emmy in 1995.

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