United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America.The program will be broadcast on PBS stations Thursday from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
and again from 9:30 to 11 p.m. (all times Eastern; check local listings), and on PBS.org and the PBS video app.United in Song “encourages our nation to come together and celebrate our irrepressible strength as we welcome the New Year,” says a PBS press release. “Despite the enormity of COVID-19 and the significant presence of social injustice, this special evening of wide-ranging music joins us in the ever-present pursuit of uniting as one America.”In addition to mezzo-soprano Barton, the program will feature violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet; singers Renée Fleming, Denyce.