Paula Zahn Hosts SundayArts from the Rose Center 1/27

Paula Zahn will host the next SundayArts primetime special from the American Museum of Natural History's Rose Center for Earth and Space Thursday, January 27 at 9 p.m., ET on THIRTEEN.

The program will also provide an introduction to the exhibition "Brain: The Inside Story" which explores how the brain-a product of millions of years of evolution-produces thoughts, senses, and feelings; how the brain is continually changing at different stages of life; and how new understanding of the workings of the brain may help scientists repair and reverse declines in brain function.

In the feature profile, Zahn interviews violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Now celebrating the 35th anniversary of her Lucerne Festival debut at the age of 13, Mutter has sustained a career of exceptional musicianship with an unwavering commitment to the future of classical music. Since that debut, followed by a solo appearance with Herbert von Karajan at the Salzburg Whitsun Concerts, Ms. Mutter has appeared in all the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America and Asia.
In addition to performing and recording the established masterpieces of the violin repertoire, Ms. Mutter is an avid champion of 20th- and 21st-century violin repertoire in both orchestral and chamber music settings. Cited by The Chicago Tribune for doing more than "any living violinist to enrich the late 20th-Century violin repertory," Ms. Mutter has had new works composed for her by Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutoslawski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir André Previn and Wolfgang Rihm.

The SundayArts "Choice" will focus on the exhibition "Quilts: Masterpieces from the American Folk Art Museum," which launches the Year of the Quilt, the museum's celebration of a glorious American art form and the creative contributions of three centuries of talented women. Highlighting textile masterpieces in the collection, the exhibitions include recent gifts, bedcovers that have rarely been on view, and important cornerstones of the museum's comprehensive quilt holdings.
From the National Museum of the American Indian, SundayArts news correspondent Christina Ha peruses the permanent exhibition "Infinity of Nations," as well as the temporary "A Song for the Horse Nation"; "Concrete Improvisations: Collages and Sculpture by Esteban Vicente" and "Art/Memory/Place: Commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire" at Grey Art Gallery; Parsons Dance at the Joyce; the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall; BAMkids Film Festival; and "The Merchant of Venice" at the Broadhurst Theater.

SundayArts provides the tri-state audience with a unique overview of New York City's unparalleled cultural offerings, encompassing not only the performing arts, but the visual arts as well. Each broadcast includes news, profiles, and magazine-style segments covering New York City's vast array of museums, artists, gallery exhibitions, and live performances, all in tandem with an extensive web site (www.thirteen.org/sundayarts).
Executive Producer is David Horn. Joan Hershey is Editorial Director. Supervising Producer is Mitch Owgang and Senior Producer is Bob Morris. Segment producers for this program are Kristen Sonntag, Maria Stoian, and Elizabeth Dwyer.

SundayArts, with co-hosts Philippe de Montebello and Paula Zahn, regularly airs Sundays at noon on Thirteen and Thirteen HD, and encores each Sunday at 3 pm on WLIW21.

SundayArts is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET, one of America's most prolific and respected public media providers.
SundayArts is made possible in part by First Republic Bank. Funding for SundayArts is also made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, the Paul & Irma Milstein Foundation, the Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, Jody and John Arnhold, and The Lemberg Foundation. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding provided by The Alice Tully Foundation, Joan K. Davidson, The J.M. Kaplan Fund, and by members of Thirteen.

Visit the SundayArts Web site at www.thirteen.org/sundayarts for additional information.