Jack Benny and Isaac Stern play the first movement of Bach’s Two-Violin Concerto at Carnegie Hall on April 3, 1961, accompanied by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The performance was telecast by CBS on September 27, 1961, as part of a TV special called Carnegie Hall Salutes Jack Benny. Benny performed this comedy routine at benefit concerts for symphony orchestras all over the world:
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