On Wednesday, Oscar nominee and SNL alum Bill Murray offered an impromptu performance under the arch of New York’s Washington Square Park, accompanied by cellist Jan Vogler, violinist Mira Wang, and pianist Vanessa Perez. The concert, in which Murray sang a selection of Broadway show tunes such as “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess (which you can watch below), was part of the promotion for the upcoming concert documentary New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization, in which director Andrew Muscato captured the final performance of the quartet’s European “New Worlds” tour at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus overlooking Athens, Greece.
So far, the group has performed more than 65 shows around the world. Vogler told KTLA-TV that the project began when “I saw [Bill] singing in The Jungle Book and I saw him reciting poetry at a poetry gala, and I thought, ‘Wow! He can sing. He can recite poetry. … We can do a show and go around the world,’ and his answer was, ‘I would love that.’” Below is the trailer for the feature film.