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The Drive to Sing
directed by Bryce Denney, fl. 1997; produced by Kathryn Denney, fl. 1997 (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2021), 1 hour 16 mins
Experience this uplifting story of choirs during the pandemic and the importance of making music together. Through the unique lens of “car choirs,” you will feel the passion of singers and directors who HAD to find a way to do what they love.
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directed by Bryce Denney, fl. 1997; produced by Kathryn Denney, fl. 1997 (Los Angeles, CA: FilmHub, 2021), 1 hour 16 mins
Description
Experience this uplifting story of choirs during the pandemic and the importance of making music together. Through the unique lens of “car choirs,” you will feel the passion of singers and directors who HAD to find a way to do what they love.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kathryn Denney, fl. 1997, Russell J. Gannon, fl. 2013
Author / Creator
Bryce Denney, fl. 1997
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
FilmHub
Speaker / Narrator
Russell J. Gannon, fl. 2013
Topic / Theme
Singers, Pandemics, Choirs, Musical performances, Orchestration (Music), Entertaining, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2021 The Drive to Sing Documentary LLC
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Free Sounds: Iván Fischer
directed by Odette Toeset; produced by Barbara Duives, VPRO Dutch Broadcasting; interview by Melchoir Hurrdeman (Netherlands: VPRO Dutch Broadcasting, 2016), 48 mins
VPRO Free Sounds travelled to Budapest, city of birth of the director and composer Iván Fischer who, with his Budapest Festival Orchestra, is working on the registration of Gustav Mahler's intractable 7th Symphony. The 7th Symphony, which some directors would rather avoid than perform, is a challenge to Iván Fi...
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directed by Odette Toeset; produced by Barbara Duives, VPRO Dutch Broadcasting; interview by Melchoir Hurrdeman (Netherlands: VPRO Dutch Broadcasting, 2016), 48 mins
Description
VPRO Free Sounds travelled to Budapest, city of birth of the director and composer Iván Fischer who, with his Budapest Festival Orchestra, is working on the registration of Gustav Mahler's intractable 7th Symphony. The 7th Symphony, which some directors would rather avoid than perform, is a challenge to Iván Fischer: he wants the audience to experience this eclectic and comprehensive work in which many musical styles come together. He inspires...
VPRO Free Sounds travelled to Budapest, city of birth of the director and composer Iván Fischer who, with his Budapest Festival Orchestra, is working on the registration of Gustav Mahler's intractable 7th Symphony. The 7th Symphony, which some directors would rather avoid than perform, is a challenge to Iván Fischer: he wants the audience to experience this eclectic and comprehensive work in which many musical styles come together. He inspires and motivates the members of his orchestra in a lively and vivid way. Melchior Huurdeman followed Iván Fischer (1952) not just in the concert hall. Fischer also took him back to the places of his early childhood. He grew up on the Andrassy Ud, directly opposite the famous opera where Gustav Mahler had worked as artistic director since 1888. From the age of 8, Iván closely followed the opera world, while his own world was immersed in music. His father translated operas into Hungarian. In this special episode, VPRO Free Sounds will also focus on Fischer's compositions of recent years, in which the interbellum period plays an important role.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Barbara Duives, VPRO Dutch Broadcasting
Author / Creator
Odette Toeset, Melchoir Hurrdeman
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
VPRO Dutch Broadcasting
Person Discussed
Iván Fischer, 1951-, Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911
Topic / Theme
Music composition
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 VPRO
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Handel’s Messiah Part One
directed by Ricky Latiff, fl. 1981; composed by George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759 (1741); conducted by Pat Bishop, 1940-2011; produced by Christopher Laird, 1945-, Gayelle Television; performed by Lydian Singers (Port of Spain - Woodbrook: Banyan Archive, 2010), 1 hour 44 mins
This is a Caribbean take on Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah under the baton of Pat Bishop. The chorus is accompanied by a steel drum band.
(NOTE: Video ends during concert at 1:15:52)
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directed by Ricky Latiff, fl. 1981; composed by George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759 (1741); conducted by Pat Bishop, 1940-2011; produced by Christopher Laird, 1945-, Gayelle Television; performed by Lydian Singers (Port of Spain - Woodbrook: Banyan Archive, 2010), 1 hour 44 mins
Description
This is a Caribbean take on Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah under the baton of Pat Bishop. The chorus is accompanied by a steel drum band.
(NOTE: Video ends during concert at 1:15:52)
Date Written / Recorded
1741, 2009-01-12
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Lydian Singers
Contributor
Pat Bishop, 1940-2011, Christopher Laird, 1945-, Gayelle Television
Author / Creator
George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759, Ricky Latiff, fl. 1981, Lydian Singers
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Topic / Theme
Religious texts, Concerts, Trinidadians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Jessye Norman, Singer
produced by Malachite (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 1 hour 36 mins
Jessye Norman was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up at a time when America was torn with racial strife. Today, she is at the peak of her career. Jessye Norman's insights into her cultural roots and evolution as a singer make this a moving commentary on an extraordinary career. After studying music at Howard Uni...
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produced by Malachite (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1991), 1 hour 36 mins
Description
Jessye Norman was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up at a time when America was torn with racial strife. Today, she is at the peak of her career. Jessye Norman's insights into her cultural roots and evolution as a singer make this a moving commentary on an extraordinary career. After studying music at Howard University, her career progressed rapidly. She has a vast classical repertoire, but has always sought to extend her vocal capacity, attemp...
Jessye Norman was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up at a time when America was torn with racial strife. Today, she is at the peak of her career. Jessye Norman's insights into her cultural roots and evolution as a singer make this a moving commentary on an extraordinary career. After studying music at Howard University, her career progressed rapidly. She has a vast classical repertoire, but has always sought to extend her vocal capacity, attempting some of the most technically demanding music of the 20th century. One of today's most popular classical singers, she guarantees full houses wherever she performs. The full range and diversity of Jessye Norman's singing is featured here, from the London Opera Stage to recitals with the Dance Theater of Harlem. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Malachite
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Person Discussed
Jessye Norman, 1945-
Topic / Theme
Music, Singers, Opera, Soprano, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1991. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Making Messiah Movie
(Banyan Archive, 2000), 26 mins
Text introduction.
Performance at Queen’s Hall with title of MAKING THE MESSIAH – THE LYDIANS AT THIRTY.
Rehearsal space being set up and Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydian Singers at Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About the similarity between Steel Pan composers work and what is called counterpoint. And about th...
Performance at Queen’s Hall with title of MAKING THE MESSIAH – THE LYDIANS AT THIRTY.
Rehearsal space being set up and Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydian Singers at Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About the similarity between Steel Pan composers work and what is called counterpoint. And about th...
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(Banyan Archive, 2000), 26 mins
Description
Text introduction.
Performance at Queen’s Hall with title of MAKING THE MESSIAH – THE LYDIANS AT THIRTY.
Rehearsal space being set up and Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydian Singers at Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About the similarity between Steel Pan composers work and what is called counterpoint. And about the role of the steel pan in ‘classical’ orchestras.
Lydians listen to recording Handel’s Messiah singing along with Pat Bishop conduc... Text introduction.
Performance at Queen’s Hall with title of MAKING THE MESSIAH – THE LYDIANS AT THIRTY.
Rehearsal space being set up and Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydian Singers at Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About the similarity between Steel Pan composers work and what is called counterpoint. And about the role of the steel pan in ‘classical’ orchestras.
Lydians listen to recording Handel’s Messiah singing along with Pat Bishop conducting.
Pat Bishop speaking to Lydians about the production at Rehearsal.
Pat Bishop rehearsing Soloist.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About Steel Pan music.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About policy of including people in Lydian Singers and the effect on the quality of the music – Shots of rehearsal.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About attendance at rehearsals.
Christopher Laird interviews Mariel Cooper-Leach.
Christopher Laird interviews Jennifer Jones-Morales.
Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydians.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About attendance at rehearsals.
Christopher Laird interviews Mariel Cooper-Leach.
Christopher Laird interviews Patrick Bertrand.
Pat Bishop rehearsing small group.
Christopher Laird interviews Benedict Rousseau.
Pat Bishop rehearses Lydian Steel band.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About adding dance to the Messiah.
Harpsichord plays.
Rehearsal with dancer Mondira Balkaransingh.
Benedict Rousseau rehearses.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About relationship between Steel Pan and Harpsichord and the voices. Show more Show less
Performance at Queen’s Hall with title of MAKING THE MESSIAH – THE LYDIANS AT THIRTY.
Rehearsal space being set up and Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydian Singers at Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About the similarity between Steel Pan composers work and what is called counterpoint. And about the role of the steel pan in ‘classical’ orchestras.
Lydians listen to recording Handel’s Messiah singing along with Pat Bishop conduc... Text introduction.
Performance at Queen’s Hall with title of MAKING THE MESSIAH – THE LYDIANS AT THIRTY.
Rehearsal space being set up and Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydian Singers at Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About the similarity between Steel Pan composers work and what is called counterpoint. And about the role of the steel pan in ‘classical’ orchestras.
Lydians listen to recording Handel’s Messiah singing along with Pat Bishop conducting.
Pat Bishop speaking to Lydians about the production at Rehearsal.
Pat Bishop rehearsing Soloist.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About Steel Pan music.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About policy of including people in Lydian Singers and the effect on the quality of the music – Shots of rehearsal.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About attendance at rehearsals.
Christopher Laird interviews Mariel Cooper-Leach.
Christopher Laird interviews Jennifer Jones-Morales.
Pat Bishop rehearsing Lydians.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About attendance at rehearsals.
Christopher Laird interviews Mariel Cooper-Leach.
Christopher Laird interviews Patrick Bertrand.
Pat Bishop rehearsing small group.
Christopher Laird interviews Benedict Rousseau.
Pat Bishop rehearses Lydian Steel band.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About adding dance to the Messiah.
Harpsichord plays.
Rehearsal with dancer Mondira Balkaransingh.
Benedict Rousseau rehearses.
Pat Bishop speaks to Christopher Laird, About relationship between Steel Pan and Harpsichord and the voices. Show more Show less
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Topic / Theme
Rehearsals, Choirs, Pan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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Rolando Villazón - A Mexican Dream
directed by Daniel Finkernagel and Alexander Lück, fl. 2001; produced by Daniel Finkernagel and Alexander Lück, fl. 2001, ZDF Television, EuroArts and ARTE (Berlin, Berlin State: EuroArts, 2006), 59 mins
The best way to get through the streets of the metropolis of Mexico City is with one of the famous green Volkswagen Beetle Taxis. In this city of 18 million people, Tenor Rolando Villazón was born. With a look somewhere between latin lover and Mr. Bean, he has sung himself into the hearts of opera fans. Before Ro...
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directed by Daniel Finkernagel and Alexander Lück, fl. 2001; produced by Daniel Finkernagel and Alexander Lück, fl. 2001, ZDF Television, EuroArts and ARTE (Berlin, Berlin State: EuroArts, 2006), 59 mins
Description
The best way to get through the streets of the metropolis of Mexico City is with one of the famous green Volkswagen Beetle Taxis. In this city of 18 million people, Tenor Rolando Villazón was born. With a look somewhere between latin lover and Mr. Bean, he has sung himself into the hearts of opera fans. Before Rolando Villazón ever thought about the stage, he went to school like any other boy. After over twenty years, he returned to the German...
The best way to get through the streets of the metropolis of Mexico City is with one of the famous green Volkswagen Beetle Taxis. In this city of 18 million people, Tenor Rolando Villazón was born. With a look somewhere between latin lover and Mr. Bean, he has sung himself into the hearts of opera fans. Before Rolando Villazón ever thought about the stage, he went to school like any other boy. After over twenty years, he returned to the German school in Mexico City. This visit brings back a flood of memories, not only for him. His former homeroom teacher remembers very well the brash little Rolandito, who was always up to something. Somehow it’s strange, comments Rolando Villazón, as he stands between the little boys in the school yard, I was one of them and now I notice that the little boy from back then is still there. Along with the trip into the past, the film recounts special moments in the new life of the Tenor: praised performances in Liceo Barcelona, the intense rehearsals with Anna Netrebko for La Traviata in Salzburg and his wonderful suffering Don Jose in the Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden. He is very grateful to that opera house and especially Daniel Barenboim who is something like a fatherly friend to the young singer. Another fatherly friend, Plácido Domingo, takes the tenor in his arms after the curtain closes on the stage in Berlin. They have many things in common.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Daniel Finkernagel, Alexander Lück, fl. 2001, ZDF Television, EuroArts, ARTE
Author / Creator
Daniel Finkernagel, Alexander Lück, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
EuroArts
Person Discussed
Rolando Villazón, 1972-
Topic / Theme
Singers, Performing arts life, Rehearsals, Mexicans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 EuroArts Music International
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Survival Artists
directed by Claus Wischmann, 1966- and Holger Preusse; produced by Sounding Images (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2016), 52 mins
They live two lives. They work to survive, but music is their passion. At night they perform in sold out concert halls, and clean toilets the morning after. They tickle the ivories and sort out the trash in close succession. They interpret Beethoven just before repairing exhaust pipes. They are survival artists. A...
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directed by Claus Wischmann, 1966- and Holger Preusse; produced by Sounding Images (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2016), 52 mins
Description
They live two lives. They work to survive, but music is their passion. At night they perform in sold out concert halls, and clean toilets the morning after. They tickle the ivories and sort out the trash in close succession. They interpret Beethoven just before repairing exhaust pipes. They are survival artists. A musician is asked: “Can you make a living?” The reply: “Some can, others cannot.” This story is about the others: Professional...
They live two lives. They work to survive, but music is their passion. At night they perform in sold out concert halls, and clean toilets the morning after. They tickle the ivories and sort out the trash in close succession. They interpret Beethoven just before repairing exhaust pipes. They are survival artists. A musician is asked: “Can you make a living?” The reply: “Some can, others cannot.” This story is about the others: Professional musicians who practise their art with great passion and skill, but still have to work on the side. Either just to make ends meet or to maintain a certain quality of life: As a garbage collector, an auto mechanic or doctor.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sounding Images
Author / Creator
Claus Wischmann, 1966-, Holger Preusse
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Topic / Theme
Employment, Musicians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 C Major Entertainment
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