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John Cage
directed by Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; produced by Vivian Perlis and Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013, Lolafilms, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY and Music Project for Television (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1990), 55 mins
Cage (1912-92) emerged from the post-war American avant-garde to become one of the most controversial and influential of contemporary composers. This programme was made with him two years before he died. He introduces his philosophy that all sounds, even silence, can be used as the source for music and discusses h...
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directed by Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992; produced by Vivian Perlis and Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013, Lolafilms, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY and Music Project for Television (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1990), 55 mins
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Cage (1912-92) emerged from the post-war American avant-garde to become one of the most controversial and influential of contemporary composers. This programme was made with him two years before he died. He introduces his philosophy that all sounds, even silence, can be used as the source for music and discusses his arrival at the use of chance operations in composing. His collaboration with artist Robert Rauschenberg and choreographer Merce Cunn...
Cage (1912-92) emerged from the post-war American avant-garde to become one of the most controversial and influential of contemporary composers. This programme was made with him two years before he died. He introduces his philosophy that all sounds, even silence, can be used as the source for music and discusses his arrival at the use of chance operations in composing. His collaboration with artist Robert Rauschenberg and choreographer Merce Cunningham is explored, and other contributors include Yoko Ono and Laurie Anderson, who have both drawn inspiration from him.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Vivian Perlis, Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013, Lolafilms, WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, Music Project for Television, Patricia Denk Powers
Author / Creator
John Cage, 1912-1992, Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Speaker / Narrator
Patricia Denk Powers
Person Discussed
John Cage, 1912-1992
Topic / Theme
Avant-Garde, Electro-Acoustic
Copyright Message
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Karl Amadeus Hartmann
directed by Klaus Voswinckel; conducted by Rafael Kubelik, 1914-1996 and Heinz Fricke, 1927-2015; produced by Klaus Voswinckel, Klaus Voswinckel Production; performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1925-2012, Rainer Scholze, Bodo Brinkmann, Klaus Konig and Helen Donath, 1940-, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), Munich (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1986), 1 hour 13 mins
This profile of the German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-63) combines documentary and Performance footage. It looks at his championship of new music with the Musica Viva concerts he organised in Munich after 1945, and includes extensive excerpts from his opera Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend, as well a...
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directed by Klaus Voswinckel; conducted by Rafael Kubelik, 1914-1996 and Heinz Fricke, 1927-2015; produced by Klaus Voswinckel, Klaus Voswinckel Production; performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1925-2012, Rainer Scholze, Bodo Brinkmann, Klaus Konig and Helen Donath, 1940-, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), Munich (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1986), 1 hour 13 mins
Description
This profile of the German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-63) combines documentary and Performance footage. It looks at his championship of new music with the Musica Viva concerts he organised in Munich after 1945, and includes extensive excerpts from his opera Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend, as well as his Symphonies No. 6 and No. 8.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), Munich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1925-2012, Rainer Scholze, Bodo Brinkmann, Klaus Konig, Helen Donath, 1940-
Contributor
Rafael Kubelik, 1914-1996, Heinz Fricke, 1927-2015, Klaus Voswinckel, Klaus Voswinckel Production, Wolf Euba
Author / Creator
Klaus Voswinckel, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), Munich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1925-2012, Rainer Scholze, Bodo Brinkmann, Klaus Konig, Helen Donath, 1940-
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Speaker / Narrator
Wolf Euba
Person Discussed
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, 1905-1963
Copyright Message
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Ken Russell's Classic Widows
directed by Ken Russell, 1927-2011; conducted by Richard Hickox, 1948-; choreographed by Amir Hosseinpour; presented by Melvyn Bragg; produced by Maureen Murray, fl. 1987; interview by Ken Russell, 1927-2011; performed by Hetty Baynes and Fiona Cross, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1995), 51 mins
Classic Widows features four extraordinary women who are championing the music of their late composer-husbands: Susana Walton, globetrotting widow of William Walton; Bertha Stevens, whose husband, a contemporary of Walton's, died in relative obscurity; Xenia Frankel, who was left £50,000 in debt on the death of h...
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directed by Ken Russell, 1927-2011; conducted by Richard Hickox, 1948-; choreographed by Amir Hosseinpour; presented by Melvyn Bragg; produced by Maureen Murray, fl. 1987; interview by Ken Russell, 1927-2011; performed by Hetty Baynes and Fiona Cross, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1995), 51 mins
Description
Classic Widows features four extraordinary women who are championing the music of their late composer-husbands: Susana Walton, globetrotting widow of William Walton; Bertha Stevens, whose husband, a contemporary of Walton's, died in relative obscurity; Xenia Frankel, who was left £50,000 in debt on the death of her husband Benjamin; and Humphrey Searle's widow. The programme features specially chosen selections from all the composers' works, per...
Classic Widows features four extraordinary women who are championing the music of their late composer-husbands: Susana Walton, globetrotting widow of William Walton; Bertha Stevens, whose husband, a contemporary of Walton's, died in relative obscurity; Xenia Frankel, who was left £50,000 in debt on the death of her husband Benjamin; and Humphrey Searle's widow. The programme features specially chosen selections from all the composers' works, performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox.
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Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hetty Baynes, Fiona Cross
Contributor
Amir Hosseinpour, Richard Hickox, 1948-, Maureen Murray, fl. 1987
Author / Creator
Amir Hosseinpour, Ken Russell, 1927-2011, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hetty Baynes, Fiona Cross, Melvyn Bragg
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Person Discussed
Susana Walton, 1926-2010, Bertha Stevens, Fiona Searle, Xenia Frankel, Humphrey Searle, 1915-1982, Benjamin Frankel, 1906-1973, Sir William Walton, 1902-1983, Bernard George Stevens, 1916-1983
Topic / Theme
Music
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Colour
directed by Peter West, fl. 1994; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Peter West, fl. 1994; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Peter West, fl. 1994, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, Takemitsu Tōru, 1930-1996, Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992, Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951, Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971, Claude Debussy, 1862-1918
Topic / Theme
Orchestration (Music), Music
Copyright Message
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Dancing on a Volcano
directed by Peter West, fl. 1994; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Peter West, fl. 1994; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Peter West, fl. 1994, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, 1883-1945, Alban Berg, 1885-1935, Richard Strauss, 1864-1949, Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951, Richard Wagner, fl. 1966
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Made in America
directed by Deborah May, fl. 1993; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Deborah May, fl. 1993; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Deborah May, fl. 1993, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
John Adams, 1947-, Terry Riley, 1935-, Morton Feldman, 1926-1987, John Cage, 1912-1992, Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990, Kurt Weil, fl. 1950, Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Elliott Carter, 1908-2012, Charles E. Ives, 1874-1954, George Gershwin, 1898-1937
Topic / Theme
Blues, Jazz
Copyright Message
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Rhythm
directed by Deborah May, fl. 1993; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Deborah May, fl. 1993; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Deborah May, fl. 1993, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Conlon Nancarrow, 1912-, Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911, Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992, Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Steve Reich, 1936-, György Ligeti, 1923-2006, Edgard Varèse, 1883-1965, Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971
Topic / Theme
Orchestration (Music), Music
Copyright Message
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Threads
directed by Terry Edwards; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, RM Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 50 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Terry Edwards; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, RM Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 50 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, RM Arts
Author / Creator
Terry Edwards, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Sofia Gubaidulina, 1931-, Oliver Knussen, 1952-2018, Mark-Anthony Turnage, 1960-, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, 1934-, György Kurtág, 1926-, Hans Werner Henze, 1926-2012, Luciano Berio, 1925-2003
Topic / Theme
Music, Orchestration (Music)
Copyright Message
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Three Journeys through Dark Landscapes
directed by Barrie Gavin, 1935-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
Sample
directed by Barrie Gavin, 1935-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Barrie Gavin, 1935-, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Witold Lutosławski, 1913-1994, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jr., 1961-, Béla Bartók, 1881-1945
Topic / Theme
Russians
Copyright Message
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Richard Strauss: Skizze Eines Lebens
directed by Barbara Wunderlich, fl. 2009-2014 and Marieke Schroeder, 1970-; composed by Richard Strauss, 1864-1949; produced by Bernhard Fleischer, 1971-, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images; interview by Marieke Schroeder, 1970- (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 2014), 51 mins
Richard Strauss is one of the most famous and successful composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. He wrote over 250 works, was a gifted conductor, cosmopolitan freethinker and committed to cultural affairs. But he was also a strict family father, a patriarch who rarely tolerated contrary views – a man who plann...
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directed by Barbara Wunderlich, fl. 2009-2014 and Marieke Schroeder, 1970-; composed by Richard Strauss, 1864-1949; produced by Bernhard Fleischer, 1971-, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images; interview by Marieke Schroeder, 1970- (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 2014), 51 mins
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Richard Strauss is one of the most famous and successful composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. He wrote over 250 works, was a gifted conductor, cosmopolitan freethinker and committed to cultural affairs. But he was also a strict family father, a patriarch who rarely tolerated contrary views – a man who planned everything to the last detail, from his domestic life to his musical works, and even the time after his death. Gabriele Strauss is t...
Richard Strauss is one of the most famous and successful composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. He wrote over 250 works, was a gifted conductor, cosmopolitan freethinker and committed to cultural affairs. But he was also a strict family father, a patriarch who rarely tolerated contrary views – a man who planned everything to the last detail, from his domestic life to his musical works, and even the time after his death. Gabriele Strauss is the wife of his grandson Richard and current manager of the Strauss Archiv. Together with filmmaker and archive specialist Barbara Wunderlich, she takes us on a historical journey, uncovering many previously unpublished photos, diaries and letters from the Strauss family archive. The archive is still housed in the villa in Garmisch – built exactly to Strauss's specifications – where he composed most of his musical works. The documentary on the accompanying DVD "Richard Strauss – Skizze eines Lebens” (Richard Strauss – Sketches Of A Life) casts a closer look at the Strauss villa in Garmisch – a place where the spirit of the composer seems to linger so strongly, it's as if he were still alive. The director Marieke Schroeder conducts interviews with family members and contemporaries such as Christian and Gabriele Strauss, Inge Borkh and Brigitte Fassbaender, who provide unique insights into the life, musical works, and the ideas of the great composer. Arthaus Musik is now releasing the exclusive first edition of this fascinating book/film combination, which is an invaluable addition to the collection of new and long-time Strauss fans.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bernhard Fleischer, 1971-, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images, Peter Fricke, 1939-
Author / Creator
Richard Strauss, 1864-1949, Barbara Wunderlich, fl. 2009-2014, Marieke Schroeder, 1970-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Fricke, 1939-
Person Discussed
Inge Borkh, Brigitte Fassbaender, 1939-, Laurenz Lütteken, Jürgen May, Gabriele Strauss, Constantin Strauss, Christian Strauss, 1932-2020, Richard Strauss, 1864-1949
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Copyright © 2014 Monarda Arts
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