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Vivaldi Unmasked
directed by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; composed by Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741 (1725); conducted by Charles Hazlewood, 1966-; produced by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; performed by Clio Gould, Red Megaphones, in Vivaldi Unmasked (BBC Worldwide, 2002), 59 mins
A helter-skelter mix of documentary and music video, the film contextualises Vivaldi's life through The Four Seasons, the most recorded and popular classical music ever written. Yet until 50 years ago it was forgotten, and remarkably little is known about the man who wrote it.
Presented by the dynamic young condu...
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directed by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; composed by Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741 (1725); conducted by Charles Hazlewood, 1966-; produced by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; performed by Clio Gould, Red Megaphones, in Vivaldi Unmasked (BBC Worldwide, 2002), 59 mins
Description
A helter-skelter mix of documentary and music video, the film contextualises Vivaldi's life through The Four Seasons, the most recorded and popular classical music ever written. Yet until 50 years ago it was forgotten, and remarkably little is known about the man who wrote it.
Presented by the dynamic young conductor Charles Hazlewood, the story of how Antonio Vivaldi's extraordinary life and work were rediscovered is one of the most intriguing...
A helter-skelter mix of documentary and music video, the film contextualises Vivaldi's life through The Four Seasons, the most recorded and popular classical music ever written. Yet until 50 years ago it was forgotten, and remarkably little is known about the man who wrote it.
Presented by the dynamic young conductor Charles Hazlewood, the story of how Antonio Vivaldi's extraordinary life and work were rediscovered is one of the most intriguing musical detective investigations of our time.
Charles Hazlewood travels to Venice in search of Vivaldi and his Four Seasons. The composer's own life falls into Four Seasons.
Vivaldi's Spring sees him in Venice and a violin child prodigy, at 15 ordained as a priest, and at 25 he was teaching at an all-girls' orphanage.
Summer finds Vivaldi a star composer at the height of his creativity, but dangerously entering into a scandalous relationship with Anna Giro, a singer young enough to be his daughter.
In Autumn he branches out into the role of opera impresario, extravagantly spending way beyond his means, and threatened with excommunication for his disreputable relationship with Anna Giro.
By Winter he is penniless, far from home, and buried in an unmarked pauper's grave.
As well as the documentary footage, each season is rehearsed and performed by Charles with violin soloist Clio Gould (the virtuoso leader of the contemporary music group the London Sinfonietta) and The Red Megaphones - Charles' hand-picked band of musicians.
Through the rehearsal process they show how Vivaldi creates a whole series of stories in the music of The Four Seasons, and why they are the world's only "programme" concertos - concertos that tell a story.
He puts them in a contemporary context, demonstrating how much they have in common with Pink Floyd and Wyclef Jean.
Charles Hazlewood is one of this country's most exciting and charismatic conductors and musical communicators.
His recent sell-out West End hit The Mysteries is a typical example of his innovative and challenging approach to music drama.
As a television presenter this summer Charles Hazlewood hosts a fortnight of Proms on BBC FOUR.
The violinist Clio Gould has performed as a soloist all over the world. Apart from her busy career as soloist and orchestral leader, she has recently presented a television documentary on the Royalist composer William Lawes for BBC FOUR.
A woman of the 21st century, Clio has a lively and engaging television presence, for Vivaldi Unmasked she is playing a Stradivarius violin made 14 years after Vivaldi's birth.
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Date Written / Recorded
1725
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Red Megaphones, Clio Gould
Contributor
Charles Hazlewood, 1966-, Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010
Author / Creator
Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741, Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010, Red Megaphones, Clio Gould
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Person Discussed
Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741
Topic / Theme
Music history, Composers, Music criticism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, Johann Sebastian Bach: Serving God Through Music
directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Johann Sebastian Bach (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 25 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Johann Sebastian Bach.
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directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Johann Sebastian Bach (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 25 mins
Description
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Johann Sebastian Bach.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Contributor
Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture
Author / Creator
Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, National Arts Centre Orchestra
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Sound Venture
Series
Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics
Person Discussed
Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music, Concerto
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Sound Venture Productions Ottawa
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, Antonio Vivaldi: A Man for All Seasons
directed by Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995; composed by Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741; conducted by Gwen Hoebig; produced by Phyllis Laing, fl. 1994, Buffalo Gal Pictures and Sound Venture; performed by Gwen Hoebig, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Antonio Vivaldi (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Antonio Vivaldi.
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directed by Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995; composed by Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741; conducted by Gwen Hoebig; produced by Phyllis Laing, fl. 1994, Buffalo Gal Pictures and Sound Venture; performed by Gwen Hoebig, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Antonio Vivaldi (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
Description
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Antonio Vivaldi.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Gwen Hoebig
Contributor
Gwen Hoebig, Phyllis Laing, fl. 1994, Buffalo Gal Pictures, Sound Venture
Author / Creator
Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741, Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Gwen Hoebig
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Sound Venture
Series
Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics
Person Discussed
Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music, Concerto, Symphony
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Sound Venture Productions Ottawa
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, George Frideric Handel: Much More to Handel
directed by Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995; composed by George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759; produced by Phyllis Laing, fl. 1994, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: George Frideric Handel (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about George Frideric Handel.
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directed by Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995; composed by George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759; produced by Phyllis Laing, fl. 1994, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: George Frideric Handel (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
Description
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about George Frideric Handel.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Phyllis Laing, fl. 1994
Author / Creator
George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759, Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Sound Venture
Series
Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics
Person Discussed
George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Sound Venture Productions Ottawa
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, Joseph 'Papa' Haydn: The Composers' Composer
directed by Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995; composed by Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809; produced by Neil Bregman, 1954-; performed by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Joseph 'Papa' Haydn (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Joseph Haydn.
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directed by Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995; composed by Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809; produced by Neil Bregman, 1954-; performed by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Joseph 'Papa' Haydn (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
Description
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Joseph Haydn.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Neil Bregman, 1954-
Author / Creator
Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809, Brian Rougeau, fl. 1995, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Sound Venture
Series
Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics
Person Discussed
Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Sound Venture Productions Ottawa
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