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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
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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
Copyright © 1996 Monarda Arts
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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...
Sample
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
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 Monarda Arts
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