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Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: Documentary
directed by Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; composed by Béla Bartók, 1881-1945 (1943); conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Paul Smaczny, fl. 1995-2015 and Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker), in Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music: Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (EuroArts, 2007), 28 mins
This documentary features a performance of Concerto for Orchestra, performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted by Pierre Boulez.
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directed by Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; composed by Béla Bartók, 1881-1945 (1943); conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Paul Smaczny, fl. 1995-2015 and Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker), in Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music: Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (EuroArts, 2007), 28 mins
Description
This documentary features a performance of Concerto for Orchestra, performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted by Pierre Boulez.
Date Written / Recorded
1943
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Contributor
Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Paul Smaczny, fl. 1995-2015, Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015
Author / Creator
Béla Bartók, 1881-1945, Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
EuroArts
Person Discussed
Béla Bartók, 1881-1945
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music composition, Classical Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of EuroArts Music International GmbH.
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Dmitry Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
directed by Reiner Moritz, 1938-; composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975; conducted by Valery Gergiev, 1953-; produced by RM Creative and Telmondis; performed by Daniil Trifonov, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov), St Petersburg (France: Telmondis, 2015), 56 mins
Shostakovich is arguably one of the great composers of the 20th Century. In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of his death in 1975 we take the opportunity to revisit his life and works. Never before has a filmmaker had the chance to draw on the complete symphonies of the composer, his six concertos, his opera...
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directed by Reiner Moritz, 1938-; composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975; conducted by Valery Gergiev, 1953-; produced by RM Creative and Telmondis; performed by Daniil Trifonov, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov), St Petersburg (France: Telmondis, 2015), 56 mins
Description
Shostakovich is arguably one of the great composers of the 20th Century. In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of his death in 1975 we take the opportunity to revisit his life and works. Never before has a filmmaker had the chance to draw on the complete symphonies of the composer, his six concertos, his opera Lady Macbeth and chamber music to demonstrate how Shostakovich managed to uphold creative freedom in spite of the demands of Social Rea...
Shostakovich is arguably one of the great composers of the 20th Century. In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of his death in 1975 we take the opportunity to revisit his life and works. Never before has a filmmaker had the chance to draw on the complete symphonies of the composer, his six concertos, his opera Lady Macbeth and chamber music to demonstrate how Shostakovich managed to uphold creative freedom in spite of the demands of Social Realism. We hear about major setbacks in 1936 and 1948 through rare interviews with the composer himself and his colleague Rudolf Barshai. An evaluation of key works by Valery Gergiev rounds off this picture of a genius, highly decorated and frequently misunderstood.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov), St Petersburg, Daniil Trifonov
Contributor
Valery Gergiev, 1953-, Oliver Görtz, fl. 2015, RM Creative, Telmondis
Author / Creator
Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975, Reiner Moritz, 1938-, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov), St Petersburg, Daniil Trifonov
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Telmondis
Person Discussed
Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975
Topic / Theme
Professional life, Composers, Biographies, Symphony, Opera, Concerto, Symphony orchestra, String quartet
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Telmondis
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Great Performances: Now Hear This, Season 2, Season 48, Episode 2, Haydn: The King of Strings
directed by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997; composed by Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809; presented by Geoff Nuttall and Scott Yoo; produced by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997, Arcos Film + Music LLC; performed by Geoff Nuttall, in Great Performances: Now Hear This, Season 2, Season 48, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 54 mins
Scott Yoo and Geoff Nuttall reveal how Joseph Haydn borrowed folk music from Scotland, Hungary and Austria, and created the string quartet format. With this inside look, gain a deeper appreciation for the entire genre.
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directed by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997; composed by Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809; presented by Geoff Nuttall and Scott Yoo; produced by Harry Lynch, fl. 1997, Arcos Film + Music LLC; performed by Geoff Nuttall, in Great Performances: Now Hear This, Season 2, Season 48, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 54 mins
Description
Scott Yoo and Geoff Nuttall reveal how Joseph Haydn borrowed folk music from Scotland, Hungary and Austria, and created the string quartet format. With this inside look, gain a deeper appreciation for the entire genre.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Geoff Nuttall
Contributor
Harry Lynch, fl. 1997, Arcos Film + Music LLC
Author / Creator
Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809, Harry Lynch, fl. 1997, Geoff Nuttall, Scott Yoo
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Great Performances: Now Hear This, Season 2
Person Discussed
Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809
Topic / Theme
Composers, Concerto
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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International Dictionary of Black Composers, vol. 2: Johnson-WorkPrice, Florence Beatrice
written by Rae Linda Brown, fl. 1999; edited by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr (Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999), 9 page(s)
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written by Rae Linda Brown, fl. 1999; edited by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr (Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999), 9 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Biography, Compendium
Contributor
Samuel A. Floyd, Jr
Author / Creator
Rae Linda Brown, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
Person Discussed
Florence Beatrice Price, 1887-1953
Topic / Theme
African American, Composers, Music composition, Orchestration (Music), Music theory, Expression in performance, African American Music
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Price, Florence Beatrice
written by Rae Linda Brown, fl. 1999; edited by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr; in International Dictionary of Black Composers, vol. 2: Johnson-Work (Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999), 337-345
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written by Rae Linda Brown, fl. 1999; edited by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr; in International Dictionary of Black Composers, vol. 2: Johnson-Work (Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999), 337-345
Field of Study
American Music
Contributor
Samuel A. Floyd, Jr
Author / Creator
Rae Linda Brown, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
Person Discussed
Florence Beatrice Price, 1887-1953
Topic / Theme
African American, Composers, Music composition, Orchestration (Music), Music theory, Expression in performance, African American Music
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11. Piano and Orchestral Works
written by Jay Rosenblatt; edited by Ben Arnold; in The Liszt Companion (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002), 290-317
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written by Jay Rosenblatt; edited by Ben Arnold; in The Liszt Companion (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002), 290-317
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Ben Arnold
Author / Creator
Jay Rosenblatt
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Person Discussed
Franz Liszt, 1811-1886, Johann Gottfried Conradi, 1820-1896, Lina Ramann, 1833-1912
Topic / Theme
Musicians, Composers, Music composition, Performance practice, Music theory, Orchestration (Music), Musicology
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 by Ben Arnold.
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Max Richter: Recomposing Vivaldi
directed by George Scott; composed by Max Richter, 1966- and Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741; produced by Celia Moore, fl. 2014, ISIS (Film production); performed by Arte del mondo (Musical group), in Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed By Max Richter - The Berlin Concert (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2014), 55 mins
Vivaldi's Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. As the composer Max Richter suggests, "The piece is part of the musical landscape, and a part of my daily life. I hear it in supermarkets, and it's always turning up in TV ads." He has approached his "Vivaldi Recomposed"-pr...
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directed by George Scott; composed by Max Richter, 1966- and Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741; produced by Celia Moore, fl. 2014, ISIS (Film production); performed by Arte del mondo (Musical group), in Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed By Max Richter - The Berlin Concert (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2014), 55 mins
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Vivaldi's Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. As the composer Max Richter suggests, "The piece is part of the musical landscape, and a part of my daily life. I hear it in supermarkets, and it's always turning up in TV ads." He has approached his "Vivaldi Recomposed"-project as an admirer of Vivaldi, but no less importantly, as a composer. "Anything that a composer writes is part of a conversation with...
Vivaldi's Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. As the composer Max Richter suggests, "The piece is part of the musical landscape, and a part of my daily life. I hear it in supermarkets, and it's always turning up in TV ads." He has approached his "Vivaldi Recomposed"-project as an admirer of Vivaldi, but no less importantly, as a composer. "Anything that a composer writes is part of a conversation with music that has gone before," he says. Max Richter's co-conspirator in the documentary on this project is Daniel Hope, the British violinist; and the orchestra "l'arte del mondo" with violinist Werner Ehrhardt, its artistic director.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Arte del mondo (Musical group)
Contributor
Celia Moore, fl. 2014, ISIS (Film production)
Author / Creator
Max Richter, 1966-, Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741, George Scott, Arte del mondo (Musical group)
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Person Discussed
Max Richter, 1966-, Daniel Hope, Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741
Topic / Theme
Music arrangement, Composers, Music composition, Concerto
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by C Major Entertainment
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Paths Through The Labyrinth: The Composer Krzysztof Penderecki
directed by Anna Schmidt, fl. 2013; produced by Holm Taddiken, 1973-, Bow & Axe Entertainment, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and Eikon Mitte, in Paths Through The Labyrinth - The Composer Krzysztof Penderecki (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2013), 1 hour 28 mins
On the occasion of Penderecki's 80th birthday in 2013, this film portraits the artist with a comprehensive 'work in progress' documentary: despite his growing age, Penderecki is still an unflinching and active composer and conductor. For one year, the author Anna Schmidt has been studying this world-famous artist,...
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directed by Anna Schmidt, fl. 2013; produced by Holm Taddiken, 1973-, Bow & Axe Entertainment, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and Eikon Mitte, in Paths Through The Labyrinth - The Composer Krzysztof Penderecki (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2013), 1 hour 28 mins
Description
On the occasion of Penderecki's 80th birthday in 2013, this film portraits the artist with a comprehensive 'work in progress' documentary: despite his growing age, Penderecki is still an unflinching and active composer and conductor. For one year, the author Anna Schmidt has been studying this world-famous artist, speaking also with high-carat companions: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Julian Rachlin and Janine Jansen, Mariss Jansons and Lorin Maazel; Johnn...
On the occasion of Penderecki's 80th birthday in 2013, this film portraits the artist with a comprehensive 'work in progress' documentary: despite his growing age, Penderecki is still an unflinching and active composer and conductor. For one year, the author Anna Schmidt has been studying this world-famous artist, speaking also with high-carat companions: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Julian Rachlin and Janine Jansen, Mariss Jansons and Lorin Maazel; Johnny Greenwood ("Radiohead") and Andrzej Wajda. The film follows Penderecki from Kraków to Munich, from Vienna to Leipzig, and on various occasions to his country estate in Luslawice. And throughout, the composer reflects on the meteoric beginning to his career, unexpected turning points in his life and ingenious ideas. Thoughts, dialogues, extracts from his music and film scores, encounters and the natural world all condense to create a fascinating, multi-layered portrait including also very rare archive material.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Holm Taddiken, 1973-, Bow & Axe Entertainment, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Eikon Mitte
Author / Creator
Anna Schmidt, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Person Discussed
Krzysztof Penderecki, 1933-
Topic / Theme
Biographies, Music composition, Composers, Concerto, Mass, Orchestral, Polish
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by C Major Entertainment
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5. The Violin Concerto
written by Erkki Salmenhaara; edited by Glenda Dawn Goss; in The Sibelius Companion (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996), 117-134
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written by Erkki Salmenhaara; edited by Glenda Dawn Goss; in The Sibelius Companion (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996), 117-134
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Glenda Dawn Goss
Author / Creator
Erkki Salmenhaara
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Person Discussed
Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957, Willy Burmester
Topic / Theme
Composers, Performance practice, Performance criticism, Expression in performance, Music theory, Violin
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 by Glenda Dawn Goss.
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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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