The final chorale [videorecording] / based on Symphonies d'instruments à vent, composed by Igor Stravinsky. Five orchestral pieces / directed by Frank Scheffer ; based on Fünf Orchesterstücke op. 16 by Arnold Schönberg.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Ideale Audience International,
Copyright Date:
cp2005
Description:
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
"Allarts presents in co-production with NOS"--The final chorale. "Allegri film and AVRO present"--Five orchestral pieces. The final chorale: Robert Craft, narrator ; Netherlands Wind Ensemble ; Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor. Five orchestral pieces: Michael Gielen, narrator ; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic ; Michael Gielen, conductor. The final chorale originally produced in 1991; Five orchestral pieces in 1994.
Summary:
A documentary featuring Stravinsky's colleague and intimate friend Robert Craft, scrutinizes the composition, instrumentation, and historic background of Stravinsky's Symphonies d'Instruments à vent. Includes archival footage of Stravinsky, along with a performance by the Netherlands Wind Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. Michael Gielen, Charles Rosen, and Carl E. Schorske, historian, analyze the complexities of Schoenberg's atonal Opus 16 and discuss various aspects of Schoenberg's life and works. Gielen rehearses and performs the work with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. Rosen also performs the final movement of Schoenberg's Three piano pieces, op. 11.
Series:
Juxtapositions
OCLC:
(OCoLC)61753307
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.