The promise of music / a BFMI production for Deutsche Welle and Unitel Classica in cooperation with ZDF and 3sat ; a documentary by Enrique Sánchez Lansch.
Featuring the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela ; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor. Widescreen. Duration: documentary, 91 min.; concert, 64 min.
Contents:
Concert: Symphony no. 3 "Eroica" / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Huagango / José Pablo Moncayo -- Danza final (malambo) / Alberto Ginastera.
Summary:
This film documents Gustavo Dudamel preparing his Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in Caracas for their upcoming concert at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, 2007. Following different musicians in their day-to-day lives, the film shows how classical music is changing the individual and their environment. The climax of the film is the Bonn concert, which includes Beethoven's complete "Eroica" symphony and two pieces from the orchestra's Latin American homeland.
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