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The final chorale /

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...

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Corporate Authors: Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting), Allegri Film, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, Allarts (Firm), AVRO (Firm)
Other Authors: Gielen, Michael, 1927-2019, Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012, Schorske, Carl E., Craft, Robert, Leeuw, Reinbert de, 1938-, Scheffer, Frank, 1956- (Director), Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [France] : Ideale Audience International, [c[2005]
Series:Juxtapositions ; 3.
Subjects:
Stravinsky, Igor, > 1882-1971. > Symphonies d'instruments à vent.
Schoenberg, Arnold, > 1874-1951. > Stücke, > orchestra, > op. 16.
Wind ensembles.
Orchestral music.
Music videos.
Documentary films.
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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.
Item Description:"Allarts presents in co-production with NOS"--The final chorale.
"Allegri film and AVRO present"--Five orchestral pieces.
The final chorale originally produced in 1991; Five orchestral pieces in 1994.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; all zones; Dolby Digital.