BBC Proms. 2000, Peace prom. Ruslan and Lyudmila /
The World Orchestra for Peace came into being when Sir Georg Solti was invited to conduct a special concert in Geneva in July 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. Solti, a Hungarian Jew who had fled his homeland at the outbreak of World War II, accepted the UN's invitation o...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Program presented in English. |
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London, England :
BBC Worldwide,
2000.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | The World Orchestra for Peace came into being when Sir Georg Solti was invited to conduct a special concert in Geneva in July 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. Solti, a Hungarian Jew who had fled his homeland at the outbreak of World War II, accepted the UN's invitation on one condition: that he would be allowed to hand pick his musicians. It resulted in an orchestra of 79 players from 24 countries - as much a paradigm of political as musical co-operation. In this performance, the World Orchestra for Peace plays Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony, a perpetual symbol of musical resistance to war and oppression, and Debussy's La Mer. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed April 12, 2021). For orchestra. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (7 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:06:15 |