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Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes features over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle co...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: West, Peter, 1939-2005 (Director), Rattle, Simon, 1955- (Conductor), Knussen, Sue (Producer), Chadwick, Hilary (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Halle, Saxony-Anhalt : Monarda Arts, 1996.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Music > Europe > 20th century > History and criticism.
Music > Japan > 20th century > History and criticism.
Tone color (Music)
Music > Acoustics and physics.
Orchestral music.
Timbre.
Musique > Acoustique et physique.
Orchestre, Musique d'.
Music.
Europe.
Japan.
1900-1999
excerpts.
Art music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary television programs.
Excerpts.
Documentaires télévisés.
Musique savante.
Extraits.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Table of Contents:
  • Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Claude Debussy
  • Firebird suite / Igor Stravinsky
  • Daphnis et Chloé / Maurice Ravel
  • Five orchestral pieces op. 16 / Arnold Schönberg
  • Notations for orchestra / Pierre Boulez
  • Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum / Olivier Messiaen
  • Jeux / Claude Debussy
  • Dream/Window / Toru Takemitsu.