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To comprehend the holy and inspire the believer, the world's religions have always incorporated music as a form of prayer. This award-winning documentary takes an ecumenical look at a diverse selection of these traditions as performed at the Festival of World Sacred Music held in Fez, Morocco. Along with commentary from festival director Dr. Faouzi Skali and music anthropologist David Lynch, the program features dynamic performances from the Christian,...
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"The authors' purpose in writing this history of music has been to offer a clear, straightforward presentation of historical developments in musical style. The men who contributed ideas, principles, and compositions are of course brought into the account, but the emphasis is on the contributions and not on the men. Thus the book is 'music-centered' rather than 'composer-centered.' Another aim of this book has been to restore an equitable balance among...
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Clear, systematic presentation of the evolution of musical style from Gregorian Chant (a.d. 700) to mid-twentieth century atonal music. Excellent volume for music students, scholars, layman emphasizes the continuity of basic musical principles with detailed coverage of major period styles, composers. Over 140 musical examples.
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David McVicar, the producer of Carmen and Rigoletto, turns his innovative talents to Mozart's ever-popular last opera. Fantasy, imagination and colorfulness all reign to the full in this vibrant production. It is also Mozart's most musically kaleidoscopic opera, from the rich invocations of Sarastro to the coloratura flights of the Queen of the Night; from the lyricism of the young lovers Tamino and Pamina to the popular tunes of Papageno and Papagena....
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Re-opening its doors in December 1999, the Royal Opera House assembled the brightest stars of opera and ballet in a dazzling evening of dance and music. The program includes the overture to Weber's Oberon, written for Covent Garden in 1826; the great love duet of Siegmund and Sieglinde from Die Walküre; and the final scene of Fidelio, plus extracts from ballets The Sleeping Beauty, La Fille Mal Gardee, Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, Romeo and Juliet,...
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Much as Buena Vista Social Club revealed a rich and unexplored world of music and culture, Cool and Crazy introduces us to a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame, as members of a male choir in Berlevåg, Norway. From singing above precipitous cliffs during a raging snowstorm, to the backstage maneuverings on their Russian tour, Cool and Crazy revels in the spirit of these rugged men as they bare their souls through songs of...
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A celebration of the indefatigable vitality of its hero, Verdi's great, final Shakespearean ensemble piece opens the season with a riot of color in this spectacular production by Graham Vick with vibrant, medieval designs by Paul Brown. A superlative cast has been assembled under the baton of The Royal Opera's music director, Bernard Haitink. The acclaimed Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel sings his first Falstaff in London, and Barbara Frittoli sings the...
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Cool & Crazy on the Road is the story of 30 singers from a small fishing village in Norway and their encounter with a nation in mourning as they travel to the United States for their first US tour, only 3 weeks after the tragedy of September 11th. The film follows the choir, whose members range in age from their early 30's to late 90's, as they sightsee (and sing!) on a double-decker bus in New York City, dance in the streets at a Hollywood party,...
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Jordi Savall brings this production to life on the stage of Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu. Monteverdi's favola in musica, based on a libretto by Alessandro Striggio, is considered to be the first opera in history. In this exceptional performance, Furio Zanasi takes the lead role with Arianna Savall starring as his Euridice.
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The Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu is now regarded as one of the most exciting and charismatic of the new generation of singers and is welcomed here by the Royal Opera House in a concert performance of some of opera's greatest arias and recitatives. Repertoire includes Mozart's "Porgi Amor" (Le Nozze di Figaro), Bellini's "Casta Diva" (Norma), Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro" (Gianni Schicchi), and My Fair Lady's "I Could Have Danced All Night."
13) Rattle's Rite
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in what he describes as "a wonderfully loopy experiment." Stravinsky's Rite of Spring takes on an intriguing new perspective in a studio performance specially recorded for television, with different visual effects for each of the 12 dances.
15) The Golden Ring
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The 1965 Decca recording of Wagner's entire Ring Cycle set new standards in performance and recorded sound, and is now remastered for reissue. This massive project, for which both Solti and Decca demanded the best, took seven years to complete. BBC cameras were behind the scenes to witness the Vienna recording of Götterdämmerung.
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Traveling up and down the majestic Congo river on a rickety boat, the young orphan, Antoine 'Wendo' Kolosoy, composed his first songs on a beat up old guitar. As his talent was revealed and his reputation grew, the government banned his music, fearful that the joyful rhythms would stir unrest. Wendo's first album, released in 1948, made him the superstar of Congolese Rumba. As Congo suffered under the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, he was reduced to beggarhood....
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A nugget from the BBC archives. Recorded in 1971, Domingo was 30 years old; he had just reached his peak and was in truly magnificent voice for this program, part performance, part documentary. The film shows Domingo in some of his favorite roles, singing solo and duets with Teresa Stratas, with different studio settings for each. There is also a splendid interview with Bernard Levin (Domingo was still very keen on his football), and the famous tenor...
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The final Movement IV - Allegro con fuoco, begins with a very short but ominous introduction, probed by Maestro Maull for Dvorák's use of the elements of music. Two new melodies, one heroic and the other nostalgic, are introduced. Dvorák later recalls musical themes from all the previous movements, weaving them into a commanding synthesis of everything that has come before. We might expect another intense coda or extra ending for this final movement,...
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With a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on the play Le Roi S'amuse by Victor Hugo, the Royal Opera House brings this controversial melodrama back to the stage. The story focuses on a hunchbacked jester's attempted revenge on his master, François I, for the seduction of his daughter. This production falls in the 100th anniversary year of Giuseppe Verdi's death, in a new production by David McVicar.
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