V076 (& RCA Victor 60851-6-RC): Classic Visions: First Look
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Available as:
- VHS (NTSC), BMG Music (1991), color, 21:24.
- VHS (NTSC), RCA Victor 60851-3-RC (1991), color, 50:44. -- Portions only, plus additional material.
- Laserdisc, RCA Victor 60851-6-RC, Swiss Television DRS (1991), color, 50:44. -- Portions only, plus additional material.
Produced by Swiss Television DRS
Executive producer: Armin Brunner
Created and directed by Adrian MarthalerFurther credits below.
Time Description 0:00 Copyright warnings 0:50 Maurice Ravel, Tzigane. Soloist plays violin in middle of bull ring while conductor circles her, waving his baton. Other members of the orchestra appear occasionally as "spectators" in the stands. 3:05 Camille Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre. Soloist appears on-stage in an empty concert hall. Other members of concert hall staff are shown preparing for the evening's event. 6:05 Darius Milhaud, Le Boeuf sur le Toit. A woman dressed in black leather and fishnet stockings sits on stage caressing her cello while an excluseively male audience watches with rapt attention. 8:00 Mozart und Salieri, und Haydn. Haydn, Cello Concerto in D Major. Sultry, young performers sit in a Baroque hall. Cellists take turns playing solo material. 11:10 Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622. Clarinetist appears to audition for a panel of three in an auditorium; other young soloists wait their turns in the wings and backstage. 14:35 Salieri, Piano Concerto in C Major. Fragments of performers and their instruments appear at the edges of the screen. Then performers appear against a white screen, alone or in pairs. 16:40 Eine verklärte Nachtmusik. Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525. Judd conducts the young performers who play from memory. Their individual, carefully made-up faces, fill the screen. See V076 for a complete description. 18:25 Schönberg, Transfigured Night, op. 4. Sextett plays in empty train station; camera pans by posters of Schoenberg's paintings displayed by the tracks. See V076 for a complete description. 21:50 Credits 22:06 End Ravel, Tzigane
Bettina Boller, violin
Matthias Bamert, conductor
Swiss Radio Symphony OrchestraCamille Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre
Harry Goldenberg, violin
Matthias Bamert, conductor
Swiss Radio Symphony OrchestraDarius Milhaud, Le Boeuf sur le Toit
Matthias Bamert, conductor
Radio Symphony Orchestra BerlinHaydn, Cello Concerto in D Major
Cellists:
Natalie Caron
Sally J. Pendlebury
Martina Schucan
Marc Coppey
Paul Marleyn
James Judd, conductor
Members of the European Community Youth OrchestraMozart, Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Sharon Kam, clarinet
James Judd, conductor
Members of the European Community Youth OrchestraSalieri, Piano Concerto in C Major
Oleg Maisenberg, piano
Armin Brunner, conductor
Chamber Orchestra, Swiss Television DRSMozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
James Judd, conductor
Members of the European Community Youth OrchestraSchönberg, Transfigured Night, op. 4
James Judd, conductor
Brodsky String Sextett
Basel Symphony Orchestra