Taming a 100-headed dragon / producers, Stephany Marks, Mark Pickering ; directed by Sue Knussen ; an IMG Artists/BBC co-production in association with Teldec Classics International and Sender Freies Berlin ... [and others].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957, conductor.

Karajan, Herbert von, conductor.

Szell, George, 1897-1970, conductor, performer.

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor.

Klemperer, Otto, 1885-1973, conductor, performer.

Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970, conductor.

Beecham, Thomas, 1879-1961, performer, conductor.

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949, conductor.

Nikisch, Arthur, 1855-1922, conductor.

Weingartner, Felix, 1863-1942, conductor.

Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951, conductor.

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962, conductor, performer.

Solti, Georg, 1912-1997, performer.

Marks, Stephany.

Pickering, Mark.

Knussen, Sue.

Gambon, Michael.

International Management Group (Saint-Gilles, Belgium)

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Teldec Classics International.

Sender Freies Berlin.

Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Series:

Art of conducting.

The Art of conducting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conductors (Music).

Conducting--Study and teaching.

Conducting.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (33 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Other Title:

Taming a hundred-headed dragon.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1994]

System Details:

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

The opening program is concerned with the development of the Middle-European tradition of conduction, from the origin of the conductor's job as a simple time-keeper to the startling concept that the conductor should seek to convey the composer's intentions.

Contents:

Includes footage of Arturo Toscanini, Herbert von Karajan, George Szell, Leonard Bernstein rehearsing Shostakovich Symphony no. 5, Sir John arbirolli rehearsing the Bruckner Seventh, Sir Thomas Beecham in conversation and conducting the ballet music from Gounod's Faust, Richard Strauss conducting "Till Eulenspiegel," Arthur Nikisch, Felix Weingartner conducting Weber's overture to Der Freischütz, Fritz Busch performing the Overture to Wagner's Tannhäuser, Bruno Walter conducting Mozart Symphony no. 40 and rehearsing Brahms' Second Symphony.

Participant:

Michael Gambon.

Credits:

Series conceived by Stephen Wright; commentary written by Stephen Pettitt; camera, Colin Case ... [et al.]; videotape editor, Alastair Mitchell.

Notes:

VHS.

Verbal commentary by Isaac Stern, John Eliot Gardiner, Jack Brymer, Sir Georg Solti, Thomas Beecham, Yehudi Menuhin, George Szell, Oliver Knussen, Suvi Raj Grubb, Bruno Walter, and Otto Klemperer.

"FFH 4599"--Cassette label.

OCLC:

29874539