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The making of a performance : Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony / a production of the San Francisco Symphony.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 387
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Keeping score
- Keeping score : MTT on music
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich.
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Symphonies--no. 4, op. 36--F minor.
- Symphonies--Analysis, appreciation.
- Symphonies.
- Symphony orchestras--United States.
- Symphony orchestras.
- United States.
- Musical analysis.
- Music appreciation.
- Musicians--United States--Interviews.
- Musicians.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Documentary films.
- Television programs.
- Concerts.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : San Francisco Symphony, [2004]
- Language Note:
- Documentary in English, with optional Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; one sound track with Dolby digital stereo., the other with Dolby digital 5.1 surround (live performance only); NTSC; region 1.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- The documentary is hosted by the San Francisco Symphony's music director Michael Tilson Thomas, who discusses the drama, pathos, elation, and despair embodied in Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony; the documentary features interviews with musicians as it takes the viewer behind the scenes to experience the preparation that goes into a performance of the piece. Also includes a live performance of the complete Tchaikovsky 4th by the San Francisco Symphony, with Thomas conducting.
- Contents:
- The making of a performance: Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony (56 min.)
- Live performance of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony / director, Gary Halvorson ; producer, Michael Bronson (49 min.)
- Bonus material.
- Participant:
- Host/presenter: Michael Tilson Thomas.
- San Francisco Symphony ; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
- Credits:
- The documentary produced and directed by David Kennard, Joan Saffa; edited by Blair Gershkow; director of photography, Michael Anderson; sound, Dan Gleich; executive producer, Janette Gitler. For the performance for television: director, Gary Halvorsen; producer, Michael Bronson; audio director, Jack Vad; lighting, Greg Brunton, Owen Younger; editor, Gary Bradley; video, William Steinberg, Skip Long;
- Notes:
- InCA Productions; SFS Media (documentary). SFS Media in association with KQED Public Television, San Francisco (performance).
- The symphony recorded in performance at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California.
- The documentary c2002. The symphony performance originally produced for the PBS television program Great Performances, copyrighted 2004; presented in widescreen format.
- Bonus material includes a narrated slideshow about Tchaikovsky and the 4th symphony, a short film about the San Francisco Symphony, and a biography of Michael Tilson Thomas.
- Contains:
- Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
- OCLC:
- 57197544
- Publisher Number:
- 821936000595
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