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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
Contributor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-2026, conductor, narrator, author, conceptor.
Kennard, David, director, production personnel.
Saffa, Joan, director, production personnel.
Halvorson, Gary A., director.
Bronson, Michael, production personnel.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, performer, producer.
SFS Media (Firm), producer, distributor.
Independent Communications Associates, producer.
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), producer.
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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