Hélène Grimaud plays Fauré, Ravel, Liszt, Janáček, and more / directed by François-René Martin ; Camera Lucida, Medici.tv, Keynote Artist Management.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Martin, François-René, film director.

Grimaud, Hélène, 1969- instrumentalist.

Hennek, Mat, 1969- photographer.

Camera Lucida Productions, production company.

Medici Television (Firm), production company.

Keynote Artist Management (Firm), production company.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Piano music.

Genre:

Concert films.

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (59 min., 1 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Camera Lucida - medici.tv - Keynote Artist Management, 2017.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Hélène Grimaud transforms the genre of the recital, integrating a performance of solo piano works by Romantic and Impressionist composers with a multimedia experience. Her recital is interwoven with the recorded music of composer Nitin Sawhney, and set against the backdrop of visual artist Mat Hennek's photography. The film presented here takes the live experience to the next level by interpreting the original performance through the birds-eye view of the filmmakers, more directly connecting the viewer with the artists and their creations. In 2016, Hélène Grimaud released Water, an album inspired by one of nature's most potent forces that weds water-themed works by composers like Fauré, Ravel, Liszt, and Janáček with newly-composed musical "transitions" by Nitin Sawhney, the British Indian DJ, musician, producer, and composer. In 2017, she took the album on tour, and incorporated an additional artistic layer into the performance: the nature-themed images of her partner Mat Hennek, an art photographer whose artistic vision is dedicated to natural landscapes. Thus transforming Water into a multimedia experience, Grimaud takes her audience on a "fascinating intellectual journey...delightfully stalked by an uncontainable power far greater than we humans could ever fathom." (Thomas Swan, Classicalite) Hélène Grimaud appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.

Contents:

Wasserklavier / Luciano Berio

Water. Transition 1 / Nitin Sawhney

Rain tree sketch II / Toru Takemitsu

Water. Transition 2 / Nitin Sawhney

Barcarolle no. 5 / Gabriel Fauré

Water. Transition 3 / Nitin Sawhney

Water games / Maurice Ravel

Water. Transition 4 / Nitin Sawhney

Almeria / Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz

Water. Transition 5 / Nitin Sawhney

Water game at Villa d'Este / Franz Liszt

Water. Transition 6 / Nitin Sawhney

In the mists / Leoš Janáček

Water. Transition 7 / Nitin Sawhney

The sunken cathedral / Claude Debussy, Rudolf Leopold.

Participant:

Hélène Grimaud, piano.

Notes:

Recorded 2017 Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003. Wasserklavier.

Container of: Sawhney, Nitin, 1964- Water.

Container of: Takemitsu, Tōru. Ame no ki sobyō, no. 2.

Container of: Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Barcarolles, piano, no. 5, op. 66, F♯ minor.

Container of: Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Jeux d'eau.

Container of: Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. Iberia. Almeria.

Container of: Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Années de pèlerinage, 3e année. Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este.

Container of: Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. V mlhách.

Container of: Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Preludes, piano, book 1. Cathédrale engloutie.

OCLC:

1045797473

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.