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Eternal earth / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; producer, Larry Weinstein ; directed by Larry Weinstein ; produced for the National Film Board of Canada by Rhombus Media, Inc.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Louie, Alexina, 1949-.
- Louie, Alexina.
- Louie, Alexina, 1949- Eternal Earth.
- Women composers--Canada.
- Women composers.
- Music by women composers--Canada.
- Music by women composers.
- Composition (Music).
- Symphonies.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Filmed performances.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (29 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2021]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This film introduces viewers to the intricacies of contemporary classical music by following Chinese-Canadian composer Alexina Louie as she writes a symphony, The Eternal Earth, commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's musical director, Andrew Davis. Proclaimed Composer of the Year in 1986, Louie is known for her eclectic approach and her unique mixing of Oriental sonorities and the latest in Western technology. The film includes scenes from rehearsals as well as the world première performance of the piece at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall in May, 1986. It illustrates the process whereby musical notation is transformed into the rich, harmonious textures and sounds that audiences hear.
- Participant:
- Alexina Louie, Toronto Symphony.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, John Walker. C.S.C ; edited by Margaret Van Eerdewijk.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, ©1987.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 18, 2021).
- Contains:
- Container of: Louie, Alexina, 1949- Eternal Earth.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-ee Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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