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Yo-Yo Ma, inspired by Bach. The sound of the carceri / Bullfrog Films presents ... ; Rhombus Media presents ; produced by Niv Fichman ; a film by Franc̜ois Girard ; directed and edited by Franc̜ois Girard ; original creative concept, Yo-Yo Ma ; produced by Rhombus Media in co-production with TVOntario [and 6 others].
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suites (Cello).
- Music and architecture.
- Prisons in art.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (55 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Inspired by Bach : Sound of the carceri
- Sound of the carceri
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2020]
- 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:
- Explores relationship between music and architecture by placing cellist Ma, playing Bach's Suite no. 2 for unaccompanied cello, in computer-generated three-dimensional recreation of Piranesi's prison etchings. Ma and sound producer work to create right acoustics for the imaginary space Ma performs in.
- Participant:
- Yo-Yo Ma, Steven Epstein, John Wilton-Ely.
- Credits:
- Computer graphic design, Pedro Pires ; director of photography, Alain Dostie.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Rhombus Media, ©1997; previously released in 1998.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 15, 2020).
- Contains:
- Container of: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Suites, cello, BWV 1008, D minor
- Publisher Number:
- bf-soc Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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