Yehudi Menuhin plays Mendelssohn, Brahms and Sarasate / Euroarts Music International, Concert Films Corporation ; Paul Gordon, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999, instrumentalist.

Baller, Adolph, instrumentalist.

Dorati, Antal, conductor.

Gordon, Paul, film director.

Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.

EuroArts Music International GmbH, production company.

Concert Films, Inc., production company.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Concertos (Violin).

Violin and piano music, Arranged.

Violin and piano music.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (44 min.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Euroarts Music International : Concert Films Corporation, [1947]

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

A unique documentary. Menuhin filmed for Hollywood in the Mendelssohn Concerto. This is one of the most surprising images, that of Yehudi Menuhin filmed in Charlie Chaplin's studios in Hollywood in 1947 and conducted by Antal Dorati with the Hollywood Symphonic Orchestra formed especially for the occasion. The idea of Paul Gordon, the head of the project, which was given what has become a legendary name, "Concert Magic," was to make a real concert-film to be distributed in film theatres. For this, he chooses as the soloist Yehudi Menuhin who is 32 years old and at the height of his career. Several pieces were filmed for "Concert Magic," including the Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn. These images, recorded in an afternoon, show Menuhin interpreting this piece he had played for the first time in concert at the age of 7. There had been no rehearsal, but was one needed? Only the frequent glances directed by the violinist to the conductor hint at this ... An exceptional document. The performances of Hungarian Dances No. 5 and No. 4by Brahms that follow, perfectly reveal the agility of Menuhin, accompanied on the piano by Adolph Baller and Antal Dorti himself, whereas in Habanera by Sarasate, the filmmaker has the audacity to film the violinist from behind

Contents:

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (transcription for Violin and Piano) / Johannes Brahms

Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F-sharp Minor (transcription for Violin and Piano) / Johannes Brahms

Malagueña, Op. 21 No. 1 / Pablo de Sarasate

Spanish Dances, Op. 23. No. 1 ; No. 5 / Pablo de Sarasate

Calabrese, Op. 34, No. 6 / Antonio Bazzini.

Participant:

Yehudi Menuhin, Adolph Baller, piano ; Hollywood Symphony Orchestra ; Antal Doráti, conductor.

Notes:

Recorded 1947 Charlie Chaplin Studios, Hollywood, USA.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 64, E minor

Container of: Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 5; arranged

Container of: Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 4; arranged.

Container of: Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 23. Selections.

Container of: Bazzini, Antonio, 1818-1897. Calabrese.

OCLC:

956368779

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.