Sinfonia.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 minutes)

Other Title:

Sinfonia

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide, [date of publication not identified]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Incorporating Mahler's Symphony No 2 with scat, monologues of Samuel Beckett and references to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Luciano Berio's Sinfonia is very much a product of its time. As a prelude to conducting Electric Phoenix and the CBSO in a mesmerizing performance (complete with a battery of electronic devices), Sir Simon Rattle joins the innovative Italian composer in a lively and frequently comic guide to the exuberant, labyrinthine score. "A piece about a symphony and about myths... literally a new kind of sounding together for eight voices and a large symphony orchestra."

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 16, 2021).