Leaving home. Rhythm / producers, Hilary Chadwick, Sue Knussen ; director, Deborah May.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

May, Deborah, director.

Rattle, Simon, 1955- conductor, on-screen presenter.

Chadwick, Hilary, producer.

Knussen, Sue, producer.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, production company, instrumentalist.

Monarda Arts (Firm), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Europe--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Musical meter and rhythm.

Orchestral music.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Art music.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 minutes)

Other Title:

Rhythm

Leaving home : orchestral music in the 20th century

Orchestral music in the twentieth century

Revolution der Klänge

Place of Publication:

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt : Monarda Arts, 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes features over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change. Why "Leaving Home"? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid 'home' foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music - tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed - not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.

Contents:

Le sacre du printemps / Igor Stravinsky

Ionisation / Edgar Varèse

Atmosphères / György Ligeti

Music for piece of wood / Steve Reich

Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna / Pierra Boulez

Turangalîla-symphony / Olivier Messiaen

Das Lied von der Erde / Gustav Mahler

Piano roll no. 21 / Conlon Nancarrow.

Participant:

Sir Simon Rattle, speaker, conductor ; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano ; Peter Donohoe, piano ; Jeanne Martenot, ondes Martenot ; Rex Lawson, player piano ; Lydia Ariken, dancer ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed February 01, 2022).

"Orchestral music in the 20th century: a conducted tour by Simon Rattle."

OCLC:

1296408641