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BBC Proms. 2000, Peace prom. Symphony no. 7 / [music by Dmitri Shostakovich] ; [producer, Caroline Speed] ; [directed by David Stevens].
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Standardized Title:
- Symphonies, no. 7, op. 60, C major
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symphonies.
- Genre:
- Symphonies.
- Concert films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Leningrad
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2000.
- Language Note:
- Program presented in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The World Orchestra for Peace came into being when Sir Georg Solti was invited to conduct a special concert in Geneva in July 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. Solti, a Hungarian Jew who had fled his homeland at the outbreak of World War II, accepted the UN's invitation on one condition: that he would be allowed to hand pick his musicians. It resulted in an orchestra of 79 players from 24 countries - as much a paradigm of political as musical co-operation. In this performance, the World Orchestra for Peace plays Shostakovich's 'Leningrad' Symphony, a perpetual symbol of musical resistance to war and oppression, and Debussy's La Mer.
- Participant:
- World Orchestra for Peace ; Valery Gergiev, conductor ; introduced by James Naughtie.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 12, 2021).
- For orchestra.
- Written in 1941.
- Recorded Royal Albert Hall, London, England 2000.
- OCLC:
- 1251433307
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5119300/marc
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