The New Year's Concert from in Vienna delights countless spectators every year. The list of star conductors who have conducted this traditional concert reads like a who's who of the international music scene and it is an honor for even the biggest star to be invited by the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2002, this was the renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa, who became music director of the Vienna State Opera that year.
The New Year's Concert from in Vienna delights countless spectators every year. The list of star conductors who have conducted this traditional concert reads like a who's who of the international music scene and it is an honor for even the biggest star to be invited by the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2002, this was the renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa, who became music director of the Vienna State Opera that year.
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After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
Returning to Australia for Vivid LIVE in 2023, master singer-songwriter José González celebrated the 20th anniversary of the album that launched him, 2003’s indie folk classic, Veneer. A sublime take on the singer-songwriter sound, Veneer is more than just a classic of introspective folk pop – it’s become part of the fabric of modern life. To celebrate the anniversary of his breakthrough record, the virtuoso guitarist returned to the Sydney Opera House for three Australian exclusive solo shows, performing the songs from Veneer – and more than a few other classics.
Arriving Somewhere... is the first live performance DVD by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. A full show from the Deadwing tour filmed by "Studio M" with nine HD cameras at Park West, Chicago on 11 & 12 October 2005, edited by Lasse Hoile, with the soundtrack mixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound by Steven Wilson, and mastered by Darcy Proper.
"Who plays me, hears my voices”, shows a recent moment in the life of Gaston Lafourcade, a classical pianist and harpsichordist who, at the age of 83, enters a recording studio for the first time in his life to record a solo album and to join his daughter, Natalia Lafourcade, who during a recess period in her career, decides to embark on this adventure as a love letter to her father and as a way to enjoy what brings them together, beyond blood ties: their deep love for music.
Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They want to make classical music accessible to everyone and create their own orchestra.
A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to derail his musical aspirations.
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.
John Eliot Gardiner goes in search of Bach the man and the musician. The famous portrait of Bach portrays a grumpy 62-year-old man in a wig and formal coat, yet his greatest works were composed 20 years earlier in an almost unrivalled blaze of creativity. We reveal a complex and passionate artist; a warm and convivial family man at the same time a rebellious spirit struggling with the hierarchies of state and church who wrote timeless music that is today known world-wide. Gardiner undertakes a 'Bach Tour' of Germany, and sifts the relatively few clues we have - some newly-found. Most of all, he uses the music to reveal the real Bach.
01. The Godfather Waltz (N. Rota) 02. Romance Anonyme (Anonyme) 03. Lagune Waltz (J. Strauss) 04. O Mio Babbino Caro (G. Puccini) 05. The Rose (A. McBroom) 06. Italiana (O. Respighi) 07. You Are The Emperor Of My Heart (R. Stolz) 08. Sous Le Ciel De Paris (H. Giraud) 09. Roses From The South (J. Strauss) 10. My Heart Will Go On (J. Horner) 11. Intermezzo Sinfonico (M. Mascagni) 12. Moonlight (Kojo No Tsuki) (R. Taki) 13. The Last Rose (F. von Flotow) 14. Limburg Anthem (H. Thijssen / G. Krekelberg) 15. Concierto De Aranjuez (J. Rodrigo) 16. Swinging Bells Of Limburg (J. Hoes) 17. Nightingale Serenade (E. Toselli) 18. Auld Lang Syne (Traditional) 19. Ode To Maastricht (Y. Duteil) 20. Lullaby (J. Brahms)
The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws the parallel between the great music of the composers, the historic and social upheavals of their times, as well as the "smaller stories" of the successive generations of Ricordi.
Kendrick Lamar, DJ Mustard and various other artists perform in a concert at the LA Forum celebrating Juneteenth and West Coast hip hop.
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
The live version of Jeff Wayne's 1978 bestselling album was brought to the stage in 2006 as part of a sell-out tour of the UK. Filmed at London's Wembley Arena, and using a blend of theatre, music and visual imagery, the production incorporates performers from the original recording, including Justin Hayward, Chris Thompson and Wayne himself. There's also audio and visual elements featuring Richard Burton, as well as the ten-piece Black Smoke Band and the 48-piece Ulladubulla Strings.
The wait is over! After two long years, Maestro André Rieu is performing again in his hometown of Maastricht! We are proud to present André's brand new summer concert - Happy Days are Here Again!
The historic Toscanini television concerts with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This concert, broadcast in two parts, on 26 March and 2 April 1949, from NBC Studio 8H, features the opera "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi. (Both broadcasts were released as "Vol. 3" in the DVD series.)
The making of Elvis Presley's famous live TV concert and the chaotic behind the scenes. It was the most-watched television event of the year with nearly half of the audience tuned in to watch Presley perform in his iconic black leather suit.
As part of the 2019 Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival, filmmaker Christophe Honoré delivers an innovative staging of Giacomo Puccini's famous drama. His cleverly staged "opera within the opera" is a melancholy homage to the fascinating figure of the diva, who thrives on art and love and upsets the laws of time and death.