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In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Arthur Rubinstein's 1964 recital in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, filmed and recorded by Soviet television and preserved in its archives, in a program of work of Chopin and — in encores introduced from the stage by Rubinstein — Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, and Villa-Lobos.
At the peak of his career, Ivo Pogorelich was filmed at Racconigi Castle in Italy playing four major works by Chopin as well as sonatas by Haydn an dMozart. Director Horant H. Hohlfeld captures the pianist's virtuosity in revealing close-ups. The program includes: CHOPIN Polonaise in c op40/2; Nocturne in E♭ op55/2; Prelude in c♯ op45; Sonata in b op58 // HAYDN Sonata in A♭ H16.46 // MOZART Sonata in A K331 "alla turca".
Piano Vladimir Horowitz in a televised recital from the White House on 26 January 1978, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his US debut, at the invitation of President & Mrs Carter. On the program, Chopin's Sonata #2 in B-flat minor, Waltzes in A minor and C-sharp minor, and Polonaise in A-flat, followed by encores by Schumann, Rachmaninoff, and Horowitz's own Carmen Variations.
Dutch artist Guido van der Werve runs, bikes, and swims nearly 1,200 miles from Warsaw’s Church of the Holy Cross to Paris’s Père Lachaise cemetery.
Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.
The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
A new way to approach classical music, more fun, more original, more entertaining. Mozart Band arrives, and with it his four young members: Mozart, Betoven, Chopin and Verdi. Since the filming of a music video for a superstar to the mysterious theft of a valuable harp, Mozart and his friends live a host of incredible adventures. There comes a symphony of humor, adventure and above all, lots of music.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Royal Swedish Ballet perform two works by choreographer Ulysses Dove, "Vespers" and "Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven."
Ben seeks a weekend getaway but gets more than he bargained for when he begins to receive a series of visits from several astonishing women from the great beyond. Each encounter further rocks his world view. Will this night forever change the way he lives, loves and creates? Or will he make it to daybreak at all?
German composer Richard Wagner wrote Parsifal, which is a three-act opera that tells the story of the title character's quest to save the Knights of the Holy Grail by returning the Holy Spear, healing King Amfortas, and carrying out the sacred ceremony of uncovering the Holy Grail.
A documentary about Jim "Dandy" Mangrum and his band Black Oak Arkansas.
Eight-year-old Nina is an impulsive and emotional girl, quickly igniting ideas and dropping them halfway. Nina would probably have abandoned her new hobby - music - too, but a strange thing happened: the instrument began to behave defiantly, play by itself and provoke the hostess in every possible way. And soon Nina was completely kidnapped along with him. The villains plan to subjugate the world with the help of the piano.
The movie captures the Canadian synth-rock superstars in action at a Fall 2006 Montreal stop on their Live It Out tour. Concert tracklist: 01. Live it Out 02. Glass Ceiling 03. Wet Blanket 04. Too Little Too Late 05. Poster of a Girl 06. Patriarch on a Vespa 07. Monster Hospital 08. Handshakes 09. The Police and the Private 10. Hustle Rose 11. Combat Baby 12. Dead Disco 13. Love is a Place
Lou Reed and band (featuring guitar legend, Robert Quine) filmed in concert at Palacio de Municipal, Barcelona, Spain on December 10, 1984 during the New Sensations Tour. Originally broadcast on La Edad de Oro.
Arctic Monkeys Live at Lollapalooza Brazil 2019.
Based on the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, a choreographic film by Jean-Christophe Maillot. Gorgeous dancing – and wildly imaginative sets and costumes – bring to vivid life the ecstatic, elegant eroticism in Shakespeare‘s classic fantasy. Recorded at The Grimaldi Forum Monaco, 2009.
It is decorated on three stages with a live performance of ‘Song of a Thousand Years, Reverse’ by the National Orchestra of Korea. The first stage is composer Na Hyo-shin's 'Like That Pine Tree', based on the theme of 'pine trees' from poet Yun Seon-do's poem 'Ouga'. The second stage is the 'Heungboga's gourd riding section' with master singer Ahn Sook-seon as a collaborator. The last one is ‘A Heavenly Woman’s Song, Reverse’, which Lee O-ryeong participated in writing the lyrics and Woo Hyo-won composed.