GREAT PERFORMANCES: THE ORCHESTRA (TV)
Summary
One in this series on the performing arts. This program consists of a montage of images set to classical music. The images display a surrealistic and dark-humored view of life as they capture everyday activities being played out in odd settings. Quick editing and overlapping of shots bring the dynamics of each music piece to life. In addition, the images tend to display various stages of life as well as evoke the emotions that accompany them. The relationship between men and women is explored throughout the program. Images include the following: a group of elderly people having dinner in a garden; soldiers lining up for battle in the middle of a museum; women running about a mansion in their undergarments; and a man and a woman floating in a church. The music brought to life in this program are the following pieces: Frederic Chopin's "Sonata No. 2"; Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio in G Minor"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Piano Concerto No. 21"; Gioacchino Rossini's "The Thieving Magpie"; Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria"; and Maurice Ravel's "Bolero."
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: April 27, 1990 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:27
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:22693
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Orchestral music
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1974-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Stuart L. Weiss … Producer
- Patrick Sobelman … Producer
- Stuart Samuels … Associate Producer
- Zbig Rybczynski … Director, Created by
- Frederic Chopin … Composer, "Piano Sonata No. 2"
- Tomaso Albinoni … Composer, "Adagio in G Minor"
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … Composer, "Piano Concerto No. 21"
- Gioacchino Rossini … Composer, "The Thieving Magpie"
- Franz Schubert … Composer, "Ave Maria"
- Maurice Ravel … Composer, "Bolero"
- Rudolf Baumgartner … Conductor, "Adagio in G Minor"
- Ferne Friesay … Conductor, "Bolero"
- Orchestre de L'Opera de Rome … Symphony Orchestra, "The Thieving Magpie"
- Festival Strings Orchestra of Lucerne … Symphony Orchestra, "Adagio in G Minor"
- Camerata Academica of Salzburgs Mozarteums … Symphony Orchestra, "Piano Concerto No. 21"
- Orchestra Rias Berlin … Symphony Orchestra, "Bolero"
- Christian Ferras … Instrumentalist, Violinist, "Ave Maria"
- Jean-Claude Ambrosini … Instrumentalist, Pianist, "Ave Maria"
- Martha Argerich … Music (Misc. Credits), Performer, "Piano Sonata No. 2"
- Pat Birch … Choreographer, For Rossini segment
- Lev Sheckhtman … Performer
- Michelle Cashwell … Performer
- Jacqueline Ramel … Performer
- Mark Beard … Performer
- Helen Catalanotti … Performer
- Herb Klinger … Performer
- Hilda Morse … Performer
- Ben Rodack … Performer
- Martha Schoeman … Performer
- Lenny Singer … Performer
- Patrick Sciarratta … Performer
- Jennifer Cook … Performer
- Wendy Drapala … Performer
- Heather Eberhardt … Performer
- Hillary Kinloch … Performer
- Andrew Breen … Performer
- Larry Edelson … Performer
- Daniel Smith … Performer
- Grant Scruggs … Performer
- Jean Christophe Bretigniere … Performer
- Rafal Ney-Jaskulski … Performer
- Meryl Newbern … Performer
- Anatol Glushko … Performer
- Drew Dix … Performer