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HEIFETZ MASTER CLASS AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE, PART 4 (TV)
Summary
Fourth in an eight-part series featuring violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz leading a 1962 master class at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In this part, violinist Carol Sindell performs the first movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in A Minor. In an unusual switch, Heifetz provides the piano accompaniment. Also seen is Robert Witte performing the third movement of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's Concerto for Violin and Etudes Nos. 24 and 30 by Rodolphe Kreutzer. Brooks Smith accompanies on piano. Heifetz provides pointers on technique and interpretation, and demonstrates how the pieces should be played.
Details
- NETWORK: WNDT-TV (New York, NY) / NET National Educational Television / PBS forerunner
- DATE: February 7, 1963 10:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:00
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T89:0227
- GENRE: Music; Arts documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Violin music; Music - Analysis, appreciation
- SERIES RUN: WNET (New York, NY) - TV, 1963
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Nathan Kroll … Producer
- Alexander Hammid … Director
- Johann Sebastian Bach … Composer
- Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky … Composer
- Rodolphe Kreutzer … Composer
- Jascha Heifetz … Guest
- Brooks Smith … Instrumentalist, Pianist
- Carol Sindell … Instrumentalist, Violinist
- Robert Witte … Instrumentalist, Violinist