Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Vol. 2 - Rhythm [DVD]
Conductor: Simon Rattle | Composer(s): Richard Wagner, Arnold Schoenberg, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky | Performer(s): Anne Sofie von Otter, Peter Donohoe, Jeanne Loriod, Rex Lawson | Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Label: Arthaus Musik | DVD | Picture format: 1.33:1 | Sound format: PCM Stereo | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev file | Run time: 50 mins (+ 80 mins audio) | 4.48 GB
Language(s): German, English | Subtitle(s): Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish, German
Conductor: Simon Rattle | Composer(s): Richard Wagner, Arnold Schoenberg, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky | Performer(s): Anne Sofie von Otter, Peter Donohoe, Jeanne Loriod, Rex Lawson | Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Label: Arthaus Musik | DVD | Picture format: 1.33:1 | Sound format: PCM Stereo | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev file | Run time: 50 mins (+ 80 mins audio) | 4.48 GB
Language(s): German, English | Subtitle(s): Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish, German
In Volume 2 (Rhythm), we see how music in the West freed itself form the dominance of melody and explores the richness of musical pulse for its own sake. Starting with the driving power of Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps, Sir Simon Rattle takes viewers on a vibrant sensory Journey. Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the 20th century. Each of the seven programmes features over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.
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Why "Leaving Home"? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid 'home' foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music - tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political upheavals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed - not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music.
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, this DVD starts with Stravinsky's driving power of "Le Sacre du Printemps" and takes viewers on a vibrant sensory journey through the driving rhythms of music in the twentieth century. Performers include the City of Birmingham Symphony, Anne Sofie von Otter, Peter Donohoe, Jeanne Loriod, and Rex Lawson.
Works on This Recording
1.
Le sacre du printemps: Excerpt(s) by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1913; Switzerland
2.
Ionisation by Edgard Varèse
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929-1931; USA
3.
Atmospheres by György Ligeti
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1961; Vienna, Austria
4.
Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1973; USA
5.
Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna by Pierre Boulez
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1974-1975
6.
Turangalîla-Symphonie: Excerpt(s) by Olivier Messiaen
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946-1948; France
7.
Das Lied von der Erde: Excerpt(s) by Gustav Mahler
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1908-1909; Vienna, Austria
8.
Study for Player Piano no 21 by Conlon Nancarrow
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Mexico
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