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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in NOW HEAR THIS, a new four-part documentary miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, and travel, as he chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
While it might come as a bit of a surprise, pirates apparently loved their music. In fact, some pirates kept musicians as prisoners just so they could hear them play. Consider the many benefits music brought to the pirate ships, the musical entertainment produced by pirates, as well as the ballads and melodramas created by others about the pirates' lives.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Conductor and violinist Scott Yoo is on the road again, for Season 4 of Now hear this. Join him in Buenos Aires, to learn the tango and Piazzolla's conflicted relationship with it. In Scotland and Germany, explore the connection between mental health and creative genius. In the boroughs of New York, meet a dynamic new composer pointing classical in a new direction. And in Spain, discover the breathtaking musical portraits of Albeniz.
Publisher
Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah)
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Français
Description
THE LAST LETTER is based on a chapter of Vasily Grossman's novel Life and Fate. It is 1941. A Ukrainian ghetto has fallen to the Nazis and all of its Jewish residents are slated to be murdered. In the midst of the impending horror, the town's physician, a woman named Anna Semionova, dictates one final letter to her son, who is safe outside of enemy lines. The letter, with its detailed observations of daily life in a ghetto, reveals the fear, courage,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
""I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too." Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington, MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow and bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture. Each moment in every performance he examines--whether it's the twenty-seven seconds...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Directed by renowned Canadian filmmaker, Ron Mann, it features a reunion concert with the original 5 members i.e. Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan, Bob Wiseman and Cleave Anderson! Also includes twelve historic performances; an appreciation written by Paul Quarrington; two brand new songs; and even burning Snowmen!
9) Macbeth
Series
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of the stage production which relocates the action to a nameless 20th-century underground facility, offering a parable of the quest for power in the modern world.
Publisher
Walt Disney
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band's intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of the iconic foursome, and is compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969 (by Michael Lindsay-Hogg) and more than 150 hours of unheard audio, all of which has been brilliantly restored....
Publisher
Go Faster Records
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Featuring both rare and classic archive performance footage of prime-era Guns N' Roses in concert, drawn from their 1988-1993 period, this DVD contains more than 100 minutes of the band during their 'first wave'. With all film taken from television broadcast programs, this collection fulfills a long held demand from fans for just such a release.
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"He sang the anthems of a generation: "The Weight, " "Up on Cripple Creek, " and "Life Is a Carnival." Levon Helm's story--told here through sweeping research and interviews with close friends and fellow musicians--is the rollicking story of American popular music itself. In the Arkansas Delta, a young Levon witnessed "blues, country, and gospel hit in a head-on collision, " as he put it. The result was rock 'n' roll. As a teenager, he joined the...
14) The Seagull
Publisher
Stage Russia
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Russian
Description
Anton Chekhov's first of four major plays dramatizes the romantic and artistic conflicts between its four main characters: Boris Trigorin, a well-known writer, the ingenue Nina, the fading actress Irina Arkadina, and her son the would-be playwright Konstantin Treplev. Yury Butusov's Golden Mask Award-winning production abounds in an incredible freedom and openness, delving deep into the throes of artistic creation and the anguish of the artist who...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare. For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series...
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When Hannah Montana shows signs of forgetting her roots as Miley Stewart, her father Robbie Ray puts his foot down. Miley has always strived to live a relatively normal teenage life, but when late stage entrances, exclusive shopping trips that end in brawling catfights, and ditching friends and family in favor of Hannah appearances become commonplace, Robbie Ray gives her a dose of hometown reality at her grandma's in Crowley Corners, Tenn. Unfortunately,...
Publisher
André Rieu Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
There's certainly no better motto than this title, especially after two years of no concerts. In July 2022, the "King of Waltz" and his beloved Johan Strauss Orchestra finally returned to the Vrijthof Square in Maastricht to enchant an audience of 180,000 people for a record fifteen concerts. André Rieu presents this full concert DVD that will surely make his fans around the world sing, laugh and dance in their living rooms once again.
Publisher
C Major
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Indeed, it was to La Scala in 1966 that Rudolf Nureyev entrusted the debut of 'his' Sleeping Beauty, and now, twelve years after its last performance, his masterpiece returns to the stage with the magnificent sets created by Oscar winner Franca Squarciapino at La Scala in 1993, and Felix Korobov conducting the extraordinary score by Tchaikovsky. Florence Clerc is in charge of the choreographic revival, and the result is nothing short of extraordinary....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Latino rock greats Los Lobos, the salsa-rap-reggae-funk Ozomatli and the all-female mariachi band Flor de Toloache lead this musical celebration of this much anticipated and highly celebrated fiesta by people of Mexican heritage everywhere. Taped before a live audience in the "underworld" of The Caverns subterranean amphitheater, ¡Día de los Muertos! is a high-energy offering to celebrate a wonderful, ancient tradition. Plus, in between performances,...
20) S&M2
Publisher
Blackened Recordings
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The live concert film from Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony features 20 songs (over 2.5 hours of music) from the two-night event that opened San Francisco's new Chase Center, with many Metallica fan favorites and 2 classical songs chosen by San Francisco Symphony Musical Director Michael Tilson Thomas. The DVD features the concert and behind the scenes bonus footage.
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