어린 시절 불의의 사고로 시력을 잃은 바이올리니스트 시드니 웰스(제시카 알바). 아픈 상처 속에서도 씩씩하게 살아가던 그녀는 드디어 각막 이식 수술을 받고 힘겨운 적응 기간을 이겨내며 서서히 일상적인 삶으로 돌아온다. 하지만 행복한 시간도 잠시, 시력을 점차 회복해 가면서 다른 사람에게는 보이지 않는 기이한 것들이 보이기 시작하고, 악몽인지 현실인지 분간할 수 없는 공포에 시달리게 된다. 눈을 뜨면 보이는 죽은 자들의 영혼들. 시드니는 이식 수술 후 기증자의 성격과 습성까지 전이되는 ‘셀룰러 메모리’라는 이상반응 현상을 의심하고 주위의 만류에도 불구하고 직접 기증자를 찾아 나선다. 그리고 감당할 수 없는 커다란 비밀과 공포 앞에 다시 한번 주저앉게 되는데…….
수감자들에게 피아노를 가르치는 노년의 음악 교사. 복역 중인 소녀에게서 천재성을 발견하고 재능을 키워주기 위해 노력을 아끼지 않는다.
8곡의 클래식 음악에 각각 다른 성격의 애니메이션을 결합한 것으로, 총 10명이 연출을 맡고 25명이 스토리 작업에 투입된 작품이다. 판타지아에는 바흐의 토카타와 푸가, 베토벤의 전원 교향곡, 차이콥스키의 호두까기 인형, 스트라빈스키의 봄의 제전, 뒤카의 마법사의 제자, 폰키엘리의 시간의 춤, 무소륵스키의 민둥산의 하룻밤, 슈베르트의 아베 마리아가 환상적인 영상과 함께 실려 있다. 연주를 담당한 악단은 세계 정상급 교향악단인 필라델피아 오케스트라이고, 지휘는 영화 오케스트라의 소녀에도 출연한 적이 있는 세계적인 지휘자 레오폴드 스토코프스키가 맡았다.
미모의 디자이너 에밀리는 초행인 낭트에서 길을 헤매는 자신에게 친절을 베푼 가브리엘에게 호감을 느끼고 디너와 함께 즐거운 시간을 보낸다. 낭만적인 데이트를 마친 후 가브리엘은 다음날 파리로 돌아가야 하는 에밀리에게 ‘굿바이 키스’를 하려고 하자 “하고는 싶지만 안 하는 게 좋겠어요. 가벼운 키스도 하고 나면 그 다음은 어떻게 될 지 아무도 모르잖아요”라며 정중히 사양한다. 에밀리에게 키스를 거절할만한 특별한 사연이 있다는 걸 눈치 챈 가브리엘은 밤이 늦었으니 요점만 얘기해 달라고 조른다. 엷은 미소를 짓던 에밀리는 주디트의 키스에 관해 숨겨진 사연을 들려주기 시작하고, 시간가는 줄 모르던 에밀리와 가브리엘은 아쉬움을 가슴에 남기고 떠나야 할 시간이 다가오는데… 주디트는 서로의 연애사까지 시시콜콜 털어 놓고 지내는 오랜 친구 니콜라에게 묘한 끌림을 느낀다. 그러던 어느 날, 연인과 헤어진 니콜라는 육체적 애정결핍을 호소하며 주디트에게 도움을 요청하자 주디트는 망설임 끝에 그의 요청을 받아들인다. 가볍게 생각했던 단 한번의 키스로 달콤한 키스의 마력에 빠져 헤어나지 못했던 주디트의 사연은 에밀리가 굿바이 키스를 망설이게 하는 특별한 이유가 되는데…
The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years about the great conductors who have been performing on the most famous rostrum in Rome.
Laerte, a talented violinist who after failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school at Heliopolis. His path is full of difficulties, but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the teacher and the students open the door into a new world.
This Royal Albert Hall Concert, presented now on DVD, was also available online through live streaming. It is difficult to remember the last time any concert gave me so much pleasure and insight, and sent my soul soaring to such heights of joy. So many beloved piano pieces, so magnificently performed! Valentina has scaled the heights of technique, knocking off 'impossible' Liszt pieces like a stroll in the park. She melds with the piano with such assured ease that she can milk every piece for musical content and subtlety, reminding us of the great Hoffman, who also loved to play each piece a little differently every time, tapping deeply into the inexhaustible potential of a great composition, perpetually finding fresh ideas and magnificent new interpretations.
The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
Themed around Johan Strauss' famous waltz of the same name, Roses From The South sees Andre venturing to the amazing sub tropical paradise island of Mainau, just off the south shore of Germany. Known as the 'Flower Island' due it its unique exotic gardens, Mainau and its majestic palace grounds provide the perfect picturesque setting for Andre and his Johan Strauss Orchestra to perform a spellbinding set in front of a sea of adoring fans.
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.
Joseph Haydn is renowned for taking the established forms of the symphony and string quartet and shaping them into the powerful media for musical expression that they became thereafter. He brought symphonic traits to the piano sonata and was a master of chamber music. His masses and choral works also continue as standards in the concert repertory, and his operas are highly valued. These informative programs are a concise overview of the composer's life and times, filmed on location in the cities and places that influenced their works. Also included in a detailed list of each composer's most significant musical compositions.
With this performance of the Missa solemnis Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, once more attained the status of a living legend, due mostly to his wide-ranging expertise of music from the Baroque and Classical era. The highly acclaimed soloists are Marlis Petersen (Soprano), twice the singer of the year by the renowned Opernwelt magazine, Elisabeth Kulman (Alto), Werner Güra (Tenor), winner of the BBC Music Magazine Award for the best vocal performance, and Gerald Finley (Bass), Grammy-Awardwinner for the best opera recording. They are accompanied by the famous Netherlands Radio Choir.
The Peter Sellars production of Handel's "Theodora", recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival in May 1996. Dawn Upshaw stars as Theodora, with David Daniels as Didymus, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as Irene, Richard Croft as Septimius, and Frode Olsen as Valens. William Christie conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Mariss Jansons conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2001 edition of the Europakonzert, filmed live at the Hagia Eirene in Istanbul on 1 May 2001. The program features Haydn’s Symphony No. 24 in G Major “Surprise”, Mozart’s Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Flute and Orchestra, and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14. Emmanuel Pahud is soloist on the Mozart.
The Christoph Marthaler production of Leoš Janáček's "Věc Makropulos", recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele on 8 & 30 August 2011. Angela Denoke stars as Emilia Marty, with Raymond Very as Albert Gregor, Peter Hoare as Vitek, Jurgita Adamonyté as Krista, and Johan Reuter as Jaroslav Prus. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.
The film includes rare archival footage and tells in a very personal way of Gidon Kremer's encounters with Johan Sebastian Bach's music, accompanying the famous violin virtuoso in rehearsals, recording sessions and discussions with a few trusted confidants.
This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.
Pavarotti And Friends Together For Children Of Bosnia
