Beethoven - Symphonie n°5 (2009)

Em uma Inglaterra do futuro, um membro de uma gangue de delinquentes tenta desligar-se, mas é espancado pelos demais e deixado ao abandono para ser apanhado pela polícia. Na prisão, ele é submetido a um tratamento experimental para recuperar criminosos, expondo-os às mazelas que eles mesmos infligiam à sociedade.

Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) é uma jovem de 23 anos que sonha em se tornar uma compositora. Como estudante do Conservatório de Música, ela é indicada para um cobiçado cargo em uma editora musical. Devido a uma série de eventos ocasionais ela é designada para trabalhar juntamente a Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris), o mais celebrado artista vivo da época. Inicialmente descrente, Beethoven faz a Anna um desafio de improvisação, no qual ela demonstra sua sensibilidade musical. Beethoven a aceita como escriba, dando início a um forte relacionamento entre os dois.

O impulsivo, irresponsável, irresistível Mr. Jones (Richard Gere) é um homem que conquista as pessoas sem esforço com seu charme contagioso e energia fascinante. Ele também é um homem que facilmente entra em depressão e desespero. A inteligente, dedicada e respeitada Dra. Libbie Bowen (Lena Olin) é a psiquiatra que, apesar de toda a experiência, está totalmente despreparada para tratar o Mr. Jones. Ele a desafia, a intriga, consegue ver o que ela sente por dentro, e logo Libbie se vê arriscando toda sua carreira por amor. Em uma história atípica do poder do amor, Mr. Jones esclarece as enormes complexidades da psicose maníaco-depressiva enquanto examina a frágil relação médico/paciente no difícil mundo da saúde mental.

A concert by contemporary instrumental musician, Yanni, recorded live at the Herodes Atticus Theatre in Athens on 25 Sep 1993.

To play Beethoven's music is to give oneself over completely to the child-spirit which lived in that grim, awkward, violent man. Without that utter submission it is impossible to play the Adagio of the Ninth. Or, Heaven knows, the first movement. And the Finale? Most of all! It is simply unplayable unless we go all the way with him, as he cries out "Brüder!" - Leonard Bernstein

In Vienna's Musikverein, Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic celebrates Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday with a joyful performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Maestro Bernstein conducts the orchestra from the keyboard in this historic concert.

In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Over 65 performances by the world's finest musicians were recorded and 100 interviews conducted in the making of this beautifully crafted film. Eleven interviews are included in the Extras and Six complete movements.

Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his absence. August has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her. But when the private eye's report suggests Daphne might have been canoodling with his secretary, Sir Alfred begins to imagine how he might take his revenge.

Mickey guest-directs a radio orchestra. The sponsor loves the rehearsal, but come the actual performance, Goofy drops all the instruments under an elevator, so they sound like toys. The sponsor hates it, but the audience loves it anyway.

Recordings of all the Beethoven symphonies with their chief conductor are always a milestone in the artistic work of the Berliner Philharmoniker. So it was with Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado, and expectations are correspondingly high for this cycle conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Where does the special status of these symphonies come from? Simon Rattle has an explanation: “One of the things Beethoven does is to give you a mirror into yourself – where you are now as a musician.” In fact, this music contains such a wealth of extreme emotions and brilliant compositional ideas that reveal the qualities of the orchestra and its conductor as if under a magnifying glass.

Leonard Bernstein performs three of his own compositions with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Philharmonic in Berlin.

Filmed over the course of four years, Grabsky and his Seventh Art team followed leading concert pianist Leif Ove Andsnes's attempt to understand and interpret one of the greatest sets of works for piano ever written: Beethoven's five piano concertos.The end result is a beautifully-crafted film with lavish cinematography, a signature of Grabsky and Seventh Art's style. Considered one of the top pianists of the age, Leif Ove Andsnes offers rare insights into the mind of a world-class pianist and access to his personal and professional life. Against the wonderful background of Leif Ove Andsnes playing these five pieces, we also peel back the many myths of Beethoven's life. Perhaps above all it is the fresh new biography of Beethoven that is most revealing.

Showcasing a musical masterpiece in a rare full-length television recording by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, under the direction of conductor Mark Laycook. An introduction to the performance, narrated by actor John Lithgow, gives a unique perspective on music history.

Watch David’s successful concert in Hanover from April 2012.

A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lecture on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony.

Graham Braithwaite is a violinist in a B.C. symphony. Unfortunately the symphony folds and much to his horror and disdain, he's forced to get a gig with a country band as the bassist. He has to leave the city and his girlfriend, Jane, to tour the B.C. interior with Frank Hay and his band.

Bugs Bunny conducts an orchestra of all his greatest operatic hits.

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in love with beautiful Soviet pianist Nadya Stepanova while they travel throughout the country on a 40-city tour. Along the way, they see happy, healthy, smiling, free Soviet citizens, blissfully living the Communist dream. This bliss is destroyed by the German invasion.