Himself
Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.
Music
Em 1681 um artesão italiano, reconhecido pela qualidade dos violinos que construía, faz sua obra-prima para presentear o filho que estava prestes a nascer. Sua esposa acaba morrendo no parto, e inconformado, o artesão doa o instrumento para um orfanato. Mais de 300 anos depois várias pessoas estão num leilão disputando o instrumento, e o filme percorre então a sua história, desde a doação até o leilão.
Original Music Composer
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s “grand opera buffa” The Ghosts of Versailles—an uproariously funny and deeply moving work inspired by Beaumarchais’s third Figaro play, La Mère Coupable, and commissioned by the Met to celebrate its 100th anniversary. This telecast captures its world premiere run, conducted by James Levine. Håkan Hagegård is Beaumarchais, Figaro’s creator, who is deeply in love with Marie Antoinette (Teresa Stratas in a heart-searing performance) and determined to rewrite history and save her from the guillotine. A young Renée Fleming, at the beginning of her international career, sings the unfaithful Rosina. Gino Quilico is the wily Figaro who tries to take matters in his own hands, and Marilyn Horne stops the show as the exotic entertainer Samira.
Original Music Composer
Século XVII. Tom Dobb se vê envolvido pela confusão gerada pela Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos. Ele e seu filho Ned procuram se manter alheios ao conflito, mas quando o jovem é convocado a lutar contra a Inglaterra o pai entra na guerra também.
Original Music Composer
Respeitado cientista e professor de psicologia Edward Jessup decide combinar suas experiências em tanques de privação sensorial, com poderosas drogas alucinógenas, convencido de que isto poderá ajudar a desbloquear diferentes estados de consciência. As experiências são um sucesso no início, mas quando Jessup continua seu trabalho começa a experimentar alteração do estado mental e também físico.
Himself
Composer John Corigliano narrates his 1990 piece, Symphony No. 1.
