Interesting documentary on Classical Music on TV
This 85-minute film was made by Director Reiner E. Moritz to celevrate the 50th Anniversary of IMZ - The International Music + Media Centre in Vienna. The Centre is an organization founded by UNESCO and includes, as members, the BBC2, New York Philharmonic and Universal Music Enterprises, among them. As you will learn from reading the three pages of "notes" written by Moritz in the booklet enclosed in the DVD package, he could only make the film due to funding from the IMZ because rights to the "clips" were so expensive. Moritz was a television Director in the 1960s when Herbert von Karajan first decided that creative films should be made of classical music performances, so he knows the genre.
The "Three Tenors" concerts - repeatedly shown on PBS - and the annual New Years Eve Concerts from Vienna are the best-known broadcasts of classical music in modern day. But as far back as the 1940s the BBC was filming and broadcasting concerts. (they actually started in 1936 but few...
Music To See and Hear
"Music In The Air" is a sophisticated crash course on the transformative history of performance as experienced via television and video. As one would expect, the usual suspects are represented: Toscanini, Bernstein, Karajan and Gould. But there is also a great deal more: Poulenc, Britten, Celibidache, Stravinsky and Boulez, for instance. Technical and aesthetic developments are explored in some depth. The selection of source material as well as the commentary are consistently interesting. Considering the disparate origin of the footage, the visual and audio components are quite good. This is a one of a kind endeavor. Highly recommended.
music in the air
A brilliant history of music on film and television from the beginning up to the present day.
Wonderful to see clips of masters like Bernstein, Torlelier, Boulez and even Stravinsky....pity the documentary was not more detailed and even longer!
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