| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 22 min., 54 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Playing Time |
012254 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Performer |
Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Munch, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. |
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1st work recorded 1960 March 8. |
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2nd work recorded 1961 April 18. |
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3rd work recorded 1959 November 3. |
| Summary |
This film features some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their Music Director, Charles Munch. While the material has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques, certain visual artefacts and distortions remain in some instances due to the age of the film. Despite this, it remains of exceptional musical interest and historic value. This performance of extracts from The Creatures of Prometheus is a rare one, Munch having only conducted the ballet at the BSO in one season. He breathes life into his performances of Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5, which are executed with excitement, exuberance and panache. |
| Contents |
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43 (excerpts) -- Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60 -- Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67. |
| Subject |
Ballets -- Excerpts.
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Ballets -- Excerpts. |
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Symphonies.
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Symphonies. |
| Genre/Form |
Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Davis, David M. (David McFarland), 1926-2007, film director.
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Munch, Charles, 1891-1968, conductor.
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Container of (work): Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Geschöpfe des Prometheus. Selections.
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Container of (work): Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Symphonies, no. 4, op. 60, B♭ major.
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Container of (work): Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist, production company.
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WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.
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| Added Title |
Beethoven, Symphonies no. 4, 5 & Prometheus |
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