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Shiro Takatani - between nature and technology

Shiro Takatani is a Japanese artist, and he is the co-founder and visual creator of the group Dumb Type in 1984, he also became artistic director of the group from 1995 and then started an active solo career in 1998. This documentary biopic focuses…
Length
52 mins
Prog. No.
6786

Bennewitz Quartet: Janacek String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"

This recording of Janacek’s String Quartet No. 1 is set in the intimate atmosphere of Villa Tugendhat, one of the prototypes of modern architecture in Europe. The work, inspired by Leo Tolstoy‘s novella The Kreutzer Sonata, uses a principle of…
Length
46 mins
Prog. No.
6516

IBM 1401, a User’s manual in memoriam

Jóhannsson is a composer with interesting ideas about technology and music, ideas about the sorts of feelings that might be evoked through juxtaposing electronics with history-rich references like a string quartet and an ancient poem. IBM 1401 - A…
Length
49 mins
Prog. No.
6547

The BORIS GILTBURG five minutes music library at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

“For those with ears to see and those with eyes to hear” is the motto of this vast collection of recordings, including live concerts, musical clips, a Guillaume Connesson talk regarding chamber music, Boris Giltburg‘s Five Minute Library, as well as…
Length
50 mins
Prog. No.
5769

LIVE CONCERTS at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Schumann

“For those with ears to see and those with eyes to hear” is the motto of this vast collection of recordings, including live concerts, musical clips, a Guillaume Connesson talk regarding chamber music, Boris Giltburg‘s Five Minute Library, as well as…
Length
60 mins
Prog. No.
5766

Soirée de Ballets

To put it in the own words of Thierry Malandain: It is a light-hearted, bubbly ballet intended as a moment of humanity to forget for a short while our tough, worried existence, saddened by all that our heart and reason cannot accept. It is a ballet…
Length
57 mins
Prog. No.
6408

LIVE CONCERTS at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Brahms

“For those with ears to see and those with eyes to hear” is the motto of this vast collection of recordings, including live concerts, musical clips, a Guillaume Connesson talk regarding chamber music, Boris Giltburg‘s Five Minute Library, as well as…
Length
55 mins
Prog. No.
5764

Tchaikovsky: Trio in A Minor Op.50, "In memory of a great artist"

In 1989, Yehudi Menuhin was joined by pianist Viktoria Postnikova and cellist Marc Coppey in this stunning rendition of Tchaikovsky's beloved Trio in A Minor.
Length
51 mins
Prog. No.
6046

The Firebird

The Firebird is an exciting one-hour dance special based on the mystical Russian folk tale of enchantment and love, and set to Stravinsky’s fantastical ballet score. This adaption of James Kudelka’s masterpiece for the stage, combines classical…
Length
53 mins
Prog. No.
6108

Yehudi Menuhin & Viktoria Postnikova in Moscow

In this 1989 recording from Moscow, Yehudi Menuhin and Viktoria Postnikova perform a stunning rendition of sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart and Brahms. Recorded just before the fall of the Iron Curtain, this programme is an invaluable…
Length
48 mins
Prog. No.
6045