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Programme |
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| 5 |
The Lake
 Shanghai Resu-Media Productions Lt.
 Yong Liu
 China
 Yong Liu
 Kenneth Ngo, Patrick Nguyen
 71
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Musical drama (Opera, operetta, musical, dance, ballet, etc.)
Synopsis
This is a 71-minute-long, multi-layer-structured programme composed of 5 music-video clips intercut with other two narrative stories, one of which is moving forward, the other is proceeding backward. And the music video storyline is actually double-directional, depends on the different
interpretations of the relationship between human beings and the nature, which is also metaphorically described by the two opposite-headed narrative stories. The film sets its main scenes in the beautiful city of San Francisco, CA. Two university students, Joe and Clive, conduct and document on video a psychological experiment relating to the effects of repetition on human belief in popular mythology through interviews at a nearby lake.
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| 4 |
"The Singing Parish"
Video art studio "Scilla" producer - Karlis Rudzitis Latvia Rodrigo Rikards Aivars Lubanietis 45
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Documentary programmes dedicated to music and dance
Synopsis
The Skilbenu parish is located in the Latgale region of the northeastern corner of Latvia near the Russian border.
Today it includes 64 villages. The total population is about 1500. It has the highest birthrate of all parishes in the Balvu region.
In terms of traditional culture, this region forms a special cultural space. A variety of traditional rituals and handcraft skills have survived. Many traditional musical forms have also survived. It is the most song-filled parish in Latvia.
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| 3 |
Carmen
Clasart Classic Opera House Zurich Germany Matthias Hartmann Felix Breisach 165
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Musical drama (Opera, operetta, musical, dance, ballet, etc.)
Synopsis
With this festival performance from the Zurich Opera, the great Vesselina Kasarova makes her long-awaited debut in one of the greatest mezzo roles in the operatic repertoire: Carmen.
From the moment she appears on stage to the close of the opera just after the heroine's death, Kasarova dominates the stage. She has a partner of equal stature in Jonas Kaufmann's Don José, who, in Matthias Hartmann's production, believably undergoes a transformation from repressed mama's boy to passionate, jealousy-crazed hothead. With "the looks and nonchalance of a rock star" (New York Magazine), Kaufmann is being hailed as "arguably the greatest tenor of the past 50 years" (The Guardian).
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| 2 |
The Cleveland Orchestra plays Bruckner
Clasart Classic ORF
NHK Germany William Cosel Christopher Shick 62
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Music on the TV screen (Music and dance programmes, including live concert recordings
Synopsis
Cleveland's Severance Hall is the venue for this performance, again under the baton of Welser-Möst. This hall, an eclectic yet elegant mix of Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Classicism, Egyptian Revival and Modernism was inaugurated in 1931 and is still hailed today as one of the world's most beautiful concert halls. With the mighty build-ups and monumental fortissimi of Bruckner's Seventh, Welser-Möst and his Clevelanders have their work cut out for them. And they do not disappoint.
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| 1 |
Christmas in Vienna
Clasart Classic Breisach Medienwerkstatt
ORF
ARTE Germany Karl Scheibmaier Agnes Méth 90
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Music on the TV screen (Music and dance programmes, including live concert recordings
Synopsis
Internationally acclaimed soloists Elīna Garanča and Juan Diego Flórez are joined by their distinguished colleagues Genia Kühmeier and Paul Armin Edelmann in this exuberant holiday concert recorded live in Vienna. In addition to many traditional Christmas carols, the soloists, the Chorus Viennensis and the Wiener Sängerknaben also perform a variety of popular classics such as Mascagni’s Ave Maria as well as "The trumpet shall sound" and the "Hallelujah" from Handel's Messiah.
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