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Written by: DocFreak08 [25/12/11, 20:30] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the 20th century. Each of the seven programmes features over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change. Why "Leaving Home"? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid 'home' foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music - tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political upheavals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed - not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises. Winner of the British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Arts Programme Directors : Peter West ; Barrie Gavin ; Deborah May Executive Producer : Melvyn Bragg Producers : Hilary Chadwick ; Sue Knussen Produced by RM Arts / LWTP / Channel Four / ABC / NPS / Canal 22 Mexico / MTV Finland / RAISAT 1 Episode 1 : Dancing On A Volcano The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music's brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century. Excerpts from: WAGNER: Ouverture to Tristan und Isolde; SCHOENBERG: Verklaerte Nacht; MAHLER: Symphony No. 7; R. STRAUSS: Elektra; SCHOENBERG: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16, No. 2; BERG: Violinkonzert; WEBERN: Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10 (Nos. 3, 4, 5) Screenshots ------------------------------ http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2250/leavinghomeorchestralmui.jpg  http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1838/leavinghomeorchestralmue.jpg  http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/9568/leavinghomeorchestralmun.jpg  http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7203/leavinghomeorchestralmub.jpg  http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5048/leavinghomeorchestralmu.jpg  Technical Specs ------------------------------ Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4 Video Bitrate: 2063 kbps Video Resolution: 672x504 Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1 Frames Per Second: 29.970 Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3 Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz Audio Streams: 2 Audio Languages: english RunTime Per Part: 50:56.784 Number Of Parts: 7 Part Size: 826 MB Ripped by: DocFreak08 |
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