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Publisher
Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
At the Valletta International Baroque Festival, Ensemble Correspondances plays festive motets of the seventeenth century. In a historical place, the flamboyant testimony of the baroque period enjoys the unforgettable works of the early composers Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Henry du Mont.Ensemble Correspondances, conducted by Sébastien Daucé – also an organist and harpsichordist – has made seventeenth century Baroque music its specialty. It...
Publisher
Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
It's only fair that the drummer who invented Afrobeat pays tribute to the drummer who invented hard bop. For the last few years that Tony Allen has been enjoying a second youth in Paris and elsewhere, we have tended to forget that his very particular style, of touching and pounding, comes as much from his African and Nigerian sources as from the rhythmic boppers that were Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, and, in particular, Art Blakey.
Publisher
Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
For the young producer Norman Granz, the signing of Charlie Parker to the Mercury label was a real coup. The saxophonist had been thinking for some years about the opportunity to record music outside his usual quintet. The “Charlie Parker with Strings” project was an old dream of his that he realized in 1949. With an oboe, a few violins, a viola, a cello, a harp, a piano, a double bass and drums, he gave a new sound to classics of the 1930s like...
Publisher
Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
This exciting mix of essential Berlioz masterpieces will be showcased in a variety of different programmes at prestigious venues in both Europe and the US, including concert halls in New York, Amsterdam, Paris and Versailles. A world-class roster of acclaimed soloists will join the orchestra for these much-anticipated performances including French mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot (La mort de Cléopâtre, excerpts from Les Troyens).
Publisher
Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Emblematic trumpeter of the second wave of "neo-boppers" that appeared at the end of the 80s in the wake of Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove has established himself as one of the most talented and unpredictable of the lot. While performing alongside Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Diana Krall, the Texan (born in Waco in 1969) turned leader has distilled some twenty sonic manifestos, going from orthodox and inventive jazz to funk or the hottest Afrobeat....
Publisher
Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Ron Carter, surrounded by Rene Rosnes on piano, Jimmy Greene on tenor saxophone and Payton Crossley on drums, make up the Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet. This concert is a declaration of love to Miles Davis. On the program are pieces from his tribute album Dear Miles (2006) as well as works written by Davis himself: "Flamenco Skeches", "Seven Steps To Heaven".
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS is the swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians. As a parting gift, just months before his death in 2023, Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave us with one final performance: a concert film featuring just him and a piano, directed by his son, Neo Sora. Curated and sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty of his pieces played in the film wordlessly...
11) Revival69
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Little Richard, The Doors, Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, and other legendary musicians performed at the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival music festival. This behind-the-scenes look at “the second most important event in rock and roll history” culminates in John Lennon’s first public performance with The Plastic Ono Band, triggering his decision to leave the Beatles.
Publisher
Time Life
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"For the last 25 years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has honored the music's most influential figures at prestigious black-tie induction ceremonies where performers and audience alike let down their hair and rejuvenate themselves through exciting, once-in-a-lifetime performances. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live captures all the excitement, from the wise and witty speeches, to the most incredible combinations of talent ever assembled on a single...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
The story of four people, Bishop Myriel, Jean Valjean, Famine, and Marius Pontmercy, who meet, part, then meet again during the most agitated decades of nineteenth-century France. It also tells the story of the 1832 revolution and describes the unpleasant side of Paris.
Publisher
Peace Arch Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Celebrate with musical sensation and popular children's entertainer Kayla as she shares in the magical story of Chanukah--live! Learn the stories of Chanukah through music. It's a delightful musical recreation of the festival of lights that will educate the entire family.
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