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Richard Strauss : A hero's secret life: with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra

Title
Richard Strauss : A hero's secret life: with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra / BBC ; produced by Pat and Barrie Gavin ; directed by Ian Younghusband.
Publication
1995.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-
  • Barantschik, Alexander
  • Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
  • Gavin, Pat
  • Gavin, Barrie
  • Younghusband, Jan
  • London Symphony Orchestra, performer.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Found In
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Description
1 streaming video file (75 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas's lecture on the creation of the tone poem "A hero's life" by R. Strauss is accompanied by details from the composer's life that inspired the extreme emotion that he poured into this work. Thomas parses it into parts to describe different moods of the hero/composer. The lecture is intercut with passages of music and concludes with a complete performance of the poem.
Alternative Title
  • Hero's secret life : with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra
  • Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video.
Note
  • Title from the opening screen.
  • "BBC TV copyshop. Music programme. Date: 30-03-1995."-- On container.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  • Margaret Carson
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Contents
Lecture / Thomas (28 min.) -- Hero's life / Strauss (47 min.).
Call Number
*LVH 2723
OCLC
905910428
Title
Richard Strauss : A hero's secret life: with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra / BBC ; produced by Pat and Barrie Gavin ; directed by Ian Younghusband.
Production
1995.
Country of Producing Entity
England.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
Written and conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas ; Alexander Barantschik, violin ; London Symphony Orchestra.
Event
Broadcast from the Barbican Hall on BBC Television London 1995.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Source
Gift; Margaret Carson, 1992.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- conductor.
Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- commentator.
Barantschik, Alexander, performer.
Container of (work): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Heldenleben.
Gavin, Pat, director.
Gavin, Barry, director.
Younghusband, Jan, producer.
London Symphony Orchestra, performer.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Carson, Margaret, 1911-2007, donor.
Added Title
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Found In:
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials.
Research Call Number
*LVH 2723
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