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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.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- 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
- videocomputer
- 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:
- 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