Lahav Shani conducts Daniel Shalit, Shostakovich and Berlioz - with Leonidas Kavakos: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

For the 150th anniversary of Hector Berlioz's death, conductor Lahav Shani leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in the Symphonie fantastique and Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1, joined by the brilliant Leonidas Kavakos as violin soloist. Described by the composer as an "instru...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shalit, Daniel 1940-, Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich 1906-1975, Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750, Berlioz, Hector 1803-1869
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & medici.tv 2019
Subjects:
Online Access:BSB01
Volltext
Summary:For the 150th anniversary of Hector Berlioz's death, conductor Lahav Shani leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in the Symphonie fantastique and Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1, joined by the brilliant Leonidas Kavakos as violin soloist. Described by the composer as an "instrumental drama" and subtitled "Episode in the Life of an Artist", this major work is heavily inspired by the life of the composer. Hector Berlioz fell madly in love with the Irish actress Harriet Smithson and wrote the symphony in an attempt to prove himself to her. The powerfully expressive work is divided into 5 acts in which a young musician, in love with an ideal(ized) woman, realizes his passion and dives into an opium-spiked dream. After a ball scene and a pastoral scene, where the beauty reappears, the lover dreams that he kills her. In the last tableau, he takes part in his own funeral at the witching hour. Celebrated for its audaciousness and criticized for its excesses, this Symphonie fantastique is today recognized as an essential piece of the international repertoire with incredible influence on Liszt, Wagner, Richard Strauss, and many others greats of music history!
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (1 video file (1 hr., 57 min., 7 sec.)) sound, color

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text