Chailly conducts Mendelssohn.
Riccardo Chailly's inaugural concert as Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra capturing the full atmosphere of a musical occasion is a feast of Mendelssohn from the orchestra the composer founded. The concert includes a performance of Mendelssohn's Second Symphony "Lobgesa...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | German |
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EuroArts,
2005.
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| Series: | Classical music in video
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| Genre/Form: | Filmed performances. Documentary films. |
| Summary: | Riccardo Chailly's inaugural concert as Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra capturing the full atmosphere of a musical occasion is a feast of Mendelssohn from the orchestra the composer founded. The concert includes a performance of Mendelssohn's Second Symphony "Lobgesang" with its celebratory choral last movement in a new edition, as well as the overture A Midsummer Night's Dream with vocal soloists including Anne Schwanewilms and Peter Seiffert. The Gewandhaus Orchestra can look back with pride today at a history of over 250 years. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (117 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 01:56:55 |
| Language: | This edition in German and Italian with English subtitles. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded on September 2, 2005, in Leipzig, Germany. |