tv catalogue spring 2015

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UPCOMING PROGRAMMES

upcoming Waldbühne 2015 Live signal available: Sunday, 28 June 2015, 8:15 pm, CET

Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minorAnd Film Music: A. Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare, B. Kaper: Mutiny on the Bounty, D. Raksin: Laura, J. Moross: The Big Country, S. Bradley: Tom and Jerry, E.W. Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood, M. Rózsa: Excerpts from the Ben Hur Suite, J. Williams: E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial- Main Title and excerpts from Star Wars

berliner Philharmoniker • Sir Simon Rattle conductorlang lang piano

In this year’s concert in the Waldbühne, the traditional end of the season, the Berliner Philharmoniker will surround themselves with plenty of celebrities, including not only conductor Sir Simon Rattle and – as soloist in Grieg’s Piano Concerto – pianist Lang Lang, but also many figures from film history: Harry Potter, E.T., Ben Hur and many more. They will all be brought to life musically when the orchestra strikes up some of Hollywood’s most famous film music.

Live recording from the Waldbühne Berlin

2015 • Duration: approx. 100’ hdDirector: Henning KastenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb

Programme Number: 6090

upcoming euRoPakonzeRt 2015 fRom athenSLive signal available: Friday, 1 May 2015, 11:00 am, CET

Rossini: Semiramide Overture; Sibelius: Violin ConcertoSchumann: Symphony No.3 “Rheinische”

berliner Philharmoniker • Sir Simon Rattle conductor

Every year since 1991 the Berliner Philharmoniker have given a concert on May 1st in a different European city. All cities have been places with their own special cultural importance and the concerts have served two purposes: to commemorate the anniversary of the orchestra’s founding and to celebrate the common heritage of the Old World. In 2015 the Europakonzert will take place for the second time in Athens.

Live recording from the Megaron, Athens Concert Hall

2015 • Duration: approx. 90’ hdDirector: Henning KastenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb, NHK, CCTV & NERIT


upcoming the one Shot ConCeRt – a flight thRough the oRCheStRa Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major

deutsches Symphonie-orchester berlin • tugan Sokhiev conductor

The audience will get to know the orchestra from a new perspective: as participant observer. Much different from the distanced experience of the average concertgoer, in our “One Shot Concert” the audience will be as close to the creative process within the orchestra as possible. Also other than conventional directing of concert recordings, “One Shot Concert” will specifically and consistently be devised for the TV screen.

Recorded live at the Old Power Station Kraftwerk Rummelsburg, Berlin on June 30 and July 1st, 2015

2015 • Duration: 43’ hdDirector: Henning KastenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb/arte


ORCHESTRAL WORKS / EVENTS

new gala fRom beRlin 2014Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from Les Indes galantes; W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major K. 488; Zoltán Kodály: Háry János Suite (Excerpts) Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Antonín Dvoák: Slavonic Dances (Selection)

berliner Philharmoniker • Sir Simon Rattle conductormenahem Pressler piano

The grand seigneur of piano gave his long-overdue debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in January 2014. The audience hailed Pressler with a standing ovation; the press raved about the “masterful exhilaration” of his musicality and his “unique tone, as full as it was intimate”. For his appearance at this year’s New Year’s Eve Concert in Philharmonie, Berlin, Pressler has selected Mozart again: the Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488, composed during Mozart’s prime in Vienna and one of his most beautiful contributions to the genre. The New Year’s Eve concert opens with Sir Simon Rattle conducting music by Rameau: a suite of instrumental pieces from the opéra-ballet Les Indes galantes show French Baroque music at its finest. Following the intermission, the musicians ring in the New Year in a lively way with Slavic strains: an orchestral suite from Zoltán Kodály’s charming folk opera Háry János as well as a selection from the popular Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvorák.

Live recording from the Philharmonie, Berlin

2014 • Duration: 88’ hdDirector: Henning KastenProduced by: EuroArts Music & rbb in co-production with SMG


Also available: Documentary “The life I love - The pianist Menahem Pressler. A film by Grete Liffers, HD, Duration: 45’, Progr.: 6091

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new eaSteR ConCeRt in baden-badenberliner Philharmoniker • bernard haitink conductor isabelle faust violin

Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Berliner Philharmoniker meet at this year’s Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. Haitink is regarded as an authority, especially on the music of Beethoven. In this production he conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, the “Pastoral”. For the Violin Concerto multi-awarded Isabelle Faust take to the stage with him. Since her recordings with Claudio Abbado, she is the first choice when it comes to this masterpiece.

Live recording from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

2015 • Duration: approx. 90’ hdDirector: Torben Schmidt JacobsenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SWR



new human RightS ConCeRt at the united nationS

Ouverture, Nozze di Figaro; Ah leve toi soleil, Romeo et Juliette; Je veux vivre, Romeo et Juliette; Nuit d’hyménée, Romeo et Juliette; O luce di quest’anima Linda di Chamounix; Furtiva Lagrima, Elisir; Cinta di fiori, Puritani; A te o cara, Puritani; La ci darem la mano, Don Giovanni; Il bacio, Arditi; Pourquoi me reveiller, Werther; Sot el gamahir; O esli b mog vyrazit v zvuke; Iqhude we ma; La donna è mobile, Rigoletto; Brindisi, La traviata; Solo le pido a Dios

Juan diego flórez tenor • Pretty Yende sopranofatma Said soprano • Sergey Artamonov bassSintonía por el Perú y otras • Pablo Mielgo conductor

On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, the United Nations hosts for the first time in history an inspirational celebration in the incomparable framework of the Human Rights Dome housing the artwork of Spanish painter Miquel Barceló. Worldwide famous tenor Juan Diego Flórez joins South African sensation Pretty Yende, Egyptian revelation soprano Fatma Said and Bolshoi bass Sergey Artamonov in this memorable evening. The orchestra created for this occasion groups young musicians from social music projects coming from Peru, Colombia, Turkey, South Africa and other countries together with professional musicians from European prestigious orchestras.

Live from the United Nations, Geneva, Human Rights Hall (Room XX)

2015 • Duration: 90’ hdDirector: Ian RussellProduced by: Sintonia Media, Mediapro, TVE


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new The NiNTh SYMPhoNY bY mauRiCe béJaRt

Choreography & staging by maurice béjart

béjart ballet lausanne & tokyo balletisrael Philharmonic orchestra · Ritsuyukai Choirzubin mehta musical director · gil Roman artistic director

Maurice Béjart’s compelling staging of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has been enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal brotherhood remains highly topical. “Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (All men will be brothers) is the powerful message communicated by the unforgettable music and choreography.From the stage of the NHK Hall in Tokyo 250 dancers and musicians send this message out into the world. “It is a ‘manifestation’, in the deepest sense of the word.” Maurice Béjart

Live recording from the NHK Hall, Tokyo, November 2014

2014 • Duration: 88’ hdDirectors: Mari InamasuProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with NHK & WDR/arte



PhiliPPe heRReWeghe ConduCtS antonín dvoRák: Requiem

Antonín Dvorák: Requiem in B-flat minor, Op. 89

ilse eerens soprano • bernarda fink alto • maximilian Schmitt tenor nathan berg bass • Collegium vocale gent Royal flemish PhilharmonicPhilippe herreweghe conductor

Philippe Herreweghe, principal conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, has devoted himself for over ten years to fresh and invigorating readings of the (pre-) Romantic repertoire. Together with the Collegium Vocale, founded in 1970 by Herreweghe himself, and superb soloists they perform Dvorák’s superb Requiem.

Live recording from the deSingel, Antwerpen

2014 • Duration: 97’ hdDirector: Leonid AdamopoulosProduced by: VRT & EuroArts Music


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new NATALie DeSSAY SiNGS MiCheL LeGRANDChanson de Delphine (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort); Le Cinéma; Chanson de Delphine à Lancien (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort); Papa Can You Hear Me? (Yentl); Recette pour un Cake d’Amour (Peau d’Âne); La valse des lilas Les moulins de mon coeur: duo with M. Legrand (The Tomas Crown Affair) L’âme soeur à l’hameçon; What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?; Le rouge et le noir; Conseil de la Fée des Lilas (Peau d’Âne); La chanson de Louba; La chanson; Paris Violon; The Summer Knows (Un été 42)

michel legrand • natalie dessay • laurent naouri • Pierre boussaguet Pierre Perchaud • françois laizeau

Live recorded at the exceptional setting of the Orangerie du Château de Versailles. Natalie Dessay and Michel Legrand take us on a journey through all the magic of the songs created by Michel Legrand. More creative than ever, Legrand returns to the piano with his trio. Natalie Dessay singing his songs while being accompanied by the quartet promises to be an intense musical moment!

2014 • Durations: 43/103’ hdDirector: Gérard PullicinoProduced by: Prismedia in co-production with Arte France


Sol gabetta & SiR Simon Rattle in baden-badenGyörgy Ligeti: Atmosphères; Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of the opera “Lohengrin”; Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

Sol gabetta celloberliner Philharmoniker • Sir Simon Rattle conductor

It has changed over the years that Edward Elgar’s warm and melodically charged Cello Concerto – long considered to be behind the times – once again sounds modern and fresh. On Easter Sunday 2014 Sol Gabetta made her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker.


2014 • Duration: 89’ hdDirector: Torben Schmidt JacobsenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SWR/arte & NHK



Waldbühne 2014 - a midSummeR night

Piotr Tchaikovsky: “The Tempest“ Symphonic Fantasy, Op.18 Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture; Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.6 Encores: Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento, Waltz; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Overture - Allegro; Paul Lincke: Berliner Luft

berliner Philharmoniker • gustavo dudamel conductor

After his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2008 (“Los Ritmos de la Noche”) charismatic Latin American conductor Gustavo Dudamel now returns to the Waldbühne Berlin. With over 20.0000 attendances, the summer concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne - one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheaters in Europe - belong to the most popular classical music concerts in the world. In this year’s Philharmonic concert in the Waldbühne, the traditional end of the season, Tchaikovsky’s “The Tempest” Symphonic Fantasy and the Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet- both after William Shakespeare- are on the programme.

Live recording from the Waldbühne Berlin

2014 • Duration: 107’ hdDirector: Henning KastenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SMG


euRoPakonzeRt 2014 fRom beRlin

Otto Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor); Edward Elgar: Falstaff in C minor, Op. 68; Piotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

berliner Philharmoniker • daniel barenboim conductor

Every year since 1991 the Berliner Philharmoniker have given a concert on May 1st in a different European city. All cities have been places with their own special cultural importance and the concerts have served two purposes: to commemorate the anniversary of the orchestra’s founding and to celebrate the common heritage of the Old World. In 2014 the Europakonzert took place again in Berlin.


2014 • Duration: 101’ hdDirector: Henning KastenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb, NHK & SMG


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iván fiSCheR ConduCtS the budaPeSt feStival oRCheStRaFranz Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor (“Unfinished”), D.759Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor

budapest festival orchestra • iván fischer conductor

The Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) – which has celebrated its 30th anniversary in the 2013/14 season – has established itself as Hungary’s leading ensemble and, according to Gramophone magazine, as one of the ten leading orchestras of the world. Under the charismatic guidance of Iván Fischer, the BFO has collaborated with outstanding artists of the past and present. Schubert’s Symphony No.8 was composed in 1822 and, even though he still had six years to live, the composer only completed two movements. (A few bars of a Scherzo do exist, representing not more than thirty seconds of music). Colourful, melodic and expressive, this work is often regarded as the first romantic symphony.With Bruckner’s Ninth we step into a different world. There again, this work was not completed at the time of the composer’s death in 1896 and the last movement has notably been edited by Alfred Orel. Imposing – it lasts close to one hour – this highly mystical work was dedicated by Bruckner “to the beloved God”.

Recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest

2014 • Duration: 88’ hdDirector: Sébastian GlasProduced by: LGM Télévision in co-production with Mezzo


oRCheStRe de PaRiS - ChRiStoPh vonDohNáNYi & MARTiN heLMCheNFelix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Overture)Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3Franz Schubert: Symphony No.9 “The Great”

orchestre de Paris • Christoph von dohnányi conductormartin helmchen piano

This programme gathers three masterpieces of the German repertoire conducted by an aristocrat of the baton, Christoph von Dohnányi. The 84 year-old conductor is joined by Martin Helmchen who, despite his young age, demonstrates utmost technical control and refinement with a rare depth of playing.From a teenaged and cheerful Mendelssohn comes the Midsummer Night’s Dream overture. He was only 17 years old when he composed the work, a feat that a critic described as “the greatest marvel of early maturity that the world has ever seen in music”.Beethoven’s third piano concerto was first performed by the composer himself in 1803 and has become one of his most popular concerto, filled with an intense dramatic feeling. It is also a concerto where Beethoven states his own style, stepping away from Mozartian inspiration.Considered to be his greatest orchestral work, Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 received poor reception at first. Innovative in style and in size, it was to inspire the romantic generation and was praised by Mendelssohn and Schumann. Conducted by the former in 1839, eleven years after Schubert’s death, Schumann celebrated the event in ecstatic article praising its “heavenly length”.

Recorded at the Salle Pleyel, Paris

2014 • Durations: 71’ / 108’ hdDirector: Sébastian GlasProduced by: LGM Télévision in co-production with Mezzo



SoPRano annette daSCh: die gRetChenfRage - “the CRuCial queStion”Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade (orchestrated by Max Reger) Robert Schumann: „Oh du, der über alle wacht“, Aria of Genoveva Hector Berlioz: „D’amour l’ardente flamme“ (from “La Damnation de Faust”) Charles Gounod: Konzertwalzer (from the opera “Faust”) Charles Gounod: „Que vois-je là? Ah, je ris de me voir“ (from the opera “Faust”) … and more

annette dasch soprano • münchner Rundfunkorchester marc Piollet conductor

Recorded at the Herkulessaal, Residenz München

2011 • Durations: 90’/30’ hdDirector: Michael BeyerProduced by: Screen Land Film in co-production with BR in collaboration with arte


also available: “That is why music is the most important thing” - DocumentaryDuration: 30’ hdDirected by Annette Schreier


Paavo JäRvi ConduCtS the oRCheStRe de PaRiS – menahem PReSSleRorchestre de Paris • Paavo Järvi conductormenahem Pressler piano

hAYDN, MoZART, SibeLiUS Haydn: Symphony No.82 “The Bear”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major K.488; Rondo in A minor K.511Sibelius: Symphony No.6; Symphony No.7Also available: 15’ Interview with Menahem PresslerLength: 122’ • Directed by Sébastian Glas (2014)


hAYDN, MoZART, DebUSSY Haydn: Symphony No.84 in E flat major Hob.I:84Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat Major, KV 595Debussy: Clair de luneLength: 65’ • Directed by Corentin Leconte (2012)


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gala fRom beRlin 2013Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance, Op.46, No.8; Slavonic Dances, Op.72 in B Major, E minor and C Major; Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3; Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Dance No.3; Aram Khachaturian: 4 Dances from Gayaneh (Dance Swords, Dance of the Young Kurds, Gayaneh’s Adagio, Lesginka); Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances No.1 in G minor and No.3 in F Major

berliner Philharmoniker • Sir Simon Rattle conductorlang lang piano

Celebrating the end of 2013, we can hear two of the most popular Hungarian Dances by Brahms as well as three of the Slavonic Dances by Dvorák, both primitive and elegant rhythms from the geographical center of Europe, so rich in musical tradition. Not quite as well-known are the melodies from the ballet Gayaneh by the Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian – but hold on: at least one piece from this work – the famous “Sabre Dance” – is familiar to any music fan! An exciting counterpoint to this spirited musical titbit is the third movement of Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Dances. The programme of the Berliner Philharmoniker New Year’s Eve concert is complemented with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The Chinese pianist Lang Lang, soloist in this work, is a truly exceptional artist who is returning to the stage of Berlin’s Philharmonic Hall. His brilliant, sensitive piano playing – which always sounds spontaneous despite all his artistry – equally wows musician colleagues and the public.


2013 • Duration: 85’ hdDirector: Henning KastenProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SMG, rbb, BR and Arte


SeRgei RaChmaninov - the laSt RomantiCSergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18; Étude Tableau, Op.39 No.2 in A minor; Prelude Op.32, No.12 in G sharp minor; Symphonic Dances, Op.45

denis matsuev piano • St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra Yuri Temirkanov conductor

In its fourth edition, the Annecy Festival has become a major player in the national and international cultural landscape. In residence at the 2013 Annecy Classic Festival, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic closes the festival and joins forces with its iconic conductor Yuri Temirkanov for a 100% Rachmaninov programme! Russian to his very marrow despite his exile in the United States, Sergei Rachmaninov plumbs the depths of the Slavic soul.Together with multi-gifted musician Denis Matsuev, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra invites us on a journey, whose secret lies in Rachmaninov’s famous Piano Concerto No.2 and the Symphonic Dances. Denis Matsuev, the “Siberian Bear” as they call him, interprets the Piano Concerto No. 2 virtuously and passionately.

Recorded in the Sainte-Bernadette Church at Annecy Classic Festival

2013 • Duration: 85’ hdDirector: Jean-Pierre LoisilProduced by: Idéale Audience in co-production with MUSEECwith the participation of France Télévisions



the mahleR ChambeR oRCheStRa in bRugeSBenjamin Britten: Sinfonietta, Op.1 Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat Major, Op. 107, Symphony No.1 in F minor

mahler Chamber orchestra • teodor Currentzis conductor Steven isserlis cello

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is in 2013 Orchestra in Residence at the KlaraFestival which has made a name for itself as a modern and international classical music festival far beyond Belgium’s borders. The concerts of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra form one of the highlights of this year’s festival. Alongside young Greece conductor Teodor Currentzis, who completely polarizes critics and is hailed as “eccentric super-talented maestro”, the orchestra dedicates its performances to the two composers, contemporaries and friends Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Bruges

2013 • Duration: 82’ hdDirector: Johan CloetensA co-production of EuroArts Music and VRT


NikoLAi RiMSkY-koRSAkov: SheheRAZADeNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op.35 Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour, Op.12

St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra • Yuri Temirkanov conductor

Temirkanov conducts the orchestra in a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s lush Sheherazade, with its intoxicating scents and the glowing, oriental colours - a journey through One Thousand and One Nights.

Recorded in the Sainte-Bernadette Church at Annecy Classic Festival

2013 • Duration: 57’ hdDirector: Jean-Pierre LoisilProduced by: Idéale Audience in co-production with MUSEECwith the participation of France Télévisions


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new veRbieR feStival 2014The Verbier Festival is arguably one of the most prestigious classical music events in the world. The quality of the participating artists as well as the originality of the programmes has established the festival as a culminating point in the music season. This series of TV programmes by Idéale Audience present the highlights of the 21st edition of the Verbier Festival.

Live recordings from the Verbier Festival 2015, Switzerland hd

1) ChaRleS dutoit & maRtha aRgeRiCh

verbier Festival orchestra • Charles Dutoit director martha argerich piano

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1Encore: Schumann: KinderszenenBrahms: Symphony No.1Duration: 86’Director: Corentin Leconte


3) daniil tRifonov

daniil trifonov piano

Tchaikovsky: Thème et variations en Fa majeur Op.19 No.6 Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op.13

Duration: 84’Director: Christian Leblé


2) GAboR TAkACS-NAGY & STePheN kovACeviCh

verbier Festival Chamber orchestra • gábor takács-nagy director Stephen kovacevich piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.24, KV 491Encore: Bach: Prelude Partita No.4 in D major, BWV 828, 5. SarabandeBeethoven: Symphony No.3 EroicaDuration: 83’Director: Anaïs Spiro


4) evGeNY kiSSiN

evgeny kissin piano

Schubert: Sonate D 850Scriabin: Sonata No.2, Etudes Op.8, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

Duration: 97’Director: Anaïs Spiro



6) LeoNiDAS kAvAkoS, CLeMeNS hAGeN & maRC-andRé hamelin

leonidas kavakos violin • Clemens hagen violoncello marc-andré hamelin piano

Beethoven: Piano Trio No.3Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1

Duration: 59’ Director: Anaïs Spiro


7) JaaP van zWeden & Renaud CaPuçon

verbier Festival orchestra • Jaap van Zweden director

Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertoBruckner: Symphony No.8

Duration: 106’Director: Christian Leblé


5) leonidaS kavakoS & daniil tRifonov

leonidas kavakos violin • Daniil Trifonov piano

Schumann: Sonata No.1 for violin and piano in A minor, Op.105Busoni: Sonata No.2 for violin and piano, Op.36aStravinsky: Suite Italienne (Version Dushkin, 1934)R. Strauss: Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, Op.18Kreisler: Liebesleid

Duration: 101’Director: Corentin Leconte


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new Rafael bleChaCz ReCital

Rafael blechacz piano

J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto in F MajorF. Liszt: Three Concert Études: La Leggierezza, Waldesrauschen, GnomenreigenF. Chopin: Three Mazurkas Op.50, Piano Sonata in B minor, Op.58

Duration: 63’ hd TV Director: Myriam Hoyer


new dvoRák in veRbieR

with Daniil Trifonov, Renaud Capuçon, vilde Frang, Yuri bashmet, Gautier Capuçon and gábor takács-nagy

Dvorák: Quintet for piano and strings No.2 in A major, Op.81,Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88

Duration: 81’ hd TV Directors: Anaïs Spiro and Corentin Leconte


new YUJA WANG & GAUTieR CAPUÇoNYuja Wang piano & gautier Capuçon cello

D. Shostakovich: Sonata for violin and piano Op.40S. Rachmaninov: Sonata for violin and piano Op.19A. Piazzolla: Grand Tango for cello and piano

Duration: 74’ hd TV Director: Anaïs Spiro


Idéale Audience & medici.tv present Verbier Festival


RECITALS

maRtha aRgeRiCh: ChoPin ConCeRto no. 1Chopin: Concerto No.1, Op. 11 in E minorEncores: Chopin: Mazurka, Op.24 No.2; Schumann: Traumeswirren, Op. 12 No.7 (from Fantasie Stücke)

Recorded 27th of August 2010 in Warsaw

martha argerich piano

2013 • Duration: 47’ hd Director: Pierre-Martin JubanProduced by: Idéale Audience


new MARTHA ARGERICH & DANIEL BARENBOIM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for two pianos in D major K. 448Franz Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme in A flat major for four hands piano D 813Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Version for piano four hands)

martha argerich piano • daniel barenboim piano

Both come from Buenos Aires, both have made global careers for themselves. Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim are not only fellow countrymen; they also both began to give concerts in their youth, as soloists and with an orchestra. In addition, the two have a particular interest in chamber music in common - the repertoire spanning from the classics to modernism. They now appear together: a summit meeting of two of the most eminent pianists of the past few decades and of the present, something which is well worth looking forward to.

Live recording from the Philharmonie Berlin

2014 • Duration: 74’ hdDirector: Michael Beyer Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb, ARTE, Unitel


new GRiGoRY Sokolov live in beRlingrigory Sokolov piano

Schubert: 4 Impromptus D 899, Drei Klavierstücke D 946Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat Major, Op.106, HammerklavierEncores: Rameau: Works for harpsichord – 2nd book, Suite in D major (Les tendres plaintes, Les tourbillons, Les cyclopes, La follette) Works for harpsichord – 3rd book, Suite in G (Les sauvages)Brahms: Intermezzo Op.117, No.2

It is so rare that it deserves a special mention: in June 2013 Grigory Sokolov, a piano superstar, gave his approval for his recital at the Berliner Philharmonie to be filmed. The last time his performance was filmed live was in November 2002, more than ten years ago, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris (Progr. 7388). In Berlin Sokolov performs works by Schubert, Beethoven, Rameau and Brahms keeping the listeners enthralled with its extraordinary secretive intensity and stage presence.

Durations: 143’ (full recital) · Schubert 65’ · Beethoven 52’ hdDirectors: Bruno MonsaingeonProduced by Idéale Audience


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OPERA

new JanáCek: katia kabanovaOpera in three acts by Leoš Janácek • Libretto by Vincenc Cervinka, inspired by Alexander Ostrovsky’s play The Storm

andré engel stage director • irène kudela musical direction • Ruth orthmann artistic collaboration • dominique müller dramaturgy • nicky Rieti stage design Chantal de la Coste-messelière costumes • andré diot lightingkelly hodson Kátia • Paul gaugler Boris • Céline laly Varvara • elena gabouri Kabanicha • Jérôme billy Koudriac • José Canales Tichon • michel hermon Dikoj mathilde Cardon Glasa et Feklusa • douglas henderson Kouliguine • martin Surot piano

An awarded and original production of Janacek’s opera. Filmed in the baroque decor of Les Bouffes du Nord in Paris, with a reduced piano version , incredibly talented young singers, this is an enchanted version, acclaimed both by press and public.

Live recording from Le Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris

2015 • Duration: 85’ hdDirector: Louise NarboniProduced by: Idéale Audience


new gluCk: alCeSteOpera in three acts by C.W. Gluck Libretto by Marie Francois-Louis Gand Le Blanc du Roullet, after Ranieri de Calzabigi‘s work about Euripides tragedy Alcestis

krzysztof Warlikowski stage director • malgorzata Szczesniak set and costume designer • damien Chardonnet-darmaillacq playwright • felice Ross lighting designer • denis guéguin video • Claude bardouil choreographerteatro Real Chorus and orchestra • ivor bolton musical director andrés máspero chorus masterPaul groves Admète • angela denoke Alceste • Willard White High Priest of Apollon / Thanatos • magnus Staveland Évandre • thomas oliemans Hercule isaac galàn Apollon • fernando Radó An herald / an oracle

2014, 300th anniversary of Christoph Willibald Gluck. To celebrate the event, a new and amazing production at Teatro Real in Madrid, staged by Krysztof Warlikowski. A musical and dramatic master piece between Baroque and Classical, staged as a daring bridge between Antiquity and Princess Diana’ story, on the value of sacrifice.

Live recording from the Teatro Real Madrid

2014 • Duration: 150’ hdDirector: Stéphane MetgeProduced by: Idéale Audience, TVE & Teatro Real Madrid with the participation of Arte, France Télévisions & NHK



PuCCini: manon leSCautOpera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini after Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut des Abbé Prévost

berliner Philharmoniker • Sir Simon Rattle conductor Philharmonia Choir vienna • Richard eyre direction Robert howell stageeva-maria Westbroek Manon Lescaut • lester lnych Lescaut • massimo giordano Chevalier Renato Des Grieux • liang li Geronte de Ravoir • bogdan mihai Edmond • Reinhard dorn Innkeeper • magdalena kožená Singer kresimir Spicer Dancing Master • arthur espiritu Lamplighter • Johannes kammler Sergeant

The fact that the Berliner Philharmoniker turn to Puccini – this beloved yet ostracized composer – is symbolic. Here is someone who was thought to be outmoded for a long time, but there is really so much more to be discovered about him and his work. “Manon Lescaut”, the tale of one who becomes a model but remains a girl, is very contemporary.


2014 • Duration: 128’ hdDirector: János DarvasProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SWR/arte & NHK


new San fRanCiSCo oPeRa: ShoW boatMusic by Jerome Kern · Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIBased on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber

heidi Stober Magnolia Hawks • michael todd Simpson Gaylord Ravenal • bill irwin Cap’n Andy Hawks • Patricia Racette Julie La Verne • angela Renée Simpson Queenie • harriet harris Parthy Ann Hawks • kirsten Wyatt Ellie Mae Chipley • morris Robinson Joe • John bolton Frank Schultz

John demain conductor • francesca zambello director • ian Robertson chorus director • michele lynch choreographer

A true classic of American musical theater, this tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism. Director Francesca Zambello’s grand-scale production is “a triumph—a stylish, fast-paced and colorful show that had the capacity audience on its feet, cheering loud and long” (Chicago Classical Review). The magnificent Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II score, which includes such classic songs as “Ol’ Man River”, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “Make Believe” and “You Are Love,” will sound glorious “under the authoritative baton of music-theater maestro John DeMain” (Chicago Tribune). Patricia Racette, Heidi Stober and Nathan Gunn head a dazzling cast. “No one should miss it” (Chicago Sun-Times).

A co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and Houston Grand Opera; presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals.2014 • Duration: 144’ hdDirector: Frank Zamacona Produced by: San Francisco Opera


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San fRanCiSCo oPeRa: mefiStofeleMusic and libretto by Arrigio Boito

ildar abrazakov Mefistofele • Patricia Racette Margeritha • Ramón vargas Faust • Patricia Racette Elena • erin Johnson Marta • Renée Rapier Pantalis Chuanyue Wang Wagner, Nereo

nicola luisotti conductor • Robert Carsen production • michael levine designer • ian Robertson chorus director • alphonse Poulin choreographer

The season kicks off with Boito’s resplendent retelling of Goethe’s Faust, a monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness” (The New York Times) in one of the most impressive productions ever seen at the War Memorial Opera House. The cast includes Ramón Vargas, a tenor “in ravishing voice” (Financial Times), as the philosopher who sells his soul to the Devil; the “luminous, compelling” Patricia Racette (Washington Post) as the woman he desires; and, in the vividly menacing title role, the “seductively malevolent” bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov, a “fullbodied bass-baritone” renowned for his “wonderfully evil portrayals” (The New York Times). Our own Italian maestro will be on the podium, showing once again why “we are blessed to have Nicola Luisotti in San Francisco” (San Francisco Classical Voice).

Production co-owned with the Metropolitan Opera2014 • Duration: 180’ hdDirector: Frank Zamacona Produced by: San Francisco Opera

Programme Number: 5967San fRanCiSCo oPeRa: the geRShWinS® PoRGY AND beSS Sm

Opera in two acts by The Gershwins®Libretto by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin

laquita mitchell Bess • eric owens Porgy • Chauncey Packer Sportin’ Life lester lynch Crown • angel blue Clara • karen Slack Serena alteouise devaughn Maria

Porgy and bess ensemble • San francisco opera orchestra and Chorus John demain conductor • francesca zambello production & director

George Gershwin miraculously melded classical idioms, jazz, blues and spirituals in this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both; presented here in an acclaimed production from San Francisco Opera.

Washington National Opera production2013 • Duration: 158’ hdDirector: Frank Zamacona Produced by: San Francisco Opera

Programme Number: 5963San fRanCiSCo oPeRa: donizetti: luCRezia boRgiaOpera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti

Renée fleming Lucrezia Borgia • elizabeth deShong Maffio Orsini michael fabiano Gennaro • vitalij kowaljow Alfonso d’Este

San francisco opera orchestra and Chorus • Riccardo frizza conductor John Pascoe director & production designer

A notorious femme fatale renowned for her ruthless pursuit of power reveals poignant vulnerability when she comes face to face with her long-lost son in this captivating, elegant production from San Francisco Opera.

Washington National Opera production2012 • Duration: 127’ hdDirector: Frank Zamacona Produced by: San Francisco Opera



San fRanCiSCo oPeRa: heggie: MobY-DiCkOpera in two acts by Jake Heggie - English libretto Gene ScheerAfter the novel by Herman Melville

Stephen Costello Greenhorn • Jay hunter morris Captain Ahab • morgan Smith Starbuck • Jonathan lemalu Queequeg • talise trevigne Pip • matthew o’neill Flask • Robert orth Stubb

San francisco opera orchestra and Chorus • Patrick Summers conductor • leonard foglia stage director

Herman Melville’s epic tale of a fierce, obsessive whaling-boat captain who descends into madness and puts his crew in mortal danger is brought to the stage in this thrilling production from San Francisco Opera.

Commissioned and Produced by San Francisco Opera in partnership with the Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, Calgary Opera, and the State Opera of South Australia.2012 • Duration: 142’ hdDirector: Frank Zamacona Produced by: San Francisco Opera


San fRanCiSCo oPeRa: bellini: i CaPuleti e i monteCChiOpera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini - Libretto by Felice Romani

Joyce didonato Romeo • nicole Cabell Giulietta • Saimir Pirgu Tebaldo ao li Lorenzo • eric owens Capellio

San francisco opera orchestra and Chorus • Riccardo frizza conductor vincent boussard director

Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece I Capuleti e i Montecchi, inspired by the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet, is what The New York Times calls “an opera of definite dramatic appeal.” The cast is headlined by international stars Joyce DiDonato and Nicole Cabell as the ill-fated lovers Romeo and Giulietta. Directed by Vincent Boussard in his U.S. debut and led by returning conductor and bel canto specialist Riccardo Frizza, this new co-production, which received its debut in Munich in March 2011, has sets created by French opera, theater and dance designer Vincent Lemaire. The production features stunning costumes by renowned fashion designer Christian Lacroix, a frequent collaborator with Boussard and a prominent fashion icon known for both his couture house and his theater, ballet and opera costumes.

A San Francisco Opera production in co-production with the Bavarian State Opera, Munich2012 • Duration: 135’ hdDirector: Frank Zamacona Produced by: San Francisco Opera


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bRitten: PeteR gRimeS at aldebuRgh beaCh Music by Benjamin Britten, Libretto by Montagu SlaterDerived from the poem The Borough by George Crab

alan oke Peter Grimes • giselle allen Ellen Orford • david kempster Captain Balstrode

britten-Pears orchestra • Chorus of the opera north • Chorus of the guildhall School of music & drama • Steuart bedford conductor • tim albery production director

Filmed in June 2013 during three extraordinary performances that took place during the Aldeburgh Festival, Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach takes place in the heart of the town that inspired it and is the film interpretation of Britten’s Peter Grimes, the most successful opera of post-war Britain. Based on George Crabbe’s 1810 poem ‘The Borough’, Britten’s powerful and masterful evocation of the North Sea in all its moods has become inextricably linked with the Aldeburgh that was home to Crabbe in the late eighteenth century and Britten in the twentieth, and where both poem and opera were written. Conceived and hosted by the Aldeburgh Festival, the performances of Peter Grimes were directed by Tim Albery who placed the audience on the beach watching the story of Peter Grimes unfold as dusk fades over the sea. The cast and chorus, with Alan Oke in the eponymous role of Peter Grimes, Giselle Allen as Ellen Orford, and David Kempster as Captain Balstrode, sing live with amplification, while the Britten-Pears Orchestra under the baton of Britten expert Steuart Bedford is pre-recorded.

2014 • Duration: 141’ hdDirector: Margaret WilliamsProduced by Arthaus Musik


PuRCell: the indian queen Semi-Opera in five acts with prologue

musicaeterna • teodor Currentzis musical director • vitaly Polonsky chorus master • Peter Sellars stage director • Christopher Williams choreography

vince Yi Hunahpú, Mayan hero/Trickster twin deity • Julia bullock Teculihuatzin, The Indian Queen, after Doña Luisa • markus brutscher Don Pedrarias Dávila, Captain General and Governor of Terra Firma • nadine koutcher Doña Isabel • noah Stewart Don Pedro de Alvarado, conquistador • Christophe dumaux Xbalanque, Mayan Hero/Trickster twin deity • luthando qave Mayan Shaman

Henry Purcell died in 1965, while composing his last opera “The Indian Queen”. So his brother Daniel completed hastily and with poor inspiration the rich, visionary and transcendental score of the great British composer. Some centuries later, Peter Sellars has imagined a fresh and unedited new version of Purcell’s last masterpiece, including some of Purcell’s most inspired songs, with a new libretto adapted from “La niña blanca y los pajaros sin pies” (The white maid and the feetless birds) from Nicaraguan novelist Rosario Aguilar.

2013/2014 • Duration: 197’ hdDirector: Peter SellarsA co-production of Idéale Audience, Mezzo, TVE, Teatro Real de Madrid with the participation of France Télévisions



PhiliP glaSS: the PeRfeCt ameRiCanorchestra & Choir of the teatro Real madrid dennis Russell davies conductor • andrés máspero chorus master Phelim mcdermott stage director • dan Potra set and costume designer

Christopher Purves Walt Disney • david Pittsinger Roy • and many more

At the age of 75, one of the leading figures on the 20th century music, Philip Glass, is composing a new work for the Teatro Real, where it is given its World Premiere. “The Perfect American”, imagining the final months of the life of Walt Disney - the person who has, more than any other, influenced the current world of consumers and inspired the novel “The Perfect American” by Peter Stephan Jungk. Children nowadays only see mice and ducks as Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck, thanks to the image invented for them by Walt Disney factory. In opposition to the world of happiness he devised, the existence of this perfect American was marked by an unhappy youth and a personality whose “political correctness” outdid that of even Richard Nixon. At his dream factory, only men were hired to draw. Women were limited to colouring in the sketches. From the hand of Dennis Russell Davies, the musical director who has conducted almost all the premieres of Glass’s operas, and the stage director Phelim McDermott, we will be penetrating into the nightmare of a happy world.

World Premiere, commission of the Teatro Real De Madrid and English National Opera of London

Recorded at the Teatro Real (Madrid)

2013 • Duration: 111’ hdDirector: János DarvasProduced by: A co-production EuroArts Music, Idéale Audience, Teatro Real de Madrid, WDR, NHK & TVE


W.a. mozaRt: haneke’S CoSì fan tutteOpera buffa in two acts - Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

orchestra & Choir of the teatro Real in madrid Sylvain Cambreling musical director directed for stage by michael haneke

anett fritsch Fiordiligi • Paola gardina Dorabella • Juan francisco Gatell Ferrando • andreas Wolf Guglielmo • kerstin avemo Despina • William Shimell Don Alfonso

After his exploration of the institution of marriage and the paths of desire, denominating Don Giovanni il dissoluto punito, Mozart shows us that the school of love is both a heavenly and bitter path at the same time. But we can find his liberal and humanist views on love in the letter to his wife, written at a time when she was waving an affair with his student, and in the texts of the lovers in his operas: we can only live if we are aware of the complexity of the relationship between desire and love, as described by Octavio Paz in La Ilanma doble. An ideal topic for multi-awarded Austrian director Michael Haneke, whose Palme d’Or and Golden Globe winner Amour has won the Oscar in the category “Foreign Language Film”. Haneke returns to opera to premiere his production at the Teatro Real in the 2012/2013 season.

New production of the Teatro Real, Madrid in co-production with the Théâtre La Monnaie-De Munt of Brussels

Recorded at the Teatro Real (Madrid)

2013 • Duration: 202’ hdDirector: Hannes RossacherA co-production of Idéale Audience with EuroArts Music, ARTE France, TVE & Teatro Real, Madrid


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new a SWan lakeWith short quotes from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”, reworked by Mikael Karlsson

the norwegian national ballet • Children of the norwegian national ballet School the norwegian national opera orchestra • Per kristian Skalstad conductor alexander ekman choreography and set design

“I wanted to do something big and wild and different. Something with water!” said choreographer Alexander Ekman and filled the Main Stage at the Oslo Opera House with 5,000 litres of water. In “A Swan Lake”, his new full-length work created for the Norwegian National Ballet, the dancers are joined on stage by actors, a soprano, musicians and 1,000 rubber ducks. Alexander Ekman is an award-winning choreographer, whose work is internationally acclaimed for its inventiveness, musicality and humour. With a score by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson and costumes by Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov, “A Swan Lake” takes a fresh and witty look at Tchaikovsky‘s ballet of all ballets.

2014 • Duration: 98’ hdDirector: Jeff TudorProduced by: A co-production of the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, NRK and 3 minutes West in cooperation with Arthaus Musik © DNO&B


antonín dvoRák: RuSalkaOpera fairytale in three acts Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil after Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué’s Undine

la monnaie Symphony orchestra & Chorus • Stefan herheim stage director ádám Fischer, Richard Lewis music directors

myrtò Papatanasiu Rusalka • Pavel Cernoch Prince • annalena Persson Foreign princess • Willard White Vodnik, and many more

Antonín Dvorák’s next to last opera draws its substance from the underwater wonderland of little mermaids, Undines and Melusines: Rusalka, a water nymph, wishes to become human in order to be loved by the young prince. Despite being warned against it, she asks the witch Ježibaba to help her. In order for her wish to be fulfilled, Rusalka must give up her voice and face eternal damnation if her love fails. The prince also ignores all warnings and begins a relationship with Rusalka. However, he is very soon unfaithful to her. The broken-hearted Rusalka returns to the lake. The prince comes to find her for a last embrace, and dies.Jaroslav Kvapil’s libretto inspired Dvorák to compose a masterpiece, a compelling opera full of poignant lyricism and dramatic twists. Ádám Fisher and Stefan Herheim masterfully present this ‘lyrical fairytale’ at La Monnaie. In this widely acclaimed interpretation, the fairytale elements sometimes assume frighteningly realistic dimensions so that one might see this enchanting production as a psychoanalytical study of male fantasies and female archetypes.

2012 • Duration: 163’ hdDirector: Willy Vanduren Produced by: VRT Canvas & De Munt | La Monnaie



ChaPlinMusic by Charlie Chaplin, Benjamin Britten, Samuel Barber, John Adams, Richard Wagner, Charles Ives, Kurt Schwertsik, Charles Chaplin TM ® Bubbles Inc. S. A. and / or Roy Export S. A. S.

tyler galster Chaplin • amelia Waller Tramp, and many more

leipziger ballett • gewandhausorchester leipzigmatthias foremny musical director • mario Schröder choreographerPaul zoller staging, costumes, video

The little guy with his mustache, his bowler hat and his bamboo cane is world-famous. But, who is the man behind this figure? Mario Schröder wondered the same thing when choreographing “Chaplin”. His rise to fame makes Chaplin a person of public interest. The clown becomes political. America’s conservatives are, however, suspicious of Chaplin’s convictions. Suspected of communism, he is eventually expelled. The ballet describes Chaplin’s life in relation to his creative work and shows that an artist who observes his environment both sensitively and consciously is behind the funny Tramp.

Recorded at the Oper Leipzig

2013 • Duration: 99’ hdDirector: Sonia ParamoProduced by: EuroArts Music & Les Films Figures Libres


monteveRdi’S PoPPea//PoPPea in 3dgauthier dance • Christian Spuck choreographer • emma Ryott stage and costume designer • Reinhard traub lighting • dunja funke dramaturge

Inspired by the final opera of Claudio Monteverdi, L’incronazione di Poppea, Christian Spuck choreographed POPPEA//POPPEA which was included among the 10 top productions of the season 2009/10 by the British trade magazine Dance Europe and earned Christian Spuck the German Theatre Prize THE FAUST 2011. It was premiered in summer 2010.Gauthier Dance is the dance ensemble of Theaterhaus Stuttgart with ten uniquely talented dancers under the direction of the choreographer, dancer and musician Eric Gauthier. Founded in 2007 the company has rapidly cut a niche for itself in the international dance scene. Their trademark is ambitious choreographies characterized by their humor, originality and technical virtuosity, which has led to sold-out shows and euphoria from public and press alike.

A production of Theaterhaus Stuttgart in co-production with Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and in cooperation with Theater Bonn, Schauburg München and Achtfeld GmbH Berlin. A full 2D version is also available.

2013 • Duration: 78’ 2d/3dDirector: Niko VialkowitschProduced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with ZDF & parallax raumprojektion


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delibeS: CoPPéliaMusic by Léo Delibes, original libretto by Charles Nuitter, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann

ballet víctor ullate Comunidad de madrid • victor ullate director eduardo lao choreographer & artistic director Sophie Cassegrain Coppelia • Yester Mulens Doctor Coppélius • Cristian oliveri Franz • Zhengyja Yu The spectral Diva • leyre Castresana Betty albia tapia Rosi • zara Calero Andreina • dorian acosta D.J.

The Víctor Ullate Ballet brings to its repertoire a new version of an important, internationally performed classic. Choreographer and artistic director Eduardo Lao has assumed the task of reinventing Coppélia, using his versatile company of 23 dancers to contribute his personal vision. He emphasizes the comical spirit of Coppélia while keeping the original score written by Léo Delibes in 1870.Lao’s creation takes place in a cybernetic laboratory specialised in artificial intelligence, where Doctor Coppelius is attempting to create a female android that moves and acts like a human. Lao’s staging of Coppélia allows the Víctor Ullate Ballet to use its technical and artistic capacity, by combining various styles and updating a historical dance favourite.

2013 • Duration: 88’ hdDirector: Sonia ParamoProduced by: Les Films Figures Libres


new vAN CLibURN: viRTUoSiTY“Virtuosity” searches for the musical souls of the most gifted young pianists on the planet as they try to make a name for themselves at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competiton. The pressure on these kids is overwhelming, because the stakes are so high: prize money, concert bookings, a recording contract, a career. At the heart of this story is the courage it takes for a 20-year-old to go onstage alone before 2,000 people, and hundreds of thousands more online, and play a unique interpretation of one of the most difficult pieces ever written for the piano. The Competition requires not only a transcendent musical ability, but a mental toughness that must sustain the soloist through three straight weeks of performance. The Cliburn becomes as much a test of character as a musical proving ground.We focus on this group of kids as they articulate their personalities through their music: brilliant, eccentric, tender, touching, dazzling, deadly serious, wildly entertaining. We share their secrets, their hopes, their humanity. As different as they are as people, these young musicians share a single reality: winning The Cliburn would change their lives overnight.

2014 • Duration: 87’ hd Director: Christopher WilkinsonProduced by: 88 Films Production & Christopher Wilkinson Film



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new PianiStS StReetIn a little street in Brussels named Rue Bosquet, two identical buildings stand together. In one of these buildings lives the famous concert pianist Martha Argerich, the Argentine who is recognized as one of the most original and temperamental pianists of her time. Next door we find the Tiempo-Lechner family, renowned by their lineage of piano prodigies, all of which have performed upon the most prominent stages in the world. The matriarch and pedagogue Lyl Tiempo, her renowned children Sergio Tiempo and Karin Lechner; and Karin’s very young daughter Natasha, only thirteen years old.Natasha, the last promise of the “pianists street”, has to bear with the legacy of four generations of great musicians. Even though she is still shaping her sound, this pre-teen has already seduced the most demanding audiences with her prodigies.Her musical upbringing is an imperative family matter. Her mother Karin, who was also a child prodigy, is her teacher, mentor and adviser. As she enters, almost unknowingly, the world of elite concert pianists, Natasha tries to answer a question: What does it actually mean to be a pianist? If there is an answer, it is to be found in the house next door, at Martha Argerich’s residence. There, we also find several pianists of different cultural backgrounds who every day must face an instrument that struggles with their own bodies. As the camera walks through each of thedoors in this house, we step into the inner world of a pianist whose work is arduous, meticulous and filled with uncertainty. Even Martha Argerich herself, at seventy years old, is still in the chimerical quest for the perfect technique - a search that translates into unending sessions of exhausting practice. Despite having become a living legend, the stage fright never leaves her.

2014 • Duration: approx. 80’ hd Director: Mariano NanteProduced by: Daniel Rosenfeld Films, Mariano Nante, Gaspar Scheuer, Sandra de la Fuente, Luciana Corti

new SiR Simon Rattle - the making of a maeStRoIn January 2015, Sir Simon Rattle celebrated his sixtieth birthday. This documentary portrait follows him through an extraordinary year of rehearsals and concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the CBSO and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment. Filmed on location, from Taipei to Baden-Baden, we see him preparing scores for performance and sharing his experiences with the players - gaining privileged insights into the day-to-day life of a conductor. We also explore his early career as the conductor who would inspire the rebuilding of Birmingham. Above all, the programme reveals a passionate believer in the life-affirming power of music.

2015 • Duration: 60’ hd Director: Andy King-DabbsProduced by: BBC



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new the life i love - the PianiSt menahem PReSSleRThe music world knows him for more than half a century and for his famous Beaux Arts Trio. He was the heart of this ensemble and when in 2008 the trio decided to separate, it was not the end for Menahem Pressler – in fact it was the restart of a memorable solo career.In 2013, the 90-year-old grand seigneur of the piano gave his long overdue debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker, now he returns for the annual New Year’s Eve celebrations: The “Gala from Berlin 2014” has been recorded live and produced by EuroArts & rbb in co-production with SMG – that’s the artist Menahem Pressler so far. We meet the person Menahem Pressler in the portrait “The life I love – the pianist Menahem Pressler”. From new recorded talks with Pressler over excerpts from one of his Master Classes, to interviews with artists like Daniel Harding, Quatuor Ébène, Leonidas Kavakos or Daniel Hope, we gain deep insights into the life of this enchantingly “venerable prodigy”.

2015 • Duration: 45’ hd Director: Grete LiffersProduced by: A co-production of EuroArts Music, BR, WDR, rbb & Deutsche Welle


new hitmakeRS - the Changing faCe of the MUSiC iNDUSTRYHitmakers. Groundbreaking artists. Visionary industry players and companies. Innovative technology. These crucial components have shaped the music business over the past 100 years, changing pop culture in the process. The music industry once again is undergoing seismic transformation. A $45 billion dollar industry has shrunk to $15 billion. YouTube is the new radio, the development goes from vinyl to CD to download to stream. Is the game changing? Hitmakers will provide a road map through the decades - the major happenings and characters of the record industry. The record business is inherently cyclical - a generation of rock and roll impresarios finds itself facing the challenges of the digital age. But one thing that never changes is the need for the catalysts and eyewitnesses, „record men/women“, and the great artists. They are the hitmakers. Besides artists like Melissa Etheridge, Questlove, Lorde and Steve Aoki who deliver insight into their personal story of success, we meet game changing artist managers, music label mavericks, historians and journalists who will put into perspective the world that surrounds the hitmakers.

2015 • Duration: 52’ hd Directors: Carol Stein & Susan WittenbergProduced by: ACE in co-production with EuroArts Music, ZDF/arte, PBS



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new the violonCelliSt Sol gabetta “A PART oF MY SoUL”With works by Elgar, Schumann, Shostakovitch, Bloch, Vivaldi, Vasks, Schubert

The violoncellist Sol Gabetta has become an essential part of the international concert scene. On stage, she seems to perfectly merge with her instrument. The portrait of “A part of my soul” leads us through rehearsals and performances, including works by Elgar, Schumann, Shostakovich, Bloch, Vivaldi and Schubert. Written for Sol Gabetta the world premiere of “Presence” by Pēteris Vasks marks the end of the film about a soloist, who not only impresses the audience with her unique musical touch, but also with her charisma. The audience seems to become part of the concert and of Gabetta’s world of imaginative and emotional perception.

2014 • Duration: 55’ hd Director: Annette SchreierProduced by: Screen Land Film, in co-production with NDR, in cooperation with arte


new SongS of fReedomRenowned soprano Measha Brueggergosman performs a unique program of Freedom Songs that have emerged from Africa via the slave trade to America, then to Canada via the United Empire Loyalist migration and the Underground Railroad. The songs constitute a moving musical portrait of a people on a journey from the cruelty of slavery to freedom. The history chronicled so intimately in these songs is closely intertwined with Measha’s present day odyssey to uncover the journey of her ancestors from Cameroon to slavery in America and ultimately to freedom in Maritime Canada, where she lives today.This journey through time and space is musical and sociological, personal and historical, intimate and epic - as Measha explores the role of music throughout these turbulent chapters in North American history.

2015 • Duration: 92‘ & 4* 22’ hdDirector: Barbara Willis-SweeteProduced by: Rhombus Media

Programme Number: 6112 (92’) / 6114 (4*22’)

haRtmut haenChen: the SkieS oveR dReSden - deR himmel übeR dReSdenBorn in Dresden in 1943, Hartmut Haenchen was almost two years old when Dresden was bombed on the 13th of February 1945. Raised in the post-war German Democratic Republic and grown up in ruins he developed his musical skills. Despite the East German regime’s restrictions, Haenchen was granted permission to work with the finest ensembles in the West, including the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In 1986 he moved to the Netherlands where he started his “second” career. Soon he became Music Director of both of the Netherlands Philharmonic and De Nederlandse Opera. Particularly renowned for his works by Richard Strauss, Mahler and Strauss, the ‘Opernwelt’ called Haenchen “[…] undoubtedly one of the great Wagner conductors of our time.”

2014 • Duration: 53’ hd Director: Paul Cohen & Martijn van HaalenProduced by: CPS Films & NTR



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YeARNiNG FoR The PReSeNCe - The oRiGiNATiNG PRoCeSS of the oPeRa “WundeRzaiChen”In 2008 Mark Andre was assigned by the Staatsoper Stuttgart to write an opera, to be directed by Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito. The subject was to be a tale that had fascinated the composer since he was a little child: the disappearance of Jesus of Nazareth. The main character of the opera, written by Mark Andre over the course of 7 years, is Johannes Reuchlin, a 15th-century Christian scholar of the Jewish Kabbala. The film follows Mark Andre during his journey to Israel in 2011, during the sound research in the Experimentalstudio of the SWR in Freiburg in 2013 and during the final rehearsal in the Staatsoper Stuttgart in spring 2014. Under the musical direction of Sylvain Cambreling “Wunderzaichen” was critically acclaimed by both press and audiences unlike any other contemporary opera in 2014.

2014 • Duration: 59’ hd Director: Uli AumüllerProduced by: Inpetto Filmproduktion in co-production with moving-angel filmproduction


CoUNTRY RoADS – the heaRtbeat of ameRiCaCountry music does not enjoy a good reputation - at least not in Europe. Country is barely within the boundaries of good taste. Country - that’s botoxed women and flabby men with guitars. Just one look at the American Country Music Awards (ACM) and everything becomes perfectly clear: mediocre pop-music with bad lyrics that consult varying quantities of mother, homemade pie, cold beer, and USA - and throw them together in good measure to define the concept of ‘home’. Country celebrates the simple life, the limitation to and contentment with the home, family and friends: an exploration of one’s lot in life. But what else is there to Country? Country, that’s also Johnny Cash, Townes van Zandt and Steve Earle. A value-conservative America, that considers its fellow human beings with empathy. They still exist in today’s America: They’re the children of the legends: Steve Earle’s son Justin Townes Earle, Johnny Cash’s son John Carter, and Songwriter Liz Rose’s daughter Caitlin

2014 • Durations: 90’ / 58’ hd Director: Marieke SchroederProduced by: Thali Media


SaSha Waltz - a PoRtRaitSasha Waltz is one of Europe’s bestknown and most exciting choreographers. Her choreographies are outstanding as she always surprises with new formations, deep subjects and stunning aesthetic style. But she does not only work with dancers: the dialogue with all other art forms is her special interest. All her deep and beautifully choreographed pieces are featured in this film where Sasha Waltz gives us insight into her work.The film portrait by Brigitte Kramer draws a line from 2006 to today, the important years of Sasha Waltz’ international career.

2014 • Duration: 52’ hd Director: Brigitte KramerProduced by: nachtaktivfilm



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the oRCheStRa - Claudio abbado and the muSiCianS of the oRCheStRa mozaRtWith Claudio Abbado, Alois Posch, Alessio Allegrini, Reinhold Friedrich, Johane Gonzalez, Knut Erik Sundquist, Robert Kendell, Lucas Macìas Navarro, Federica Vignoni, Danusha Waskiewicz, Helmut Failoni

The Mozart Orchestra has been founded in Bologna (Italy) ten years ago by Master Claudio Abbado. The Orchestra brings together the best classical music performers in the world by mixing young promises and well established solo artists. Among them: Johani Gonzales, a young double bass player coming from one of the worst slum in Caracas and the famous German trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich. The documentary, following the Orchestra’s European tour in 2012-2013, offers a unique and favourite glance on Master Abbado’s work and on classical music players’ job in contemporary times. The film narrates, both from musical and human point of view, the public and the private life of a group of musicians: Maria Francesca Latella, Federica Vignoni, Lucas Navarro, Alois Posh, Reinhold Friedrich, Alessio Allegrini, Johani Gonzales. The documentary includes a long and unreleased interview with Master Abbado and concerts and rehearsals shot in Bologna, Lucerne, Vienna, Madrid and Palermo.

2014 • Duration: 60’ hd Director: Helmut Failoni & Francesco MeriniProduced by: Mammut Film


MAURiZio PoLLiNi, De MAiN De MAîTRe – a muSiCal PRofileThere were several compelling reasons to make a film portrait of Maurizio Pollini (b. 1942): his immense talent as a pianist, his rare personality, his affability, intelligence and the desire he himself expressed to submit to this exercise for the very first time—probably because at the age of over 70, he felt that it was time to consent to a film portrait.In addition to providing biographical information, this musical profile focuses on the important milestones in his career, the musicians he has known (Luigi Nono, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, etc.), his repertoire (from Bach over Verdi and Chopin to Schoenberg, Nono, Boulez and Stockhausen) and his political commitment.Based on an extended interview, the film also includes archival footage and excerpts from concerts and documentaries.

2014 • Duration: 53’ hd Director: Bruno MonsaingeonProduced by: Idéale Audience


Also available: lucerne festival 2004 - Pollini in ConcertBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58Programme Number: 5438


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touChing the Sound -The iMPRobAbLe JoURNeY oF NobUYUki TSUJiiBlind from birth, 24-year-old pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii’s handicap - if a drawback at all - never affected his ability to play the piano. Set against the backdrop of the music of Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Liszt, other great piano masterpieces and Nobuyuki’s own uplifting compositions, this film is an inspiration to all people who face disabilities, severe challenges, or obstacles in life.“Touching the Sound” traces Nobuyuki’s life long struggle to become a world-class pianist from his birth, his young years as a student, on a recent American tour, and to the earthquake and tsunami devastated areas of Japan filmed May 2013, ending at his debut at the Proms, in London. It reveals the power of music to provide hope to people in difficult circumstances, specifically through the performances of a young Japanese pianist as he tours the tsunami-devastated areas of Japan.

2013 • Duration: 68’ hd Director: Peter Rosen • Produced by: Peter Rosen Productions


RiChaRd StRauSS and hiS heRoineSFeaturing Brigitte Fassbaender, Renée Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig, Christian Strauss, Rufus Wainwright

The film “Richard Strauss and his Heroines” goes on an exciting discovery journey of the women in Strauss’ life. At the focus is primarily his relationship with Pauline, to whom he was married for over 55 years up to his death. Until today she applies as a harridan who often embarrassed her husband in public. It hereby falls under the table that Strauss at the beginning and end of his relationship composed his finest songs for the trained singer who gave up her career for him and covered his back for the rest of his life. What was it that made the broken old man, who lived through two world wars, write in 1948 in his final song (“At Sunset”) one of the most moving declarations of love in the history of music: “We have through sorrow and joy/gone hand in hand”? “Richard Strauss and his Heroines” – this is the first filmed search for clues about the unforgettable heroines created by Strauss. It is both the story of a turbulent, and at the end moving, love story of two people who were prepared to walk through fire for each other.

2013 • Duration: 52’ hd Director: Thomas von SteinaeckerProduced by: studio.tv.film


o SambaSamba, together with football and beautiful women, is what springs to mind when we think of Brazil. We wish to transcend such clichés and take samba at its word, for what it is. And that is the great discovery of this film: that Samba cannot be reduced simply to dance and lascivious hip movements. Samba is also word, language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life. The composer and singer Martinho da Vila is our charismatic Cicero, guiding us through the world of samba and his Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, the Vila Isabel.

With the participation of Nana Mouskouri, Martinho Da Vila, the Samba School Vila Isabel, Mart’nalia, Maira Freitas, Ney Matogrosso, Leci Brandao, Moyses Marques, Zeca Baleiro, Paula Lima ... and many others.

2014 • Durations: 52’/82’ hd Director: Georges GachotProduced by: Gachot Films in co-production with ARTE/ZDF and SRF Swiss Television



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moRo no bRaSil- the Sound of bRaSilIn “Moro no Brasil“, the Finnish director, Mika Kaurismäki dives into the overflowing musical diversity of Brazil. Having got to know Brazil well during more than 12 years, Kaurismäki sets out on a 4000 km journey to discover local, popular culture, meeting musicians, singers, dancers with an amazing diversity of musical styles, far beyond Samba or Bossa Nova.In his first real documentary film which soon became a masterpiece, Kaurismäki shows the people as they are – gives them the opportunity to speak for themselves, via their amazing rhythms and especially via the lyrics of their songs, which are subtitled to enable the audience to get closer to them.

2002 • Duration: 105’ hd Director: Mika KaurismäkiProduced by: Magnatel TV in co-production with ARTE, Marianna Films, TV Cultura, Lichtblick


bLooDY DAUGhTeRThe mother through the daughter’s eyes - A family portrait blending intimate conversations, agreements and disagreements, and shred ties of sounds and blood. An intimate portrait of two musical giants. This documentary by Martha Argerich’s daughter Stéphanie has been filmed in several countries: Poland, where Martha Argerich chairs the judges of the International Chopin competition and gives several recitals with her close friend Nelson Freire; Japan, which hosts a unique Argerich festival; The United Kingdom, where Stephen Kovacevitch, the father of Stéphanie, lives; Belgium, where Martha and Stéphanie lived together for several years; Argentina, where Martha was born (in Buenos Aires); Switzerland, where Martha and Stéphanie are currently living; France, where the grandmother’s apartment still houses valuable treasures. Made up of documentary sequences focusing on the two characters of Martha and Stephen in their everyday lives, in rehearsal and in performance, the film will be largely given over to intimate conversations, delicious anecdotes, and a few scenes in which we will see the family reunited.

2012 • Duration: 95’ hd Director: Stéphanie ArgerichProduced by: Idéale Audience, Pierre Olivier Bardet & Intermezzo Films, Luc Peter co-produced by Arte France, TSR, SRF



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