Keeping score : MTT on music
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Published
San Francisco, Calif. : SFS Media, [2004].
Language
English
UPC
821936000595

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Live performance originally produced for the PBS television program Great Performances, copyrighted 2004.
General Note
Bonus material includes a narrated slideshow about Tchaikovsky and the 4th symphony, a short film about the San Francisco Symphony, and a biography of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Participants/Performers
Host/presenter: Michael Tilson Thomas.
Participants/Performers
San Francisco Symphony ; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Live performance recorded at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California.
Description
Includes a documentary hosted by the San Francisco Symphony's music director Michael Tilson Thomas, who discusses the drama, pathos, elation, and despair embodied in Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony; the documentary features interviews with musicians as it takes the viewer behind the scenes to experience the preparation that goes into a performance of the piece. Also includes a live performance of the complete Tchaikovsky 4th by the San Francisco Symphony, with Thomas conducting.
System Details
DVD format; one sound track with Dolby digital stereo., the other with Dolby digital 5.1 surround (live performance only).
Language
English, with optional Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles (documentary only).