Taming a 100-Headed Dragon

Series: Art of Conducting Series

Duration: 31

Year Published: 1993

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: The opening program is concerned with the development of the Middle-European tradition of conducting, from the origin of the conductor's job as a simple time-keeper to the startling concept that the conductor should seek to convey the composer's intentions. Includes silent footage of the father of modern conducting, Arthur Nikisch, in action; Bernstein rehearsing Shostakovich Symphony No. 5; Barbirolli rehearsing the Bruckner Seventh; Beecham in conversation and conducting the Faust ballet music; Richard Strauss conducting Till Eulenspiegel; Weingartner conducting the Freischuetz overture; and Bruno Walter in an interview and conducting the Mozart 40th and rehearsing the Brahms Second.


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