Beethoven's Eroica

Beethoven's Eroica a production of the San Francisco Symphony.

San Francisco Symphony's music director, Michael Tilson Thomas, retraces Beethoven's steps through Vienna's aristocratic ballrooms and Austria's rustic villages, exploring how Beethoven channeled his fears of deafness, his admiration for Napoleon, and his obsession to prove himse...

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Corporate Authors: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, SFS Media (Firm), Independent Communications Associates
Other Authors: Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- (Conductor), Kennard, David (Director, Producer), Saffa, Joan (Director, Producer), Halvorson, Gary (Gary A.) (Director), Bronson, Michael (Producer), Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, Calif. SFS Media, c2006.
Series:Keeping score
Subjects:
Thomas, Michael Tilson, > 1944-
Beethoven, Ludwig van, > 1770-1827.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, > 1770-1827. > Symphonies, > no. 3, op. 55, > E♭ major.
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Symphonies > Analysis, appreciation.
Symphony orchestras > United States.
Musical analysis.
Music appreciation.
Musicians > United States > Interviews.
Videos > Music Library
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Summary:San Francisco Symphony's music director, Michael Tilson Thomas, retraces Beethoven's steps through Vienna's aristocratic ballrooms and Austria's rustic villages, exploring how Beethoven channeled his fears of deafness, his admiration for Napoleon, and his obsession to prove himself the greatest composer of his time and to write the Eroica. Includes a live performance of Beethoven's Eroica by the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Item Description:Title from container.
Extra features: About Keeping Score; About Michael Tilson Thomas; About the San Francisco Symphony; Trailer for Stravinsky's Rite of spring; Trailer for Copland and the American sound; Links.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, mastered in high definition (performance).
Participant or Performer:Hosted by Michael Tilson Thomas (documentary).
San Francisco Symphony ; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (performance).
Language:In English, with optional French, German, Spanish or Chinese (traditional or simplified) subtitles (documentary only).

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