Keeping Score - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 - Michael Tilson Thomas

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Keeping Score - Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 - Michael Tilson Thomas
Classical | 1 DVD | 5.29GB | DVD FULL No compression
2005 | Publisher: San Francisco Symphony 821936000595

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We get a very generous -- and at times humorous, and always genial -- narration by Michael Tilson Thomas as he prepares a performance with his orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony (which is surely one of the country's great orchestras although it is not generally listed, wrongly so in my opinion, with the so-called Big Five American orchestras). We also focus in on several of the individual players to find out how they prepare for the rehearsals. There is also a scene in which the orchestra talks with a group of children about how the orchestra works, and this includes a funny moment where the piccolo player discusses how nervous she gets playing that incredibly difficult solo in the the Tchaikovsky Fourth's third movement. The rehearsal scenes are then followed by an exciting and fully satisfying live performance of the piece in San Francisco's marvelous Davies Symphony Hall. Sound and video are first-rate.

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Actors: Michael Tilson Thomas
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Language: English
Region: All
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: San Francisco Symphony
DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005