Keeping Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Beethoven spent three years composing the Eroica, an intimate journal of his emotional crises and his dramatic emergence as an original master. Michael Tilson Thomas and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony help you make sense of this voyage into life as it really is.

Runtime

55m

Cast

Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, M...

Runtime

2h 10m

Cast

Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop

After the great success of his Beethoven cycle, Christian Thielemann now turns with his new orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, to the symphonic work of Johannes Brahms. Bonus features include: an extensive 52 minute interview with Christian Thielemann on Brahms' Symphonies and provides and in-depth look into his interpretation of B...

Runtime

4h 20m

Director

Christian Thielemann

Cast

Staatskapelle Dresden

Mickey guest-directs a radio orchestra. The sponsor loves the rehearsal, but come the actual performance, Goofy drops all the instruments under an elevator, so they sound like toys. The sponsor hates it, but the audience loves it anyway.

Runtime

6m

Director

Riley Thompson

Cast

Walt Disney, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig

A concert by contemporary instrumental musician, Yanni, recorded live at the Herodes Atticus Theatre in Athens on 25 Sep 1993.

Runtime

1h 35m

Cast

Yanni, Charlie Adams, Karen Briggs