FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Classical Music

VH 5027 Accompanist, The
Summary: A collaborator in occupied Paris, merchant Charles Brice sees the war as an opportunity to increase his wealth - and ensure the devotion of his wife, a beautiful singer. But his moral compromise is mirrored by his wife's infidelity, and she pursues a leader of the French Resistance with the same hunger that he pursues German marks. Caught in the middle of their emotional whirlpool is an awkward young pianist who observes everything - and who sacrifices her own chance at happiness by living in their dark shadow. Directed by Claude Miller. 111 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 0696 Beethoven (Volume 2)
Summary: The program discusses the life of Beethoven, his influence on musical form and on the development of the symphony orchestra. His Symphony No. 7 and excerpts from No. 5 are performed. 090 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: STORY OF THE SYMPHONY, THE

VH 6201 Berlioz Takes a Trip...
Summary: Program #1)"Berlioz Takes a Trip" (52 min.) describes the Symphonic Fantastique by Hector Berlioz. Includes excerpts from the Symphonie Fantastique. Program #2) "Two Ballet Birds" (52 min.) discusses selections from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. Program #3) "Fidelio: A Celebration of Life" analyses Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. 155 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC, OPERA, DANCE Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 0697 Berlioz (Volume 3)
Summary: The program discusses the life of Berlioz and the influence he had on the development of the symphony. His Symphonie Fantastique is performed. 090 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: STORY OF THE SYMPHONY, THE

VH 0698 Brahms (Volume 4)
Summary: The program discusses the life of Brahms and his influence on the development of the symphony. His Symphony No. 4 is performed. 090 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: STORY OF THE SYMPHONY, THE

VH 6104 Concert-Aid: Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Summary: A concert recorded May 1985 in aid of Oxfam's famine relief work in Ethiopia and the Sudan. 040 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 6302 Concert-Aid: Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Summary: A concert recorded May 1985 in aid of Oxfam's famine relief work in Ethiopia and the Sudan. 040 Min. VIDEO Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 7956 Great Speeches: Today's Women. Volume 3
Summary: A series of speeches by women on national concerns and issues; each speech is preceded by a video narrative to place it in context. 1992 inaugural ceremonies - Maya Angelou. 2001 commencement address, Scripps College - Jan Piercy, the U.S. Executive Director to the World Bank. 2000 Republican National Convention - Condoleezza Rice. 2000 Democratic National Convention - Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. 2000 Democratic National Convention - Karenna Gore Schiff. 057 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 0660 Haydn & Mozart (Volume 1)
Summary: The program discusses the lives of Haydn and Mozart and their influence on musical form and on the development of the symphony orchestra. Symphony No. 87 by Hadyn and Symphony No. 39 by Mozart are performed. 090 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: STORY OF THE SYMPHONY, THE

VH 0920 Horowitz In London
Summary: Recorded at a concert in Royal Festival Hall, May 22, 1982, Renowned pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs works by Domenico Scarlatti, Chopin, Schumann, and Rachmaninoff. Includes interview. 116 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: CONCERT , CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 0994 Horowitz in Moscow
Summary: Records Horowitz's historic recital in Moscow. Also includes highlights of his return to his native Soviet Union--his first visit in 61 years. 120 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC, CONCERT

VH 6202 Humor in Music...
Summary: Program #1) "Humor in Music" (59 min.) music is shown to be funny through imitating nature, sudden pauses, abrupt louds or softs and musical puns. Program #2) (53 min.) addresses how fragments of tunes woven into melody and simultaneous melodies used to create counterpoint. 112 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 6203 Jazz in the Concert Hall
Summary: Program #1) "Jazz in the Concert Hall" (53 min.) illustrates the nature of jazz and its fusion with serious concert music in the last 40 years. Program #2) "Tribute to Sibelius" (53 min.) features the performance of Finlandia, the first movement of the Violin concerto in D minor, and the fourth movement of the Symphony no. 2 in D major by Sibelius to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of his birthday. Program #3) "A Birthday Tribute to Shostakovich" (53 min.) celebrates the birthday of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. 159 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: JAZZ , CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 1402 Johann Sebastian Bach
Summary: The film examines the versatility of Bach's music. Fischer lets the music speak for itself. There are photographs of the original documents, as well as atmospheric vistas of Germany. 115 Min. VIDEO Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 1413 Life of Mozart, The
Summary: A full length film study of the composer's life and work, based on a ll the available documentary material. 135 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 6285 Listening for Clues
Summary: Wynton Marsalis shows us how to identify different forms of music moving effortlessly from Prokofiev to Gershwin, Ellington and Ives. 054 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: MARSALIS ON MUSIC

VH 1404 Ludwig Van Beethoven
Summary: Examines the life and works of Beethoven. Photographed in original locales, with scholarly commentary and performance of selections of his music. 102 Min. VIDEO Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 0865 Magnificat
Summary: A traditional version of Bach's Magnificat performed by Tafelmusik and the Tudor Singers, with a jazz version featuring Bobby McFerrin, Ann Mortifee, and the New Single Singers. 049 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC, JAZZ

VH 6204 Musical Atoms: A Study in Intervals...
Summary: Program #1) "Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals" (55 min.) shows that an "atom" of music is not a single note, but at least two notes. This two-note relationship, or interval, is the basis of all music, as intervals work to create melody and harmony. Program #2) Quiz Concert: How Musical Are You?" (51 min.) offers a fun chance for viewers to try their musical knowledge by guessing the name of the composer, the period, style, and form of short excerpts from pieces. Later the audience hears familiar pieces of music played in incongruous ways and is asked to figure out what the musicians are doing wrong. 106 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 0640 Onegin
Summary: A ballet performance of Pushkin's tragic tale of passion and unrequited love set to music by Tchaikovsky. 095 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: DANCE, CLASSICAL MUSIC

VH 0695 Perahia Plays Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Summary: Performance of five Beethoven piano concertos in the Royal Festival Hall in London. Between the concertos Jane Glover discusses the music with Murray Perahia and Sir Neville Marriner. 049 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC, CONCERT Series: PERAHIA PLAYS BEETHOVEN

VH 0693 Perahia Plays Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3
Summary: Performance of five Beethoven piano concertos in the Royal Festival Hall in London. Between the concertos Jane Glover discusses the music with Murray Perahia and Sir Neville Marriner. 086 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC, CONCERT Series: PERAHIA PLAYS BEETHOVEN

VH 0694 Perahia Plays Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4
Summary: Performance of five Beethoven piano concertos in the Royal Festival Hall in London. Between the concertos Jane Glover discusses the music with Murray Perahia and Sir Neville Marriner. 075 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC, CONCERT Series: PERAHIA PLAYS BEETHOVEN

VH 0699 Shostakovich (Volume 6)
Summary: The program discusses the symphony in the 20th century, with emphasis on the work and influence of Shostakovich. His Symphony No. 5 is performed. 090 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: STORY OF THE SYMPHONY, THE

VH 6286 Tackling the Monster
Summary: Wynton Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma show young musicians how to practice new o r difficult pieces. 054 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: MARSALIS ON MUSIC

VH 6205 What Does Music Mean...
Summary: Program #1) "What Does Music Mean" (60 min.) demonstrates that the meaning of great music lies not in the story but in the sounds themselves and in the underlying emotions and feelings of that music. Program #2) "What is Orchestration?" (59 min.) shows how music is arranged for an entire orchestra, how the choices are made, and what the instruments can do. 119 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 6206 What is Concerto? / What Is American Music?
Summary: Describes the development of the concerto from its Baroque beginnings to the present, through discussion and illustration. The second program traces the development of American music as the basis of a school of composition, presents orchestral selections to illustrate the various periods, and analyzes the elements that characterize American concert music. 118 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 6207 What is Impressionism? .....
Summary: Shows how the Impressionistic concert pieces of Debussy and Ravel are the musical counterpart to the paintings of Monet, Degas and Renoir. Second program demonstrates Latin American music with complicated rhythms, distinctive instruments, and melodies from India, African, Spanish and Portuguese sources. The third program is an introduction to Viennese music in triple meter. 160 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 6208 What is Sonata Form?......
Summary: Analyzes the principles of form in music, pointing out that the sonata form is really an expansion of the basic three part form found in popular tunes and in the dacapa aria. Second program illustrates the principle that the sound of an orchestra is not always the same, but must express the characteristic styles, textures, and colors of the music of different composers and nationalities, throughout all periods of music history. The third program defines a mode as a special kind of scale with the half tones and whole tones in different places than found in major or minor scales. 160 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 6209 What Makes Music Symphonic?.....
Summary: Explains that symphonic music takes simple musical themes and develops them. The second program explores 18th Century European music, called CLASSICAL MUSIC music, and its mathematical, then graceful and elegant style. 118 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 6210 Who is Gustav Mahler?.....
Summary: The first program discusses how Mahler, in every aspect of his life, was a double man: sad grownup and innocent child, suave Westerner and gypsy like Easterner, master of chamber music sounds, yet composer for some of the biggest orchestras in history. Second program shows how folk themes are reflected in concert music. He illustrates concert music that reflects a certain folk spirit, that contains folkish music material, and that is based upon real folk songs. Third program shows how throughout his life, Igor Stravinsky kept switching styles . 160 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS

VH 6287 Why Toes Tap
Summary: Using two versions of "the Nutcracker" (Tchaikovsky's and Duke Ellington's jazz arrangement), Wynton demonstrates how composers use rhythm to express a wide variety of emotions. 053 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: CLASSICAL MUSIC Series: MARSALIS ON MUSIC