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In 1973, Western music was banned in the People's Republic of
China. But in a remarkable breakthrough cultural exchange, the
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted a tour of closed-off China,
becoming the first American orchestra to visit the communist
nation. Jennifer Lin's Beethoven in Beijing provides a fabulous
photo-rich oral history of this boundary-breaking series of
concerts the orchestra performed under famed conductor Eugene
Ormandy. Lin draws from interviews, personal diaries, and news
accounts to give voice to the American and Chinese musicians,
diplomats, journalists, and others who participated in and
witnessed this historic event. Beethoven in Beijing is filled with
glorious images as well as anecdotes ranging from amusing sidewalk
Frisbee sessions and acupuncture treatments for sore musicians to a
tense encounter involving Madame Mao dictating which symphony was
to be played at a concert. A companion volume to the film of the
same name, Beethoven in Beijing shows how this 1973 tour came at
the dawn of a resurgence of interest in classical music in
China-now a vital source of revenue for touring orchestras.
Live performance from the 2013 Odeonplatz Concert in Munich. Tenor
Rolando Villazón and baritone Thomas Hampson sing works by Verdi
and Wagner with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the
Symphonieorchester and Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Music by
Jules Massenet and Maurice Ravel is also featured.
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Various Artists - Violin Concertos (CD)
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Renaud Capucon, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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R335
Discovery Miles 3 350
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