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DVD, color, stereo, 2 hours, Digitally Remastered
$29.95 + 4.00 shipping and handling
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This Special Edition DVD of “Virgil Thomson Composer” is made possible by a generous grant from the Virgil Thomson Foundation
REVIEWS:
“A Vanguard TV Documentary” San Francisco Examiner
“Mr. Thomson’s career is traced with nice touches of illumination.” The New York Times
“One of TV’s rare gems.” New York Daily News
This classic documentary is a moving tribute to one of America’s foremost composers. It has been digitally remastered with restored picture and enhanced sound quality, featuring one hour of new material.
- The program features Thomson at his witty and insightful best, with performances of his piano and orchestral works, including Thomson himself playing and singing a scene from his groundbreaking 1934 opera “Four Saints in Three Acts” with libretto by Gertrude Stein, its all black cast and cellophane sets, and features rare footage of the original 1934 production.
- The film also includes a restored version of his irreverent and rousing “Filling Station” Ballet, recreated for this production by the San Francisco Ballet.
Awards: 2 Cine Golden Eagles, Chris Statuette, Columbus Film Festival, American Film Festival
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“An hour of wonderful discovery.” New York Daily News
“It’s a tour-de-force. …a pioneer undertaking -- the first television program to present a broad revaluation of the life and work of a forgotten American cultural figure of the first importance.” Robert Offergeld, Music Historian
Featuring Philippe Entremont and the New Orleans Symphony
60 minutes, color. Award of Merit, American Association for State & Local History highest honor.
DVD only, $29.95 + $4.00 Shipping & Handling
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THE LIFE & TIMES OF NICOLAS SLONIMSKY
“An inventive look at the 100 year old Russian born American composer, Nicolas Slonimsky, conductor, biographer, on a return visit to St. Petersburg to celebrate his birthday.” Narrated by Michael York. Filmed in St. Petersburg, Russia and Los Angeles.
60 minutes, color. Premiered at the Museum of Contempory Art, Los Angeles, Broadcast on PBS.
DVD only, $29.95 + $4.00 Shipping & Handling
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“The perfect television profile. It is one of those rare instances when the artistry of those behind the camera is equal to that of the subject.” San Francisco Chronicle.
“This is a valuable historic document.” The New York Times.
“An enlightening, enjoyable, sumptuously photographed one hour biography.” The Washington Post
60 minutes, color. DVD, Awards: Cine Golden Eagle, San Francisco Film Festival, American Film Festival
Available exclusively through the Ansel Adams Gallery
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