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The Berlin celebration concert : December 25, 1989

Title
The Berlin celebration concert : December 25, 1989 / [presented by] Deutsche Grammophon ; a co-production of UNITEL Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. and Bayerischer Rundfunk, KCET, Videomusic Productions, Inc., DDR Fernsehen ; director, Humphrey Burton.
Publication
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video ; [New York] : [Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records], ©1989, [℗1990]

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  • Anderson, June, 1952-
  • Walker, Sarah, 1943-
  • König, Klaus, 1934-
  • Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950-
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
  • Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk. Chor, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Berliner Rundfunk. Grosser Chor, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Philharmonischer Chor Dresden. Kinderchor, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Staatskapelle Dresden, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova. Orkestr, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • London Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • New York Philharmonic, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Orchestre de Paris, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Deutsche Grammophon Video.
  • Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  • KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Video Music Productions.
  • DDR Fernsehen.
Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color; 12 in. +
Summary
Beethoven\u0027s Ninth Symphony performed by musicians from the Soviet Union, United States, Britain, France, and Germany, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, in a "festival of jubilation" to commemorate the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Alternative Title
  • Ode to freedom documentary
  • Ode to freedom = Ode an die Frieheit = Ode a la liberté
Subjects
Note
  • Last movement sung in German. Opening sequences and credits in English and German.
  • "CD-Video."
  • Copyright on title screen: c1989. On container: p1990.
  • Program notes in English and French and text of Schiller\u0027s poem in German, English and French (1 leaf : ill.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Videorecording of the concert given on Dec. 25, 1989, in the Schauspielhaus, Berlin (GDR).
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available in VHS 1/2 in.
System Details (note)
  • Laserdisc (CLV, Extended play) [NTSC] ; digital stereo, digital sound, CX noise reduction ; DDD (digitally recorded, mixed, mastered).
Contents
(Side 1) Berlin, December 1989; Introduction (6 min.) -- 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (20 min.) -- 2. Molto vivace (12 min.) -- (Side 2) 3. Adagio molto-e cantabile (21 min.) -- 4. Presto / Allegro assai (33 min.).
LCCN
4400722501
OCLC
  • ocm25353571
  • 25353571
  • SCSB-5525084
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries