Movies by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
As part of the cast:
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Kurt Masur: A Life in Music: The Anniversary Gala from Leipzig (2007)
Cast: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, MDR Radio Choir …
Directed by: Georg Wübbolt
A concert held in June 2007 celebrates the 80th birthday of world-renowned maestro Kurt Masur, who has led orchestras in France, Germany and the United States during his storied career. In…
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The Brahms Symphonies (2006)
Cast: Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur conducts the celebrated Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in a performance of Brahms's four symphonies. Masur treats each work as if it were a single movement within one grand…
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Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music: Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto (2006)
Cast: Martha Argerich, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly …
Music historian Wulf Konold reveals the story behind Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54, in this program, which also features a performance of the piece by pianist…
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Summer Night of Music (2005)
Cast: Dee Dee Bridgewater, The King's Singers, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra …
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Andrey Boreyko and Belen Maya are just a few of the artists performing in this eclectic concert event designed to dissolve the perceived barriers between musical styles…
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The Magic Flute Story: An Opera Fantasy (2001)
Cast: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra, this skillfully abridged adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's brilliant comic opera is a delightful family treat. Lavish sets and costumes (and…
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Bach: Mass in B Minor (1998)
Cast: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Matthias Rexroth, Christoph Genz …
Johann Sebastian Bach completed this masterpiece a year before his death in 1750. In a fitting tribute to the great composer, the boys' choir at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig and the…
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Mendelssohn Gala Concert (1997)
Cast: Kurt Masur, Felix Mendelssohn, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra …
Conductor Kurt Masur leads the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in this musical tribute to Felix Mendelssohn featuring several of the acclaimed German composer's most stirring works,…
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Kurt Masur: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (1991)
Cast: Gwynne Howell, Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, Doris Soffel …
Acclaimed German conductor Kurt Masur leads the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus in this performance of Beethoven's marvelously sprawling Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125, filmed live…