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André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers
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(DVD - Code 2)
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ANDRÈ PREVIN - The Kidness of Strangers ANDRÈ PREVIN turned seventy in 1999. From Berlin refugee to muIti-Oscar-winning fiIm score composer, from great jazz pianist to chief conductor of both the London Symphony and the Los Angeles PhiIharmonic Orchestra, through four marriages incIuding Mia Farrow and present wife Heather, with an honorary knighthood for his services to British music, his story is extraordinary. Previn's remarkable career reached a climax in September 1998 with the premiére of his first opera, A STREETCAR NAMED DESlRE. He aIso conducted the production at San Francisco Opera, with Renée Fleming as BIanche. This fiIm telIs the story of the making of the opera, based on Tennessee WilIiams' controversial stage pIay, and foIIows the backstage triaIs and tribuIations from first rehearsaIs through to opening night. Previn talks condidIy about the experience and relates it to his international life and career. André Previn has stood centre sage in the world of music for the last fifty years. Tony PaImer's ninety-minute documentary, filmed in America, Japan, Germany, Austria and EngIand, teIIs both why and how. |
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