GREAT CONDUCTORS - Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis
Composer: Bartok, Bela
Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123
Conductor: Boulez, Pierre
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Television Director: Smaczny, Paul
Television Director: Atteln, Gunter
Year of Production: 2004
Playing Time: 00:52:28
Catalogue Number: EuroArts5330
The conductor Pierre Boulez (born in 1925) best describes his relationship with the music of composer Bela Bartok (1881-1945) as a "sympathy between musicians". The Frenchman has been involved with the music of the Hungarian composer for over five decades. Bartok and Boulez belong to the 20th century's most influential artists. A key work of Bartok is the Concerto for Orchestra, which was premiered in Boston in 1944.
The program Emotion and Analysis follows Pierre Boulez in his rehearsals of this composition with the Berlin Philharmonic. The documentary provides a fascinating look into the methods of the great master of modern music. The rehearsals take place in the spectacular setting of the monastery Mosteiro dos Jeronimos in Lisbon which was also the location of the annual European Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic for the year 2003. Pierre Boulez explains in a series of interviews the historical origins of Bartok's late work, his own personal style of interpretation and his role as conductor as well as his love of composing.
