Gozo – One island, two operas

Gozo – One island, two operas

Gozo - One island, two operas

HD, 60 min. Ein Film von Claus Wischmann.
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Grand opera in an unlikely setting. The small island of Gozo (right next to Malta) has 30,000 inhabitants and two opera houses. This means it has more opera per square kilometer than any other place in the world. The organization, the staging, and much of the singing are all done by amateurs. As the annual opera season draws closer, star tenor Joseph Calleja visits the opera houses.

Survival Artists

Survival Artists

Survival Artists

A film by Claus Wischmann and Holger Preusse

 

 

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They live two lives. They work to survive, but music is their passion. At night they perform in sold out concert halls, and clean toilets the morning after. They tickle the ivories and sort out the trash in close succession. They interpret Beethoven just before repairing exhaust pipes. They are survival artists.

Kinshasa Symphony

Kinshasa Symphony

Kinshasa Symphony

Ein Film von Martin Baer und Claus Wischmann. 90 min., Kongo, WDR/RBB 2011
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Two hundred orchestral musicians are playing Orff’s “Carmina Burana” in total darkness. A power cut has hit the Ngiri Ngiri district of Kinshasa, only a few bars before the last section of the work. Kinshasa’s power stations and main networks are insufficient to supply electricity to all the 8 million inhabitants of what is Africa’s third-largest city. Once again the lights have gone out in the “Salle des fêtes”, a kind of open garage where the orchestra practises. But for its members this is no reason to stop rehearsing. Most of them know their parts by heart. Small lapses of memory are compensated for by a talent for improvisation and the grace of God.

loud hard magical – the sound of Finland

loud hard magical – the sound of Finland

loud hard magical – the sound of Finland

A film by Ulrike Neubecker and Wilma Pradetto, 52 min, arte 2017
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This film embarks on a road trip into the fascinating music scene of Finland – a journey that spans melancholy, metal, humour and more. Bassist and great-grandson of Jean Sibelius, Lauri Porra, joins forces with the cello quartet Apocalyptica to interpret the unofficial Finnish national anthem Finlandia in their own unique style and thereby immerse themselves in the mentality and culture of this young nation. The Finns cultivate and cherish a wild mix of musical styles in which zany and anarchic humour can transform effortlessly into deeply felt melancholy. The musical spectrum ranges from Finnish tango to deafening heavy metal and screaming male choirs, all the way to a long and distinguished line of Finnish conductors.