Changes made to Vivier: Reves D`Un Marco Polo (UK)

Revision 9

Created on Thursday, 13th September 2012, 14:38
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• Added tag Dreams of a Marco Polo
• Added tag Reves d'un Marco Polo

Revision 8

Created on Wednesday, 13th January 2010, 23:15
Change Submitted by Alan Titherington

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• Added tag Asko Ensemble
• Added tag Schonberg Ensemble

Revision 7

Created on Wednesday, 23rd September 2009, 12:48
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• Added tag Kopernikus
• Added tag Lonely Child
• Added tag Shiraz
• Added tag Zipangu

Revision 6

Created on Tuesday, 7th October 2008, 13:19
Change Submitted by Alan Titherington

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• Added tag Claron McFadden
• Added tag Karl Daymond
• Added tag Lani Poulson
• Added tag Opus Arte
• Added tag Pierre Audi
• Added tag Reinbert de Leeuw
• Added tag Susan Narucki

Revision 5

Created on Tuesday, 7th October 2008, 13:16
Change Submitted by Alan Titherington

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• Change #1 - musical [B]directio
• Change #2 - he Asko [B]Ensemble
• Change #3 - uring: <newline>[B]Kopernik

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• Added tag DVD

Revision 4

Created on Tuesday, 7th October 2008, 13:16
Change Submitted by Alan Titherington

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• Change #1 - uring: <newline>[B]Kopernik

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• Added tag DVD

Revision 3

Created on Tuesday, 7th October 2008, 13:15
Change Submitted by Alan Titherington

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• Change #1 - musical [B]directio
• Change #2 - s, the Asko [B]Ensemble and
• Change #3 - uring: <newline>[B]Kopernik
• Change #4 - pernikus[/B], opéra
• Change #5 - er <newline>Marco Polo An ‘opéra fleuve’: a series of tableaux about Marco Polo, some vocal, others instrumental: <newline>Prologue pour un Marco Polo ‘Marco Polo’s Last Will and Testament – Vision of Zipangu’ (1981) <newline>Shiraz ‘A First Glimpse of the Adventure’ (1977) <newline>Lonely Child ‘The Youth of Marco Polo’ (1980) <newline>Zipangu The symbol of immeasurable inner treasures that are so difficult to accumulate (1980) <newline>Wo bist du Licht! A meditation about human suffering (1981) <newline>Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele Do you believe in the immortality of the soul (1983 - unfinished)none204 mins£29.99[B]Marco Polo[/B] An ‘opéra fleuve’: a series of tableaux about Marco Polo, some vocal, others instrumental: <newline>[B]Prologue pour un Marco Polo[/B] ‘Marco Polo’s Last Will and Testament – Vision of Zipangu’ (1981) <newline>[B]Shiraz[/B] ‘A First Glimpse of the Adventure’ (1977) <newline>[B]Lonely Child[/B] ‘The Youth of Marco Polo’ (1980) <newline>[B]Zipangu[/B] The symbol of immeasurable inner treasures that are so difficult to accumulate (1980) <newline>[B]Wo bist du Licht![/B] A meditation about human suffering (1981) <newline>[B]Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele[/B] Do you believe in the immortality of the soul (1983 - unfinished)Claude Vivier - a spellbinding and insightful 60-minute documentary by Cherry Duyns, from his acclaimed contemporary composer portrait series, on the life and work of Claude Vivier, including rare footage, interviews with conductor Reinbert de Leeuw and people close to Vivier and his music <newline> <newline>Introductions to the work by Pierre Audi and Reinbert de Leeuwnone204 mins£29.99http://www.opusarte.com/>

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Revision 2

Created on Tuesday, 7th October 2008, 13:12
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• Change #1 - A performance of the Vivier opera in two acts, that tells a mystical story which centres on the character called Agni. Reinbert De Leeuw conducts.none204 mins£29.99Many consider Claude Vivier the greatest composer Canada has yet produced. György Ligeti once called him [apost]the finest French composer of his generation[apost]. A pupil under Gilles Tremblay and Karlheinz Stockhausen, he soon created his own dazzling vocal and orchestral language, profoundly marked by his travels to the Far East. The interweaving of his personal and professional life, of the real and the imaginary, reveals a compelling global awareness, deep human compassion and a universal quest for ultimate enlightenment. Vivier himself pursued this journey of discovery, until his tragic murder in Paris at the age of thirty-four. <newline>The two parts of Rêves d’un Marco Polo are like shadow and light, forming a dreamlike ritualistic experience and encompassing stage productions of his finest compositions. Pierre Audi[apost]s superb and moving staging is complemented by refined, passionate musical direction from Reinbert de Leeuw, leading the soloists, the Asko Ensemble and the Schönberg Ensemble to great heights. <newline> <newline>Susan Narucki, Lani Poulson, Claron McFadden, Kathryn Harries, Karl Daymond, Johan Leysen <newline>Asko Ensemble / Schönberg Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw <newline>Stage Director Pierre Audi <newline> <newline>Repertoire The ultimate collection of Vivier’s mature works in a dramatic and spellbinding staging featuring: <newline>Kopernikus, opéra rituel de mort in two parts (1980) <newline>In this ‘mystic tale’ the central character Agni calls on historical and mythical figures: Lewis Carroll, Merlin, a witch, the Queen of the Night, a blind prophet, an old monk, Tristan, Isolde, Mozart, the Lord of the Waters, Kopernikus and his mother <newline>Marco Polo An ‘opéra fleuve’: a series of tableaux about Marco Polo, some vocal, others instrumental: <newline>Prologue pour un Marco Polo ‘Marco Polo’s Last Will and Testament – Vision of Zipangu’ (1981) <newline>Shiraz ‘A First Glimpse of the Adventure’ (1977) <newline>Lonely Child ‘The Youth of Marco Polo’ (1980) <newline>Zipangu The symbol of immeasurable inner treasures that are so difficult to accumulate (1980) <newline>Wo bist du Licht! A meditation about human suffering (1981) <newline>Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele Do you believe in the immortality of the soul (1983 - unfinished)none204 mins£29.99>

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• Added tag DVD

Revision 1

Created on Tuesday, 29th April 2008, 14:56
Change Submitted by Alan Titherington

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• Added tag Claude Vivier
• Added tag Contemporary
• Added tag Opera
• Added tag Vivier

Initial Version

Created on Tuesday, 3rd January 2006, 13:53
First Submitted by DVD Reviewer