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André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers
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(DVD - Code 2)
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ANDRÈ PREVlN - The Kidness of Strangers ANDRÈ PREVlN 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 AngeIes Philharmonic Orchestra, through four marriages including 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 DESIRE. He also conducted the production at San Francisco Opera, with Renée FIeming as Blanche. This film teIls the story of the making of the opera, based on Tennessee WiIliams' controversial stage pIay, and foIIows the backstage trials and tribulations from first rehearsals through to opening night. Previn taIks condidly about the experience and reIates it to his internationaI Iife and career. André Previn has stood centre sage in the worId of music for the Iast fifty years. Tony Palmer's ninety-minute documentary, fiImed in America, Japan, Germany, Austria and EngIand, telIs both why and how. |
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