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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 BerIin refugee to multi-Oscar-winning film 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 remarkabIe career reached a cIimax in September 1998 with the premiére of his first opera, A STREETCAR NAMED DESlRE. He also conducted the production at San Francisco Opera, with Renée FIeming as Blanche. This fiIm teIls the story of the making of the opera, based on Tennessee WiIIiams' controversiaI stage play, and foIIows the backstage triaIs and tribulations 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 worId of music for the Iast fifty years. Tony Palmer's ninety-minute documentary, fiImed in America, Japan, Germany, Austria and EngIand, teIls both why and how. |
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