Absolutely true, what you said. But we are fortunate, to have access to these documentaries, which are of a superb quality.
May I point you to the famous Werner Herzog - Klaus Kinsky film "Fitzgeraldo", which points to the excellent taste of Werner Herzog, as he got a pair of natural horn players, playing the famous duet excerpt from the Beethoven piano concert on the ship. Also his use of the beginning of "Rheingold" as background music for the ascend in the steep & rocky valley up to Draculas castle in Transsylvania (Film name "Nosferatu", also with Klaus Kinsky, incredibly acting). The same pair produced "El Aguirre". There is a parallel production of the same story "Aguirre": the film "El Dorado" by producer Sauro from Spain, following the historical facts. He used the Tristan Prelude as the main music. Incredibly filmed in Middle America. Must see all. There are many pearls within the thousands of films. ################################################################################################## Am 08.08.2010 um 19:54 schrieb Brass Arts Unlimited: > Hans P. wrote: "Yes, the ouverture is filmed without audience, so the > conductors bow & the orchestras "dog number" are rather comical." > > I noted this as well, but only remember that movie theater audiences > presumably would have applauded heartily at this point, back in > 1926. It's > hard for us to imagine how immensely stunning Vitaphone performances > would > have been to the audience of the day. If you are goggling this > summer over > movies in 3-D with 128-bit processor CGI and Dolby 5.1 surround-sound, > you're probably having the same kind of experience. > > It's even more interesting to me that audiences as late as the 1950s > seemed > to welcome motion picture performances of classical music, at least > as short > features. That subject is long-lost in the theaters of today, but > has made > something of a comeback in the form of the simulcast feature. I > KNOW that > audiences applaud at the cinema simulcast of the Met Opera, much as > they > would have almost 85 years ago at the Vitaphones. > > -- > Regards, > > Dave Weiner > Brass Arts Unlimited > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
