A Musical Journey: France (2012)
0h 57min
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- Synopsis:
A musical tour of Paris, Versailles, Chantilly,and the Pays de La Loire, to the accompaniment of music by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The PlacesThe tour starts in the formal gardens of the Palace of Versailles and moves on to the Chateau of Chantilly. In Paris Montmartre presents a simpler world, with scenes from the Canal Saint-Martin. The writer Rabelais is celebrated in Chinon, his birth-place, and there is a glimpse of Bluebeard’s castle before we enter the traditional brasserie, La Cigale, in Nantes. In Paris again, the restaurant, the Train Bleu, celebrates an earlier age of luxury and from the historic railway stations of die capital we continue to Pere Lachaise Cemetery, before finally visiting the Place de la Concorde and the major sights of Paris.
1. Palace of Versailles - Chantilly
2. Paris: Montmartre - Canal Saint-Martin - Place des Vosges
3. Le Pays de la Loire: Castle of Chinon - Les Entonneurs Rabelaisiens, Chinon Tiffauges Castle - La Cigale, Nantes
4. Paris: Le Train Bleu and Gare de l’Est - Hotel Terminus and Gare du Nord
5. Paris: Pere Lachaise Cemetery
6. Paris: Place de la Concorde - Arc de Triomphe - Les Champs-Elysees Trocadero - Eiffel Tower
The Music
In 1809 Vienna was once again under attack from the forces of Napoleon. Most of the leading families, including die imperial family, had taken refuge elsewhere, the occasion of Beedioven’s sonata Les Adieux. On 12th May the city surrendered, the French occupation bringing with it hardship for the Viennese people. In diese circumstances Beedioven, now 39 and increasingly deaf, worked on the last of his five piano concertos, to be popularly known as the Emperor. It was probably completed in the following year and was given its first performance in Leipzig in November, 1811.- Aka:
- A Musical Journey: France: A Musical Visit to Provence and a Carnival of Animals
- Studio:
- Naxos
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest