Learning on ScreenMusic from the Flames: Shostakovich
- Synopsis
- This film tells the story of the Russian composer’s life covering his training during the 1917 revolution, the criticism he faced during the 1930s when he was dubbed a formalist by the authorities, and how he came back into favour with his Fifth Symphony. Features interviews with the composer and his son and many performances of his music are shown.
- Series
- Omnibus, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 1978
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- Shostakovich, Dmitri; music - Russian
Credits
- Producer
- Ian Engelmann
- Writer
- Norman Jay
- Contributor
- Dmitri Shostakovich; Mstislav Rostropovich
- Cast
David Oistrakh
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £50.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 64 minutes
- Year
- 2012
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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