A U-Tube Music Fair
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Runtime: 78' Year: 2009 |
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These twelve documentary shorts of classical piano, ballet and opera performances were initially posted on YouTube by Webster Young, a neo-Classical composer. They became so popular that he decided to include them in a documentary. The unifying thread in this "music fair" is his commentary regarding musical prodigies, the musical ear, writing music and musical instruments.
Young's narration and piano performances are filmed in front of theatrical scenery that hasn't been seen in 50 years and originates from the old Metropolitan Opera house in New York. Beautiful excerpts from five original ballets of the Eric Hyrst -Webster Young ballet collaboration are also included. Hyrst was a dancer with the Royal Ballet, while Alicia Alonso and Georges Balanchine became chief choreographers of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, creating over 150 new ballets.
The documentary also features performances by Placido Domingo's frequent stand-in, Spanish tenor Efren Puig and a cameo appearance by Cia Toscanini, the great grand-daughter of Arturo Toscanini.
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