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This documentary film is the second in the trilogy Prague Spring Comes Every Year, which disrupts the stereotype in which the world of serious music is presented by the media. The film is made up of four story-lines. The story of conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, as he rehearses Janáčeks Taras Bulba with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The second story shows a unique event of two grand pianos being reassembled to form a single instrument, and the concert featuring this instrument. In the third story we are present at an international competition in trombone playing and we watch the mutual attitudes of the competitors. Garrick Ohlsson, a star of the first order, figures in the fourth story, which tells about the artists feelings towards the composer and his endless path to perfection.
SD | 58´ | © 2006
director(s): Pavel Koutecký
producer(s): Czech Television, AFIS Association Film and Sociology, International Music Festival Prague Spring
scriptwriter(s): Pavel Koutecký
director of photography: Stano Slušný
cast: Sir Charles Mackerras, Garick Ohlsson , Česká filharmonie and others
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English