Knowledge is the Beginning : The Ramallah Concert.
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Copyright date on title frames: 2005.
Anamorphic widescreen format; concert in PCM stereo., Dolby digital 5.1, or DTS 5.1.
DVD 1. Knowledge is the beginning (93 min.) / a film by Paul Smaczny ; produced by Paul Smaczny ; a production of EuroArts Music International.
DVD 2. The Ramallah concert (113 min.) / concert directed by Michael Beyer ; documentary directed by Ayelet Heller ; produced by Paul Smaczny ; a production of EuroArts Music International. Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, K Anh. 9 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 / Ludwig van Beethoven ; Nimrod from Enigma variations, op. 36 / Edward Elgar.
Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra ; Mohamed Saleh, oboe ; Kinan Azmeh, clarinet ; Mor Biron, bassoon ; Sharon Polyak, horn.
Knowledge is the beginning tells the story of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Seville, Spain-based project set up by Israeli-Argentine musician and conductor Daniel Barenboim and his friend the Palestinian philologist Edward Said. Shows how the orchestra brings young Arabs and Jews from the Middle East together to perform and live side by side. The Ramallah concert presents a performance that the orchestra gave in Ramallah in the West Bank despite substantial security and political challenges.
DVD; NTSC; region code 0.
Contents: Sinfonie concertanti, -- Symphonies. -- Variations on an original theme.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Menu screens in English. Primarily in English; optional subtitles in English (non-English segments only), French, German, or Spanish (concert); additional optional subtitles in Arabic (documentary).
PUBLISHED
[S.l.] : Warner Classics, c2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (37 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.)
Language: English
Rated: NR
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Barenboim, Daniel, 1942-
Said, Edward W.
Smaczny, Paul.
Beyer, Michael.
Heler, Ayelet.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
EuroArts Music International GmbH.
SUBJECTS
Barenboim, Daniel, -- 1942-
Said, Edward W.
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
Symphony orchestras -- Seville.
Jewish-Arab relations.
Symphonies.
Orchestral music.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.