March
2009 :::
Beethoven documentary to premiere at Barbican, London :::
In
Search of Beethoven Theatrical release: March 30th, 2009 at the Barbican
Theatre, London.
Julia
is featured playing three of Beethoven's chamber works in Phil Grabsky's second
composer documentary, the 'follow up' to the hugely successful In Search of
Mozart.
She
can be heard and seen playing extracts from the Op.1/1 piano trio, the Op.24 'Spring'
sonata for piano and violin, as well as the Op.102/1 sonata for piano and cello.
The
documentary includes contributions and performances from Emanuel Ax, Christoph
Berner, Jonathan Biss, Riccardo Chailly, Jonathan Del Mar, Endellion Quartet,
Alban Gerhardt, Richard Harwood, Janine Jansen, Sir Roger Norrington, Gianandrea
Noseda, Vadim Repin, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Lars Vogt and many, many more...
In
May / June 2009, the documentary will be shown as 5 episodes on Sky Arts (UK).
WORLD
PREMIERE: March 30th, 2009 at the Barbican Hall, London
FOLLOWED
BY UK & WORLDWIDE THEATRICAL RELEASE
DVD
RELEASE: tba
BROADCAST
PREMIERE: Sky
Arts 2 & Sky Arts HD from May 24th, 2009 at 7pm (UK channels 257 & 258; 5 x 30
mins each Sunday from May 24th)
IN
SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN
List
of performers and interviewees
Orchestras
and Conductors: -Mahler
Chamber Orchestra conducted Claudio Abbado in the production of Fidelio from I
Teatri, Reggio Emilia directed by Chris Kraus -Orchestra
of the Eighteenth Century conducted by Frans Brüggen -Salzburg
Camerata conducted by Sir Roger Norrington -Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted
by Riccardo Chailly -Filarmonica della Scala conducted by Gianandrea Noseda -Wiener
Symphoniker conducted by Fabio Luisi -Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by
Thomas Dausgaard -Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Parrott -Orchestre
National du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Tugan Sokhiev -Dresden Staatskapelle
with Vladimir Jurowski -Louis Langrée Berliner -Philharmoniker with Herbert
von Karajan -Corydon Orchestra and Singers conducted by Matthew Best -City
of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle -Orchestre de
Paris conducted by Christoph Eschenbach -Orchestre National de France conducted
by Kurt Masur
Soloists
and Chamber Artists:
Violinists:
Vadim Repin, Janine Jansen, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Urban Svensson
Pianists:
Paul Lewis, Hélène Grimaud, Ronald Brautigam, Jonathan Biss, Emanuel Ax, Lars
Vogt, Leif Ove Andsnes, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Boris Berezovsky, Julia Fedoseeva,
Christoph Berner, Itamar Golan, Cecile Licad, Gerold Huber
Cellists:
Alban Gerhardt, Richard Harwood, Roel Dieltiens, Mats Rondin
Quartet:
Endellion String Quartet
Singers:
Christian Gerhaher, Anja Kampe, Albert Dohmen, Clifton Forbis, Giorgio Surjan,
Julia Kleiter
Historians
and Commentators:
Barry
Cooper, Christine Köndgen, Bayan Northcott, Ilona Schmiel, Cliff Eisen, Jonathan
Del Mar, Giovanni Bietti, Hebe Jeffrey, Chris Kraus
