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Khatia Bunitishvili in Kiev

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Khatia Buniatishvili's guest appearance in Fall 2015 at the International Center of Culture and Arts in Kiev features the piano suite PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, that was written by Mussorgsky in honour of his deceased friend, the architect Victor Hartmann.

Buniatishvilis musical promenade reveals an extraordinary thrilling interpretation, accompanied by impressions of Kiev’s cultural life including visits at artists friends and the current mayor of Kiev, the former heavyweight champion, Vitali Klitschko.

Khatia Buniatishvili in Kiev

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

A John Williams Celebration

Bernhard Fleischer, John Williams, Gustavo Dudamel

Anna-Marina Mattner & Bernhard Fleischer

Itzhak Perlman

John Williams & LA Phil

Members of the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets

May the force be with you!

The Imperial Stormtroopers

John Williams & Gustavo Dudamel

Talking music

John Williams in the Walt Disney Concert Hall

Darth Vader

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Robin Gray, Lighting designer

Preparing the PBS TV presentation

Natalie Portman, host of the Gala programme

BFMI has recorded the Los Angeles Philharmonic Season Opening Gala 2014, paying hommage to one of the greatest film composers of the modern age, featuring mutual friends Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Best known for his film scores and ceremonial music (such as the 1984 Olympic Fanfare), Williams has composed the music for nearly eighty films in a career spanning over six decades. John Williams is the winner of 5 Academy Awards, 17 Grammys, 3 Golden Globes, 2 Emmys and 5 BAFTA Awards.

A John Williams Celebration

Opening Gala Concert from the Walt Disney Concert Hall

Mozartwoche 2015

Horse Dressage by Bartabas Set to Sacred Music

After centuries horses are once again returning to the Felsenreitschule

Bartabas’s improvised Solo to Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music

What’s got four legs and works with Marc Minkowsky?

The high art of equestrianism: Laure Guillaume

Horses lend us the wings we lack.

Emmanuelle Santini

Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano

Felsenreitschule, built in 1693 and used as a summer riding school

Beauty, power, and majesty

Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble & soloists positioned in the arcades

Les Amazones de Versailles

Cream-coloured baroque Lusitanos and Sorraias

Audiences went wild after the grand spectacle

Marc Minkowsky & Bartabas, Bertrand Couderc & Matthias Schulz (background).

The stage is reinforced, cushioned and insulated; the sand resilient, noise-insulating and comfortable for the hooves.

Bartabas and Le Caravage

Marc Minkowsky, a good horseman himself

Marc Minkowsky & Maïlys Frougneux

The arrival of the magnificent stars

Reviving the original purpose of the Felsenreitschule

The literall meaning of Hofstallgasse comes to life: “Courtly Mews Alley”

Bartabas & Bernhard Fleischer

BFMI took the opportunity to record Davide penitente, a wonderful piece performed during Mozart Week 2015. The spectacle combines an outstanding beautiful interpretation of Mozart’s music with the exceptional art of horse dressage. It is staged by the unique French equestrian choreographer Bartabas and his team from the Académie équestre de Versailles. Bartabas’s art can hardly be categorized – his interpretation of Mozart’s music brings together horses and human beings, music, movement, light and costumes in a poetic synthesis of all the arts. In the Felsenreitschule he innovatively focuses the limelight on the stars for which this unique venue was created over three centuries ago: horses.

The cast includes Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, the soloists Christiane Karg, Marianne Crebassa, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, and the Salzburger Bachchor under the baton of Marc Minkowsky.

Broadcast dates:

ORF 2: Sunday FEB 8, 10:15 a.m. + Monday FEB 9, 03.20 p.m.
Arte: Sunday JUN 21, 07:00 p.m.

Davide Penitente

Horse Dressage by Bartabas

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