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Crew: Featured Music
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung
Synopsis: Master Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai directed this lyrical, dream-like martial arts epic. A famously troubled shoot, the film took two years and 40 million dollars to produce (a shocking sum for a national cinema populated with low-budget quickies) and features a virtual who's who of the Hong Read More
Actors: San Francisco Symphony, Christine Ebersole, Thomas Hampson, Yo-Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw
Synopsis: This classical gala concert, filmed at New York's famed Carnegie Hall on opening night, 2008, finds an all-star ensemble paying homage to the eminent composer-conductor-pianist Leonard Bernstein, with a line up of Bernstein's best-known compositions including "What a Movie" from Trouble in Tahiti Read More
Actors: Chris Botti
Synopsis: This concert program captures a performance by jazz trumpet player Chris Botti, recorded live in Boston, in November 2008, and features tracks such as Ave Maria, When I Fall In Love, and Caruso. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Peter Oundjian, Emanuel Ax, Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma
Synopsis: The Toronto Symphony Orchestra gets a new lease on life when new music director Peter Oundjian steps on board, and music lovers get to see a firsthand account of the creative firestorm that follows in this documentary from filmmaker Barbara Willis Sweete. A former classical violinist who studied Read More
Synopsis: Activist, linguist, and dissident thinker Noam Chomsky was once described by The New York Times as "the most important intellectual alive," and he has gained both passionate admirers and vehement detractors for his outspoken speeches and writings on United States foreign policy. From the Vietnam Read More
Crew: Musical Performer
Synopsis: Filmmaker, philosopher and activist Godfrey Reggio completes the film trilogy he began with Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi in this visually striking examination of the impact of technology upon our culture. Naqoyqatsi is a word from the Hopi language which roughly translates as "war as a way of Read More
Actors: Yo-Yo Ma
Synopsis: In this unforgettable concert event, string virtuosos Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O'Connor bring down the house with their lively interpretations of American traditional and folk music. Performed live at Avery Fisher Hall on April 5th, 2000, their much-anticipated follow-up to 1996's Read More
Synopsis: In this inspiring documentary, a companion to Jane Goodall's memoir of the same name, the famed scientist and tireless environmental activist explores the connections between her work and her deep personal faith. From a restless childhood in England to the wilds of Africa and beyond, Goodall's Read More
Synopsis: Christine Baranski makes her first series appearance as Seattle radio therapist Dr. Nora Fairchild, a spoof of a certain well-known, ultraconservative talk-show host. Dr. Nora's outspoken, bullying and predominately homophobic "my way or the highway" radio personality is extremely irritating to Read More
Actors: Yo-Yo Ma, Lori Singer, Don McKellar, Arsinée Khanjian, Jan Rubes, George Sperdakos
Synopsis: Quirky Canadian director Atom Egoyan helmed this, the only fictional entry in a series of six films, titled "Yo-Yo Ma Inspired Bach." The story centers on the world-renowned cellist and is a free-form series of unrelated connections between people. As the story begins, Ma is flying to Toronto via Read More
Actors: Yo-Yo Ma, Mark Morris, Mark Morris Dance Group
Synopsis: Ice skaters Torville and Dean explain to cellist Yo-Yo Ma how they translate the composer's notes into dance moves, and give a sample performance. This segment comes courtesy of Yo-Yo Ma's Inspired by Bach series, in which the musician teams up with contemporary artists from a variety of media to Read More
Actors: Yo-Yo Ma, Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Tom McCamus, Mark Kinney
Synopsis: This 53-minute documentary, one episode in the six-part Canadian TV series, Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach, attempts to link Johann Sebastian Bach's personal and professional life with the modern world. It is structured by director Patricia Rozema (I've Heard the Mermaids Singing) around the six Read More
Synopsis: Violin virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma has entertained audiences around the world with his extraordinary talents. This is the second of six Inspired by Bach programs that blends the music against a story of a short film. In this video the setting is Giovanni Piranesi's prison etchings to address this master Read More
Actors: Julie Moir Messervy
Synopsis: Artistic idealism meets bureaucratic red tape in this first entry in the six-part series, Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach. Suite no. 1 for cello, entitled The Music Garden, provides the backdrop for this documentary as Ma invites garden designer Julie Moir Messervy to design an urban park that will Read More
Synopsis: Sessions At West 54th is an acclaimed PBS series that features some of the finest artists in contemporary pop music performing live in an intimate setting. This video features highlights from the show's first season, including performances by Suzanne Vega, Emmylou Harris, Patti Smith, Wynton Marsalis Read More
Actors: Yo-Yo Ma, Tamasaburo Bando
Synopsis: Violin virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma has entertained audiences around the world with his extraordinary talents. He constantly explores the musical ideas of any composer, seeking to bring form to the piece. This is the fifth of six Inspired by Bach programs that blend the music against a story or a short film. Read More
Actors: Daniel Barenboim, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman
Synopsis: Three of the most celebrated artists in classical music -- violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Daniel Barenboim -- come together for a special recital in this performance video. Recorded during a 1995 performance with The Berlin Philharmonic, Beethoven: Triple Concerto and Read More
Actors: Wynton Marsalis
Synopsis: Musicians and performers know that practice makes perfect. In this edition of the four-part series Marsalis on Music, renowned jazz and classical musician Wynton Marsalis and cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma teach the young musicians of the Tanglewood School how to work out and practice difficult peices of Read More
Synopsis: Yo-Yo Ma, among others, is featured in this celebration of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's life-work. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Enjoy the sounds of Brahms as performed by Yo Yo Ma, Jaime Laredo, Isaac Stern and Emanuel Ax. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: This delightful presentation is illustrated with photographed graphics. The musical background is performed by Yo Yo Ma. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: The popular artist Yo Yo Ma is presented in a live concert performance at the renowned Tanglewood Music Festival. The personable cellist plays a wide range of music, from Bach and Brahms, to Beethoven and Gruber. He manages to entertain, inform, and delight his audience on a warm summer night in Read More
Crew: Composer (Music Score)
Synopsis: While his girlfriend works at a stultifying office job, the slovenly man in this film attempts to write fiction while sitting at his kitchen table. As a Hungarian expatriate, one cannot imagine where he hopes to market it. His girlfriend is also an expatriate, and they have long since grown tired Read More
Synopsis: In this hour-long video, Mr. Rogers focuses on several segments of his PBS television show dealing with the importance of music in a child's life. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More
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