A weekly series of visits to music festivals around the world. Festa in Montepulciano Hans Werner Henze's
International Workshop
Three years ago the composer Hans Werner Henze tried, with international artists and the Communist town council of Montepulciano, to bring back cultural activities which had been drained out by industrialisation. In this film, made at the birth of the event, HENZE recreates the atmosphere of enthusiasm and chaos which reigned. Including extracts from:
Il Palazzo Zoologico , an opera designed by local schoolchildren, directed by VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF
Don Quixote, PAISIELLO'S opera re-scored to include a local brass band Il Turco in Italia, ROSSINI'S opera Concerts by Julian Bream Peter Maxwell Davies Gerald English
... cleverly structured film (OBSERVER) sparkling and thoroughly enjoyable
(SUNDAY TIMES)
Producer PETER ADAM