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The Great Orchestras
The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel
The Cleveland Orchestra, in Ohio, was founded in 1918 as an ensemble to give children's concerts and rapidly grew to become one of America's ' big five '. Its fame owes a great deal to George Szell , Music Director for 23 years, whose discipline and training left an indelible impression on the orchestra. Something of Szell's magic comes across in archive film included in this documentary.
Since 1972 lorin MAAZEL has been their permanent conductor and for this programme he rehearses and performs music by Beethoven; Berlioz; Dvorak; Gershwin; Mozart; Strauss; and Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor
Soloist Bruno Leonardo Gelber
Film cameraman PETER BARTLETT Film recordist bill CHESNEAU Film editor JESSE PALMER Producer IAN ENGELMANN

Contributors

Conducted By:
Lorin Maazel
Unknown:
George Szell
Soloist:
Bruno Leonardo Gelber
Unknown:
Peter Bartlett
Editor:
Jesse Palmer
Producer:
Ian Engelmann
Source: Radio Times

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