An occasional series of documentaries featuring some of the world's leading orchestras
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta with Daniel Barenboim
Shulamit Ran, the young Israeli Pianist/composer, and members of the orchestra
Filmed in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Judaean desert and the open air amphitheatre at Caesarea.
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1936 by the Polish born virtuoso violinist, Bronislaw Huberman, who called upon the Jewish musicians who were fleeing from Nazi Europe to join him in Palestine. The first concert was conducted by Toscanini. Despite Israel's stormy history, the orchestra survives.
With extracts from
Mozart Prague Symphony
Beethoven String Quartet, Op 95
Respighi Pines of Rome

(Colour)