Grades 7-12, College, Adult
Directed by Niv Fichman
Produced by Rhombus Media
DVD Purchase $79, Rent $45
US Release Date: 1989
Copyright Date: 1988
VHS ISBN: 1-56029-103-6
Subjects
Canadian Studies
Humanities
Music
Performing Arts
Awards and Festivals
Best Performing Arts Program, Gemini Awards
Honorable Mention, National Educational Film & Video Festival
Extraordinary meeting between two prodigies of the violin.
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"... full of gorgeous moments... the cameos of each violinist, little and big, are rich, intimate character studies full of warm humor." The Spectator |
The Guelph Spring Festival provides the backdrop for this extraordinary meeting between two of the most impressive prodigies of the violin: 76-year-old Sir Yehudi Menuhin and 14-year-old Corey Cerovsek.
With the Camerata Lysy Gstaad (his own student orchestra from Switzerland) Menuhin, with characteristic warmth, humor, and rigor, holds a master class for some of Canada's most gifted violin students. The culmination is a dramatic performance of Bach's Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, with Menuhin and Cerovsek.
Reviews
"Fascinating footage of a young genius preparing for his encounter with the old master... full of gorgeous moments... the cameos of each violinist, little and big, are rich, intimate character studies full of warm humor."
The Spectator