Howard Goodall's Big Bangs

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Director: David Jeffcock;justin Kershaw
Actor: Howard Goodall
Studio: KULTUR VIDEO
Category: DVD

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4 reviews
Sales Rank: 44839

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 250 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

UPC: 032031433496
EAN: 0032031433496
ASIN: B0017HEY98

Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
'In this series I'm going to look at five of the great breakthroughs that European music has experienced in its extraordinary history; five momentous discoveries. I also want to show what they mean to us today, at a time when so-called classical music is being absorbed into a much bigger mainstream and when its 1,000-year reign seems to be coming to a close.' HOWARD GOODALL

With intriguing anecdotes and witty humour, composer Howard Goodall presents five innovations in European musical history, which have overwhelmingly changed its course:

NOTATION: the journey from plain chant in medieval times to symphonic works and improvisation

EQUAL TEMPERAMENT (a universal tuning, scale and key system): from the discoveries of Pythagoras to J.S. Bach

OPERA: where music interfaces with real life with love, death and politics

THE PIANO: this versatile instrument is unique to European culture.

RECORDED SOUND: from Caruso to world music and sampling

'It's fascinating stuff, brilliantly presented.' THE AUSTRALIAN
'This is the very best thing on television. It is utterly brilliant.' THE SUNDAY TIMES

Written and Presented by Howard Goodall

Featuring:
Courtney Pine
John Mark Ainsley
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Salisbury Cathedral Choir
Students Of London College Of Music
Pupils Of Marlborough College
Julian Light Operatic Society
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus

NOTATION

Chapter 1: Plain chant
Chapter 2: Numes
Chapter 3: Guido Monaco
Chapter 4: Composers
Chapter 5: Improvisation
Chapter 6: Sibelius

EQUAL TEMPERAMENT

Chapter 1: Pythagoras, mathematician
Chapter 2: Pythagoras, mystic
Chapter 3: John Dunstable
Chapter 4: Renaissance
Chapter 5: J. S. Bach
Chapter 6: Accordion
Chapter 7: Chinese music

OPERA

Chapter 1: Camerata
Chapter 2: Orfeo ed Euridice
Chapter 3: The Marriage of Figaro
Chapter 4: Liberation
Chapter 5: Nationalistic pride
Chapter 6: Modern opera
Chapter 7: China

PIANO

Chapter 1: Early keyboards
Chapter 2: Bartolomeo Cristofori
Chapter 3: Johann Andreas Stein
Chapter 4: Franz Schubert
Chapter 5: Development
Chapter 6: Claude Debussy
Chapter 7: 20th century

RECORDED SOUND

Chapter 1: Early technology
Chapter 2: Enrico Caruso
Chapter 3: Recording techniques
Chapter 4: Live and recorded music
Chapter 5: World music
Chapter 6: Sampling

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

great series! September 6, 2008
Benjamin A. Opie
I was lucky enough to see these broadcast on the Ovation network, and I'll be purchasing a copy shortly. This is absolutely some of the best music education I've ever seen. Like the Bernstein Young People's Concerts, these five shows can equally be enjoyed, understood, and appreciated by experienced musicians and non-musicians alike. All five subjects are approached with humor, and his examples cover a very wide range of musical expression.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Series August 16, 2008
six string
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

A great review of seminal events/movements in music history. Goodall does a great job of mixing historical and biographical information with charm and wit--not to mention great music. It's too bad there's only five episodes! Very entertaining!

5 out of 5 stars

It's finally available June 5, 2008
Chronos467 (Pelham, Alabama)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Thanks for finally making this available on DVD. I recorded all of the episodes from Ovation TV earlier this year but the quality was poor, so I'll pick this up. This is a very witty and well researched series. The explanation of equal temperament is the best I've ever heard -- and I have a masters in music. I would've grasped the concept much quicker had I seen this presentation.

5 out of 5 stars

'About Time' this was released on dvd May 18, 2008
John Yiannakopoulos (Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you have any interest in music that goes beyond
a childs level this is an essential purchase.
Excellent production values, witty, amusing and
superb fun.
Would make a superb gift to anyone with even a
cursory interest in 'art' music - especially as an
introduction - buy it for a friend, relative or
anyone you care for and it just might turn into a
musical epiphany for them, which is what the intent
of the entire series is about.
You will not be dissapointed with this dvd or
anything else that Howard Goodall is in, everything
that he is involved in is essential.
The fifth episode is my favourite.
Yours Sincerely
John