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Title: Beethoven: Kinshasa Symphony (Symphony No.9) (C Major: 708308)
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 1
Release Date: 15/11/2011
Actors: Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste, Armand Diangienda
Director: Claus Wischmann, Martin Baer
Audio Language: French
Runtime: 1 hour and 35 minutes
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Studio: C Major
Subtitle Language: German, English, Spanish, French, Korean, Portuguese, Russian
Certificate: BBFC E
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The film: Two hundred orchestral musicians are playing Beethovens Ninth Freude schoener Goetterfunken. A power cut strikes just a few bars before the last movement. Problems like this are the least of the worries facing the only symphony orchestra in the Congo. In the 15 years of its existence, the musicians have survived two putsches, various crises and a war. But concentration on the music and hopes for a better future keeps them going. Kinshasa Symphony is a study of people in one of the worlds most chaotic cities doing their best to maintain one of the most complex systems of joint human endeavour: a symphony orchestra. The film is about the Congo, the people in Kinshasa and the power of music.

REVIEW
A superb and affecting documentary about some highly unusual musicians, the staggering challenges they face in heir everyday lives, the amazing city they live in and the ower of Beethovens Ninth. --Die Zeit

KINSHASA SYMPHONY is an ode to joy! --The Economist

Required viewing for all the affluent West who take part in group musical activities at any level. --Gramophone,Mar'12

Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer's marvellous film follow these hard-pressed amateurs in the run-up to a gala open-air concert of powerful music. Performance**** Picture & Sound ***(*) Extras*** --BBC Music Magazine,Mar'12

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