Research Catalog

Title

What the universe tells me : unraveling the mysteries of Mahler's Third symphony / producer, director & editor, Jason Starr.

Publication

Pleasantville, NY : VAI, [2003], ©2003.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Starr, Jason, 1966-
• Channing, Stockard
• Cortese, Glen
• Dunn, Mignon.
• Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
• Manhattan School of Music (New York, N.Y.). Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• Manhattan Chorus, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• Manhattan School of Music (New York, N.Y.). Preparatory Division. Chorus, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.). Choir, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"Documentary [film]. Performances combine with illustrative artwork, computer animation, historical film clips and the insights of ... historians, philosophers, and biographers."--Container.

Alternative Title

Unraveling the mysteries of Mahler's Third symhony

Subjects

• Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 > Symphonies, no. 3, D minor
• Symphonies
• Documentary films

Genre/Form

Documentary films.

Note

• Durations: 57:00 (DVD 1); 108:00 (DVD 2).
• Special features (DVD 1): miniature documentaries, which expand on biographical, philosophical and musical issues raised in the film.

Access (note)

• Region code: 0.

Credits (note)

• Cinematographer, Stuart Keene ; music recordist, Jerry Bruck.

Event (note)

• The symphony was recorded live in Riverside Church, New York City.

System Details (note)

• DVD; stereo (audio); format 4:3 (video).

Language (note)

• DVD 1: narrated in English; subtitles in Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean (documentary only); DVD 2: vocal portions of the symphony sung in German.

LCCN

089948426790

OCLC

• ocm55605868
• 55605868
• SCSB-9072867

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries