One of the best string quartets in the world, Artemis, pops up in a train station, among the passengers.

The Gare d'Austerlitz, in Paris, becomes, for half an hour the center of an unpredictable concert, rythmed by the departures and arrivals of trains. Two of the most beautiful scores ever writtent for a string quartet are played : the 4th movement of Quatuor No 14, along the platform, and, before, the majestuous slow movement of the Quatuor No 15, in the middle of the hall, carrying away all the rail and passengers traffic


This musical and living picture is the third episode of FUGUES OUT, the series of films which dives classical music into daily life. Out of the institutions. Out of plush venues.

One exclusive bonus film (1st movement of No. 14) here > fugues.cc/744


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L'un des meilleurs quatuors à cordes au monde, Artemis, surgit dans le grand hall d'une gare, parmi les passagers.

La gare d'Austerlitz, à Paris, devient pendant près d'une demi-heure le lieu d'un concert improbable, rythmé par les départs et arrivées de train, où sont joués certains des quatuors les plus beaux de Beethoven : le quatrième mouvement du quatuor No 14 le long d'un quai, mais surtout au milieu du hall le mouvement lent du Quatuor No 15, emportant tout le trafic ferroviaire avec lui.

Ce tableau musical et vivant est troisième épisode de Fugues, la série qui plonge la musique classique dans la vie quotidienne. En dehors des institutions, des salles de concert feutrées.

En bonus le 1er mouvement du quatuor No 14, ici > fugues.cc/744



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Produced and directed by Antoine Viviani
Produced by Providences
fugues.cc

Providences and Arte Live Web present the 2nd ep. of Fugues Out, which goal is to film the best performers of classical music differently, out of the traditional music hall and great institutions, in daily life scenes, that can also hopefuly constitute outstanding cinema scenes.

For this 2nd ep., we put a grand piano in an ice rink in Paris, just before it opens to the public. The two pianists Edna Stern and Alexander Gurning play a different repertoire, one after the other, while the ice rink is getting more and more crowded.

Programme

Edna Stern
Chopin - Prélude 0p 28 No 20
Bach - Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland (choral)
Schumann - Kinderszenen (Extraits)

Alexander Gurning
Beethoven - No 23 Op 57, Appassionata, 1er Mouvement
Rachmaninov - Prélude Op 23 No 5


FRENCH & GERMAN CHAPTERED VERSIONS ON ARTE LIVE WEB
liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Fugues_episode_2___Fugues_en_patins__avec_Edna_Stern_et_Alexander_Gurning/

Directed by Antoine Viviani
Music consellor Edouard Foure Caul Futy
Filmed by Laure Flammarion & Antoine Viviani
Sound by Jean Baptiste Aubonnet & François Clos

More info on our website : fugues.cc (in French, the series is called Fugues in French)

The Great Fugue by Beethoven is one of his greatest achievements, one of the most powerful scores ever written for a string quartet. He composed it at the very end of his life, while he was completely deaf, and desperate.

The music seems first to be very hard and tortured but it countains also a very powerful feeling of joy and liberation. That is why I wanted to film this performance among the patients of a mental institution, Sainte Anne, in Paris.

CREDITS
Directed and edited by Antoine Viviani
Camera Operators - Javier Ruiz Gomez, Yvan Schreck
Sound operators - Philippe Petit, Celine Grangey
Music advisor - Edouard Foure Caul Futy
Providences 2009 All rights reserved

More info on our website : fugues.cc (in French, the series is called Fugues in French)

This is the pilote of the series Fugues.

The French pianist Wilhem Latchoumia plays among some children during a painting class in a big studio and squat for artists in Paris.

This piece by Heitor Villalobos is called Impressoes Sereisteras

Credits :
Images by Vincent Moon
Produced and edited by Antoine Viviani
Sound by Stephane Laporte

More info on our website : fugues.cc (in French, the series is called Fugues in French)

This is the pilote of the series Fugues.

The French pianist Wilhem Latchoumia plays among some children during a painting class in a big studio and squat for artists in Paris.

These two pieces by Henry Cowell are called Tides from Manaunaun and Banshee.



Credits :
Images by Vincent Moon
Produced and edited by Antoine Viviani
Sound by Stephane Laporte

More info on our website : fugues.cc (in French, the series is called Fugues in French)