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| Up close with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra - October 15 on Bravo! |
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on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 02:45 PM |
In September 2004, Rhombus Media, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Bravo! joined forces to film Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra. This 90-minute documentary, directed by Barbara Willis Sweete and produced by Jessica Daniel, captures the excitement of the TSO's opening week with its new music director, dynamic and charismatic Toronto native Peter Oundjian.
Five Days in September, a selection of the 2005 Sudbury and Vancouver International Film Festivals, is a provocative and intimate film that reveals the inner workings of the TSO during this important time. In one intense week, the TSO hosted musical superstars Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Renée Fleming, and these great soloists are captured in candid footage as they work with the maestro, prepare in their dressing rooms, interact with their fans backstage, and rehearse and perform with the orchestra. The film offers an insider's view of the complex and intricate human machine that prepares for, and attends to, every need of the TSO's musical guests. Five Days in September also features Maestro Oundjian in all his elements: onstage, backstage, in donor meetings, media interviews, receptions, ironing shirts, shaving, and even awakening from a nap.
Director Barbara Willis Sweete was thrilled to direct the project, and especially noted the level of access granted by the TSO to the Rhombus crew. "We were crawling around the stage during rehearsals and concerts. We were backstage, in the dressing rooms, in the administrative offices, experiencing and capturing everything as it unfolded, or erupted." Sweete also reflected upon the action that concertgoers are not privy to. "I think the film presents classical music as an organism that requires an army of mad, passionate, divinely inspired obsessive-compulsives to feed it, nurture it and bring it to life. The entire infrastructure behind-the-scenes is geared towards crisis management at all times, whether it is a disagreement between the concertmaster and the maestro, or a last-minute cancellation by a guest soloist. For us, it was very much like shooting a 'siege' film, hence the title."
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