Khatia Buniatishvili: Mind in the Wilderness - The Forest Concert

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Arts Documentary with no narration published by C Major Entertainment in 2013 - English language

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Framed by the tranquil beauty of a forest near Berlin, Khatia Buniatishvili gives a recital of pianistic masterpieces dappled by the shade of verdant ferns and leafy canopies. As a special treat, her older sister Gvantsa joins her for four-handed works by Dvorak, Brahms, and Piazzolla.

Described as a "force of nature", Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili takes her art into the wilderness with this concert. On a wooden stage, she sits in an earthy concert hall performing works of particular meaning for her, and beloved by audiences the world over. From Debussy's Clair de Lune to Ravel’s La Valse, from Stravinsky’s Petrushka to Piazzolla's Improvisations on Libertango, Buniatishvili demonstrates her wide palette of expression and lyric approach to her instrument. Interspersed with the music are intimate interviews of the artist herself in which she discusses on her musical upbringing, her career, and her impressions of the pieces she has chosen to include in the program.

Khatia Buniatishvili's playing has been described as having "an aura of elegant solitude and even melancholy. It's a perfect characterization of the pianist with such a wide palette of expression." Khatia Buniatishvili commands a natural musicality. "Force of nature", "Spiritedness", or "Infinite freedom" are frequently mentioned attributes of her interpretation. These images epitomize the earthiness of the young Georgian.

For Kathia, the purpose of art is to touch people; the most blissful moments are those of sharing music with people, taking them to places, they have never been before. Every concert stage feels different for her: "I like this kind of adventure moment when you don't know what it's going to be: it makes it more intense", and this site in the midst of a segregated forest is certainly uncommon.

The forest as a place of magic and danger is found among mythology wherever the natural state of wild land is forest: a forest is a location beyond which people normally travel, where strange and wondrous things might occur. Forests can also be places of refuge – a refuge from the speed of daily life, allowing the minds to wander. It has been said that the forest knows all and is able to teach all – Aures sunt nemoris, oculi campestribus oris – the field has eyes, the woods have ears.

Buniatishvili's artistic approach to making music is undoubtedly associated with the Romantic tradition, always maintaining a fine balance between unhinged wildness and lyrical introspection. This repertoire comprises cheerful moments, melancholic passages, and nocturne-like episodes virtuously brought to life throughout a concert experience with a great quality of intimacy and generous ardor. The program includes works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Debussy, Kancheli, Brahms, Ravel, Skrjabin, Dvorak, Handel, and Stravinsky.

Director: Bernhard Fleischer ; A BFMI and Sony Classical Co-Production with C Major Entertainment

Program : Johann Sebastian Bach/Egon Petri, Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV 208 ; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Seasons, Op. 37b ; X. October – Autumn Song ; Frederic Chopin, Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 ; Claude Debussy, Suite bergamasque III. Clair de lune ; Giya Kancheli, "When almonds blossomed" from the film by Lana Gogoberidze ; Johannes Brahms, Intermezzi, Op. 117 No. 2 in B-flat minor ; Maurice Ravel, La Valse ; Alexander Scriabin, Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 ; Frederic Chopin, Etudes, Op. 25 No. 7 in C-sharp Minor ; Antonin Dvorak, Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, 2. Dumka. Allegretto grazioso (E minor) ; Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor ; Igor Stravinsky, Three movements from "Petrushka" ; Traditional/Khatia Buniatishvili, Vagiorko mai ("Don't you love me?") ; George Frideric Handel/Wilhelm Kempff, Suite des Pieces, Menuet ; Astor Piazzolla, Improvisation on "Libertango"

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Video Codec: H.264 CABAC Main@L3.1
Video Bitrate: 2 678 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1280x720
Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 25.000 fps
Audio Codec: AAC (LC)
Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s VBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 1 h 24 min
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 1.65 GB
Source: WEB DL
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