Playing with Fire: Jeannette Sorrell and the Mysteries of Conducting
- 2019
- 1h 10m
Jeannette Sorrell, told by the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Orchestra that no one will hire a woman conductor, forms her own Baroque orchestra, Apollo's Fire, to immediate acclaim. Thi... Read allJeannette Sorrell, told by the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Orchestra that no one will hire a woman conductor, forms her own Baroque orchestra, Apollo's Fire, to immediate acclaim. This is the first film that demonstrates how a conductor converts the dots on a printed score... Read allJeannette Sorrell, told by the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Orchestra that no one will hire a woman conductor, forms her own Baroque orchestra, Apollo's Fire, to immediate acclaim. This is the first film that demonstrates how a conductor converts the dots on a printed score into musical phrases she can hear, and how the musicians almost miraculously transform he... Read all