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Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor:
Armand Diangienda

Background: The film: Two hundred orchestral musicians are playing Beethoven's Ninth - 'Freude schoener Goetterfunken'. A power cut strikes just a few bars before the last movement. Problems like this are the least of the worries facing the only symphony orchestra in the Congo. In the 15 years of its existence, the musicians have survived two putsches, various crises and a war. But concentration on the music and hopes for a better future keeps them going. Kinshasa Symphony is a study of people in one of the world's most chaotic cities doing their best to maintain one of the most complex systems of joint human endeavour: a symphony orchestra. The film is about the Congo, the people in Kinshasa and the power of music.

'A superb and affecting documentary about some highly unusual musicians, the staggering challenges they face in heir everyday lives, the amazing city they live in and the ower of Beethoven's Ninth.' Die Zeit. 'KINSHASA SYMPHONY is an ode to joy!' The Economist. "It's to Baer and Wischmann's credit that it is a very measured and often funny and lyrical film." Sound and Music UK.

CATALOGUE NR: 708308
RECORD LABEL: C Major Entertainment
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Kinshasa Symphony
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste
CONDUCTOR: Armand Diangienda

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 95 minutes / Subtitles: English German French Spanish Korean Portugese Russian - Mar-2012 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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