"The Organistas"
- Website
- Official Website
Videos
Overview
- Genre
- Arts, Music, and Culture
- Synopsis
In this impressionistic view behind the scenes into the fascinating world of the pipe organ, master musicians reveal why they are passionate about the "King of Instruments".
World-renowned designers and craftspeople
show how the sophisticated, rarely-seen skills of “voicing†and molten-metal forming are used to make the organ “speak†with a unique sound.The film uses music ranging from Bach to the contemporary master Stephen Paulus. Their glorious sounds are heard and “seen†in magnificent churches,
chapels, concert halls and private homes. Also included is rare filming of a tiny instrument built about 1680 being played in a private office in London, performed especially for the film.- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 27 minutes
Credits
- Bert Shapiro ... Bert Shapiro
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Pheasants Eye Productions
- Country
- United States
- Locations
- New York City, London UK
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2000
- Festivals
- Rochester Film Festival 3rd place Zoie Film Festival Southside (Bethlehem Pa) Film Festival New Film Makers Festival NYC
- Awards
- Directors Award at the Black Maria Film Festival.
- Distribution
- Amazon
- Language
- English
Photos
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