Schumann · The Sphinxes

The Boris Giltburg Five Minute Music Library | Schumann · The Sphinxes

Schumann · The Sphinxes

Boris Giltburg’s personal view on Schumann’s Sphinxes

Executive producer · Lars Fenger
Directed by Stéphan Aubé
Image · Cécile Trelluyer
Edited by Sarah Levine
Sound · Anna Tavernier
© Louisiana Museum of Modern Art – 2016

Composers

Schumann

Interpreters

Boris Giltburg

Works

Liszt · The Motifs
Behind the notes of Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor
Mendelssohn · Octet
Watch Sergey Malov playing the famous Mendelssohn’s Octet
Mirages
Three uniquely musical friends breaking new ground at a wild recording session held
between art and construction
Mussorgsky | Baba Yaga
Watch Andreas Haefliger plays the piece “The Hut on Hen's Legs Baba Yaga” extract from the Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky | Chicks
Watch Andreas Haefliger plays the piece “Ballet of the unhatched chicks” extract from the Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky · The Promenades
Boris Giltburg’s personal view on Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
Nocturne
A supernatural journey between dream and reality
Opsahl · Core
Danish cellist Josefine Opsahl performs her own composition in a gigantic wooden structure.
A journey to the heart of music!
Opsahl · Tide
Between the waves of the Baltic Sea, Josefine Opsahl interprets her own vision of Bach's famous cello suite. An exploration of divergent forces: feminine and masculin, flood and ebb
Paganini · Caprice 24
Watch Sergey Malov plays the famous Caprice n°24 by Niccolò Paganini
Paganini · Caprice 5
Watch Sergey Malov interprets the Caprice n°5 by Niccolò Paganini
Petit Carnivore
A small prehistoric carnivore on the lookout for a recalcitrant insect.