Concierto de Aranjuez

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CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ is a rich visual and aural feast focusing on Joaquin Rodrigo's most famous work. The film is buoyant and lively as it captures Spanish sculpture and architecture set to the music of Concierto de Aranjuez, and alternately touching and compassionate as guitarist Pepe Romero eloquently relates the story and inspiration behind this beautiful work. Featuring Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.

'The combination of music and images reflect the essence of the Spanish composer's best known work in a way that transcends mere performance and documentary...makes viewing more than a pleasant experience...but...one of insight into inspiration...Recommended.'
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'A triumph of the marriage of film and music. For the sheer beauty of this work, we present the 'Golden Prague'.' Prague Jury Citation

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Main credits

Romero, Pepe (performer)
Marriner, Neville (conductor)
Weinstein, Larry (film director)
Weinstein, Larry (film producer)
Fichman, Niv (film producer)

Other credits

Editor, David New; director of photography, Horst Zeidler.

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Rodrigo, classical music, Spain, Aranjuez, sculpture, architecture, creativiity; "Concierto de Aranjuez"; Bullfrog Films

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In Rodrigo by far the most important
musical analysis that you can do

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is not that of a technical
musical analysis

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but of the spiritual and emotional.

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Rodrigo and his wife Victoria spent
their honeymoon in Aranjuez.

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This concerto seems on the
surface to evoke the beauty

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of this 18th century palace and
gardens and all the splendor of Spain.

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The first movement does that
in a magnificent way,

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but like the splendor of Spain,
behind it is tragedy.

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The second movement

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represented a very sad time in
Joaquin Rodrigo and Vicky's life.

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They had just lost their
first baby at childbirth,

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and Vicki was in great danger.

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Joaquin was in his room,

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and with his music he thought to die.

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At times it's very tender music filled
with love and filled with innocence--

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the feelings that he had for that child.

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At times it grows very angry,

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telling God, "Why did you
take this child away?"

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And at the same time frightened,

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telling God, "Please don't take Vicky."

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At the end of this outbreak

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he finds peace and he
will accept God's will,

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and he gives his baby.

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Since I heard this story from Rodrigo,

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I no longer am able
to think notes or music.

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I think feelings, nothing but uniting my
heart to the feelings that this man,

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whom I love so much,

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felt at the time that
he wrote this piece.

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