Fourth Tchaikovsky Competition
Fourth Tchaikovsky Competition
"Here we have some superb photography of the contestants, the audience and the judges. You watch the gathering of the performers (200 musicians from 32 countries took part). You see and hear them, including the finest American musicians. The young contestants find encouragement and sympathy from their families. The performances are exciting--a lot of lovely music." (01:00:01) Winners of the Tchaikovsky contest are awarded with ovations and flowers, title screen and credits role (01:01:48) Tchaikovsky's house (01:02:37) Contestants arrive in airplane, they recieve warm greetings on the Moscow airport runway, shots of the Moscow sites taken in by the visiting contestants, the contestants are interviewed - all of them talk about the possibility of how well they will do (01:05:42) Segment on the entrance contest into a Moscow music school for children, little boys, probably no more than five years of age play the piano and sing for school judges (01:07:44) 1970 Contestants outside of the contest building , the jurors are introduced (01:08:57) Contestants draw cards to determine their order, lines form outside the competition hall (01:10:10) American pianist plays a Chopin Sonata - audience and contestants looks on (01:11:20) French woman plays Debussy's "Fireworks" (01:12:15) British man rocks out with hard-core sonata (01:13:02) Soviet man plays Tchaikovsky piece, while he plays the Russian countryside, Red Square, and the Kremlin are showcased, Meanwhile an American violinist has begun to play Tchaikovsky's "Melody" (01:16:12) Romanian violinist plays Ramel's (?) the gypsy - receives strong audience applause (01:17:15) Soviet violinist Ernest's "Last Rose of Summer" - receives strong audience applause (01:18:54) Intermission, audience and contestants mingle, narrator speculates about who will be the winners, some weird test is administered by psychologists meant to measure the degree of excitement by reading something in the hand (01:20:09) Brahms Sonata played by Soviet cellist (01:21:34) American cellist plays Soviet composer's ballad (01:22:30) Beethoven Sonata played by cellist (01:23:24) Soviet man sings Tchaikovsky song (01:25:15) Soviet woman sings Samson and Delilah opera song (01:27:04) American man sings Tchaikovsky piece (01:28:38) Soviet man sings Tchaikovsky piece, the Russian countryside is once again featured during this song along with Tchaikovsky's home (01:30:16) Bulgarian pianist plays compulsory piece, followed by Brazilian pianist, followed by Spanish pianist, followed by Soviet pianist (01:32:27) Jury comes to its decision and select the third round, they hold a raised hand vote (01:33:03) Photos of contestants outside concert hall are rained on on the day off between the first and final rounds, the piano is tuned, an orchestra warms up and practices (01:33:57) Soviet cellist plays with orchestra accompanyment (01:35:10) Japanese cellist plays Tchaikovsky piece (01:36:10) Cellist plays finale of above Tchaikovsky piece (01:37:47) Soviet man sings a Puccini aria (01:39:26) Soviet woman sings song from Carmen (01:40:10) Pensive audience listens attentively to the music, much brow massaging (01:40:50) 4 differents violinists plays Tchaikovsky tune, their different versions are interspliced, the star Soviet violinist waits back stage, little boys conduct and play air violin listening from a balcony (01:45:05) Star Soviet violinist plays Tchaikovosky finale (01:46:55) 5 pianists play Tchaikovsky Concerto #1.their different versions are interspliced (01:54:15) Film closes out with shot of Tchaikovsky sculpture outside the concert hall (01:54:40) End screen