Pacific Paradise
★ 6.5 · 1937 · 10m · Music
In this MGM Miniature Musical, Harry Owens and his orchestra perform several song numbers.
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1941 · ★ 6.4
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Wonderful Town
2002
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Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert
2016
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A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
1973
A live TV special of Harry Nilsson performing his album of standards "A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night".
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2022 · ★ 7.1
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The Nutcracker
2009 · ★ 6.5
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2016 · ★ 7.6
When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she decides to enroll in one.
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Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
1999 · ★ 8.7
Michael Kamen conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in support of metal rockers Metallica in this 1999 concert performance.
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Joan of Arc at the Stake
2012 · ★ 8
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Gauche the Cellist
1982 · ★ 7.2
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Around the World in 50 Concerts
2014 · ★ 5.5
During the unique world tour of the RCO celebrating its jubilee in 2013 we meet musicians and concertgoers. The tour develops not just into a journey across the globe but also as a trip to the core of classical music, a quest for the palette of emotions which only classical music can arouse. In 2013 the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra tours the whole world to celebrate its 125th anniversary: 50 concerts spread over 6 continents. Unbounded passion and love for music brings musicians and concert goers together. Documentary maker Heddy Honigmann lands with the orchestra in Buenos Aires, Soweto and St Petersburg and shows how the ensemble succeeds in gaining the hearts of people with a different cultural background. A journey to the kernel and the power of music which knows how to touch unexpected emotions and which helps to overcome the pain of living.
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