Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
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Overview
Documentary about the state of the conducting world in the 1990s. Broadcast as part of the BBC OMNIBUS strand of documentaries.
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Runtime
50 min
Release Date
1993-11-23
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Norman Lebrecht
Self
Franz Welser-Möst
self
Mariss Jansons
Self
Christoph von Dohnányi
Self
Lorin Maazel
Self
Klaus Tennstedt
Self
Zubin Mehta
Self
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Self
Leonard Slatkin
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