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Classical Masterpieces

Deutsche Welle presents Classical Masterpieces

An outstanding musical documentation by DW-TV produced in cooperation with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and star conductor Kent Nagano

 

Six master composers, six symphonies, a top orchestra and its star conductor - these are the main ingredients for creating an exceptional classical menu on DW-TV: "Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces" is an outstanding musical documentation produced as part of the cooperation between the Deutsche Welle and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO).

The six-part production presents exceptional works from musical history and their creators. The series kicks off with "An Alpine Symphony" by Richard Strauss. It is followed by Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) by Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish), Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 4, Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.Appropriately for "Mozart Year," as a highlight of this outstanding classical masterpieces follows the Symphony No. 41, the Jupiter Symphony, from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The works are presented by star conductor Kent Nagano and the internationally successful DSO Berlin. The concerts were recorded in the Philharmonie in Berlin.

This television production has a special feature: entertaining animated sequences that tell historically authenticated stories from the lives of the master composers. The filmed recordings of the concerts and the documentary segments also depart radically from the usual aesthetic format of classical music programmes. Remote-controlled cameras, boom shots and rapid cuts are all devices that up to now have mostly been used in the field of pop music. They create new angles and a modern look. It is hoped that this will appeal to young viewers who have until now shown little or no interest in classical music.

DW's Director-General, Erik Bettermann: "Classical music has always been an excellent ambassador for Germany throughout the world, and is also an important aspect of European culture. This series with Kent Nagano and the DSO fits in perfectly with the cultural mission of Germany's international broadcaster. What is more, the "Classical Masterpieces" series is a highlight of outstanding quality, not least because of the cooperation with such renowned partners. This is why we will be presenting it to our international audience on a multimedia platform."

To produce the series, DW-TV brought together an experienced team: its directors are Oliver Becker and Ellen Fellmann, whose unusual music documentaries have already attracted great attention. The producer, Bernhard Fleischer, is also a specialist in the field of classical music; his production "Anna Netrebko - The Woman, The Voice" is one of the most successful classical DVDs ever. Sound engineer Martin Sauer has already been awarded five Grammies. The director of photography, Henning Brümmer, has worked with directors like Werner Herzog and Christoph Schlingensief, as well as with the legendary Hollywood cameraman, Michael Ballhaus. The animated sequences were created by Martin Missfeldt, a pupil of the German artist Georg Baselitz. Scriptwriter Rolf Rische has worked across a number of genres as a TV editor, documentary filmmaker and fiction writer.

The series has been filmed at "High Definition Standard" (1920 x 1080 pixels in the 16:9 format). "This makes it possible to have cinema-quality images," says project manager Rolf Rische. In addition to the television programmes, there will be a DVD series containing full-length recordings of all the symphonies presented, as well as the documentary segments. Rische promises that "The DVD will present this classical production in excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. That means the listener is virtually placed right in the middle of the concert hall."

DW-TV will broadcast this ambitious six-part series worldwide in German, English, Spanish and Arabic, starting on 22 July 2006. DW-RADIO will be presenting adaptations in several languages, while DW-WORLD.DE will provide supplementary material on the series on the Internet.

11 May 2006

Source: Deutsche Welle

BACKGROUND

DW-TV: Focus on news and information

  • Primary target group: international opinion leaders interested in Germany and Europe.

"Welcome to the Journal on DW-TV. Hello, I'm Melinda Crane in Berlin." Eight o'clock in the capital city - time for the news magazine of Germany's international television service. It includes ten minutes of current events from all parts of the world with special attention to Germany and Europe. Then the economy: news from the financial markets and from business. The following Top Story offers the background details on a select topic of the day.

Deutsche Welle centres its television activities at its address at Voltastrasse in Berlin. DW-TV is a global presence via satellite 24 hours a day - switching every hour from German to English, in addition to two hours in Spanish in America. In 2002, programme slots in Arabic were added, as well as Dari and Pashto, the two main languages of Afghanistan.

For opinion leaders and decision-makers

DW-TV was launched in April 1992. Over the course of German reunification, Germany's international television broadcaster originated from the nucleus of RIAS TV. Initially, six hours of programming (German and English) go around the world via satellite. Only a few months later, the programme is extended to 14 hours, in July 1993 to 16 hours. Spanish is added as the third broadcasting language. DW-TV has been transmitting around the clock since 1995.

The content and structure of the programme are adapted and updated a number of times - always in the light of international developments, target group analyses and, no less important, its placement in an efficient overall design for Germany's external media image. Repositioning as per 1 January 1999 is the most significant milestone: since then, DW-TV has focused on news, information and the arts. The most important target groups are international opinion leaders with an interest in Germany and Europe.

Journal, the half hour news magazine, becomes DW-TV's flagship: every hour, alternately in German and English, twice a day in Arabic and Spanish. The magazines - such as People & Politics, the political magazine, Made in Germany, the business magazine, European Journal from Brussels or the science show, Tomorrow Today - significantly sharpen the new profile. The documentaries and reports of In Focus cover a broad spectrum of topics.

DW-TV can be received directly by more than 210 million households. Hundreds of partner stations rebroadcast it completely or in part. DW-TV is fed into cable networks and is part of the room service in tens of thousands of influential hotels on every continent. Every day approximately 28 million people around the world watch Deutsche Welle's television station.

Regionalization main feature of DW's profile

One important aspect of the DW profile is its regionalization. In August 2002, DW-TV opened two programme slots: one in Arabic and one in Dari and Pashto for Afghanistan.

The Nilesat satellite sends a three-hour Arabic Service to viewers in more than 20 countries, from Morocco to Saudi Arabia, as well as large parts of Mali, Niger, Chad and the Sudan. More than ten million households can receive the signal of the service, initially subtitled in Arabic. In February 2005, Germany's international television service was the first European TV broadcaster to present news with Arabic anchors in the Arabic language. The daily, three-hour service is centred around two almost 30-minute news shows - supplemented by magazines with Arabic subtitles and dubbed documentaries.

Another service is exclusively for Afghan television (RTA): world news is compiled and taped in Berlin by Afghan colleagues in Dari and Pashto, then transferred to Kabul where it is broadcast by RTA at primetime. This media assistance is supplemented by more programmes and by technical assistance.

New formats in the anniversary year

In the anniversary year of 2003, DW-TV launched new programme formats: With  euromaxx, Germany's international television presents "life and culture in Europe." In June 2003 in cooperation with the Film Promotion Agency (FFA) in Berlin and the Export-Union for German Film, DW-TV launches another new show:  KINO.  Once a month, this German film magazine reports on the latest German movies and on international productions in cinematic Germany. In this way, DW-TV strengthens the international image of German film. In late 2003, the first edition of a new arts programme,  arts.21,  goes on the air.

Two more new shows are launched in early 2004: Discover Germany , a co-production by DW with Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), guarantees interest in Germany as a travel destination.  popXport presents popular bands and artists produced in Germany to make them better known internationally.

With these formats, DW-TV intensifies its arts reporting while sharpening its image as a programme from the heart of Europe.

In addition, Bundesliga Kick off !  has presented the latest from the German football league since January 2005. The magazine offers portraits of players, coaches and teams, replays the best, most important and strangest goals of recent matches, looks ahead at the next match day and back at unusual stories from everyday football.

On TV since 1963

More than 13 years of DW-TV via satellite - that is by far not all of DW's television activity. Its experience in global TV goes back to the year 1963, when it first dispatched a language adaptation of a German film from Cologne across Germany's borders - the first taker was a partner station in the Sudan. Two years later the company TransTel is founded to transcribe and distribute German TV productions. DW - as one of the shareholders - takes over selection and processing of the programmes as well as purchasing the foreign rights. From 1983 on, DW begins producing television programmes on its own. In 1998, TransTel is dissolved and its tasks are completely integrated into DW. In this way, hundreds of programming hours continue to be sent around the world every year in many languages. Today they are adapted and sent from Voltastrasse in Berlin, Deutsche Welle's TV site.

January 2006

www.dw-world.de/dw-tv

Source: Deutsche Welle

FACTS AND FIGURES

Deutsche Welle ...

 

  • is Germany's international broadcaster.

 

  • has the legal mission - according to the amendment of 2005 - to "make Germany understood as a European-grown cultural nation and democratic constitutional state founded on the rule of law" and to "give German and other positions on important issues (…) both in Europe and in other continents a forum with the objective of promoting understanding and dialogue between cultures and peoples" while contributing to spreading the German language.

 

  • fulfils its mission with a tri-media programme:
    - DW-RADIO in 29 languages; German and English round the clock,
    - DW-TV in German, English and Spanish as well as programme slots in other languages, presently Spanish and Arabic and, specially for Afghanistan, Dari and Pashto
    - DW-WORLD.DE - the multimedia and multilingual website with many additional information portals and services.

 

  • operates the DW-AKADEMIE, housing the Deutsche Welle Training Centres for radio and television for broadcasting professionals from developing countries and Eastern Europe as well as journalistic training under one roof. In addition, it offers "intercultural media training" for German professionals sent overseas.

 

  • is comprised of a multinational team of roughly 1,500 employees from more than 60 countries.

 

  • addresses, in particular, opinion leaders, decision-makers and people who speak and are learning German in other countries. DW is also the "bridge home" for Germans living overseas, whether temporarily or permanently