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Each one-hour "Keeping Score" episode, shot documentary style, takes viewers on a journey across the world to explore how and why Beethoven, Stravinsky and Copland were able to write such remarkable and revolutionary music. Audiences join Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, in rehearsal and performance, and travel with him as he discovers the stories behind the music of classic rock stars.
• Episode One: Two hundred years ago, Beethoven rewrote the rules of music when he premiered his "Eroica Symphony," describing through music his own personal experiences. Filmed on location in and around Vienna, the episode explores Beethoven's life story, his deafness, his rivals and fans.
• Episode Two: Almost 100 years ago, Igor Stravinsky shocked the Western world with his ballet score "The Rite of Spring," a highly charged and confrontational piece. Filmed in St. Petersburg and Paris, the episode explores the spirit in which it was written and the drama of the opening night.
• Episode Three: In the early 20th century, the sounds of America burst upon the world with jazz, blues, spirituals, folk music, Latin music and the hits of Tin Pan Alley. Aaron Copland listened and absorbed everything around him. Filmed on location in New York, Brooklyn and Prague, this episode visits the places and explores the ideas that shaped Aaron Copland's life and music.
The "Keeping Score" episodes air on PBS stations nationwide this November
(check your local listings). The companion Web site, www.keepingscore.org, is an
interactive site that explores the music and stories behind the works in much
greater depth. credit - Kristen Loken The San Francisco Symphony's innovative
conductor Michael Tilson Thomas-the maestro behind "Keeping Score."
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