Tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich, the great cellist
Here you go then, the full movie. For aspiring cellists everywhere...play with courage!
Subtitled in English.
Gauche is based on a story by Kenji MIYAZAWA, one of the most-loved poet/storytellers in Japan (Miyazaki and Takahata love his works, and have been influenced by him). The movie was made as an independent project by a Japanese animation s...
Full movie here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qGtE2G3Uyc&feature=related
The first night, a tortoiseshell cat came to Gauche and, giving him a tomato, asked him to play Schumann's "Träumerei." Gauche was irritated, as the tomato was from his garden outside, so he berated the cat and instead played "Tiger Hunt in India."
Gauche the Cellist (Ja...
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The second night as he was practicing, a cuckoo came to him asking to practice scales to Gauche's cello accompaniment. Gauche repeatedly played "cuckoo, cuckoo," accompanied by the bird. Eventually, he felt that the cuckoo's song was better than his cello. Gauche chased the bird away, causing it to fly into his window, hitting his head.
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The third night as he was practicing, a raccoon dog came to him asking to practice the timpany to Gauche's cello accompaniment. As Gauche played The Merry Master of a Coach Station, the tanuki hit the cello with a drum stick. The tanuki pointed out to Gauche that he played late despite trying to play speedily. The two left on good terms as the day ...
The fourth night as he was practicing, a mother mouse came in with her baby mouse, asking him to heal her sick son. When Gauche told her that he wasn't a doctor, she replied that the sound of his music had already healed a number of animals. Gauche put the sick little mouse into a hole of his cello and played a rhapsody. When Gauche was finished, t...
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Mvmt II also on youtube
This is a Short clip from a CNN spot this morning.
Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist and conductor considered by many to be one of the finest virtuosi of his instrument in the last half of the 20th Century, died today. He was 80.
for more: http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/custom/la-ex-rostropovich27apr28,0,3988974.story?coll=hc-nationworld...
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Available on Oxingale Records - Goulash!)
Mvmt II also on youtube
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