Paris rebuilds Concertgebouw for Mengelberg film
mainThis is exceptional footage from 1931, when Willem Mengelberg agreed to have his orchestra filmed in Paris – on condition that they replicated the exact setting they enjoyed in Amsterdam.
Mengelberg gives a short speech before the concert – unimpressively for so powerful a personality. The playing is extraordinary.
The film is stored on a new Mengelberg archive site here.
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