The Sydney Opera House Tenth Anniversary Recital: Roger Woodward

Australia, 1983

Roper Woodward played the first recital at the Sydney Opera House in 1973 and ten years later he was given the honour of performing the tenth anniversary recital on October 1, 1983. This video presents Roger Woodward performing the commemorative tenth recital live at the Sydney Opera House playing three of Beethoven’s sonatas and ending with an encore of Chopin’s Grand Waltz.

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Credits

director

Peter Skillman

producer

Peter Abbott

production company

Yoho Productions

Duration

01:03:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

319365

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Sydney Opera House (N.S.W.)

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Beethoven, Ludwig von, 1770-1827

Music & Performing Arts → Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849

Music & Performing Arts → Classical music

Music & Performing Arts → Concerts

Music & Performing Arts → Music videos

Music & Performing Arts → Musicians - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

Music & Performing Arts → Piano

Music & Performing Arts → Sydney Opera House (N.S.W.)

Music & Performing Arts → Woodward, Roger

People → Beethoven, Ludwig von, 1770-1827

People → Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849

People → Woodward, Roger

Performance

Performance → Music - Performance

Places → Sydney Opera House (N.S.W.)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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