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Subtitles for Tales of the Old Piano - Vivaldi (2007)

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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,050 Studio MIR 2 00:00:02,050 --> 00:00:04,050 The federal agency for culture and cinematography 3 00:00:04,050 --> 00:00:06,050 Present 4 00:00:40,375 --> 00:00:43,700 Tales of the old piano 5 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,875 I guard the eternal secrets of the museum of Music 6 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:50,100 Violins 7 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:57,350 Oh, I hear familiar sounds: Rippling water, splashing, Venice... 8 00:00:57,550 --> 00:01:00,775 No cat could ever forget life in the middle of water 9 00:01:00,770 --> 00:01:04,175 Antonio Vivaldi 10 00:01:04,170 --> 00:01:10,250 The Venetian carnival, several months a year: People relaxing and working in masks. 11 00:01:10,375 --> 00:01:16,125 Music, dancing and laughing, Freedom, happiness and joy...everywhere. 12 00:01:55,775 --> 00:02:00,400 and one spring, on March the 4th 1678, 13 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:04,650 Antonio Vivaldi was born to the family of Giovanni, 14 00:02:04,850 --> 00:02:09,200 violinist and hairdresser and his wife Camilla. 15 00:02:13,125 --> 00:02:18,250 He was born so frail that the midwives rushed to baptize him. 16 00:02:28,825 --> 00:02:36,400 Mm. Antonio Vivaldi: Four seasons - The spring 17 00:03:21,425 --> 00:03:27,775 In Venice at that time, with the hairdressers You could get a haircut, shave, first aid,... 18 00:03:27,770 --> 00:03:32,475 you could read and hear all the gossip or play violin while waiting your turn. 19 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:40,575 Violins were stacked in the corner Like glossy magazines are today. 20 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:47,750 He, doggy, what are you doing here?! 21 00:03:54,475 --> 00:03:58,125 Get away!...Scram! 22 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:25,425 Of the five Vivaldi children only Antonio became a musician. 23 00:05:13,675 --> 00:05:20,300 By the time he was ten Antonio could substitute for his father in the orchestra of st. Marks Cathedral. 24 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:29,225 Later both father and son were listed in a guidebook of Venice as the city's greatest violinists 25 00:05:33,675 --> 00:05:36,850 Antonio became a priest. 26 00:05:37,625 --> 00:05:44,950 Rumor had it he was so impassioned by music, he would disappear from the pulpit and write music in the margins of the bible. 27 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:14,050 Asthma interfered with his ability to say mass. 28 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:31,500 As a virtuoso violinist he was invited to teach in one of those new fangled schools called conservatories 29 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:38,600 The ospedale della pieta was actually an orphanage 30 00:06:39,375 --> 00:06:44,175 Children were orphaned or abandoned through a special little window in the wall 31 00:06:44,450 --> 00:06:50,825 Above the window was a sign that said: "It is a sin to abandon children without great need." 32 00:06:52,075 --> 00:06:59,600 What frightful models those Venetians had. After carnival they would give birth like cats. 33 00:07:01,775 --> 00:07:06,825 In this orphanage or conservatory they used to teach music to the abandoned girls 34 00:07:06,820 --> 00:07:11,525 Antonio was given a nickname: The red-haired priest 35 00:07:31,625 --> 00:07:36,975 He designed this vault with special acoustics so his music would sound better. 36 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,975 Summer is another concerto from his four seasons cycle. 37 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:37,450 Opera... 38 00:08:41,350 --> 00:08:45,200 ...was the most popular entertainment in Venice. 39 00:08:45,725 --> 00:08:49,500 The shows lasted sometimes for several days. 40 00:08:53,075 --> 00:08:59,025 People would cook in the theater, receive guests, play cards during the show... 41 00:09:12,650 --> 00:09:17,100 Some 50 Vivaldi opera's are known today. He was his own impresario. 42 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:22,375 He cast and hired the singers, he sketched and designed the costumes, sets and decorations 43 00:09:22,370 --> 00:09:25,500 he even sold the tickets. 44 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:31,650 But in his life as in his music autumn came: 45 00:09:31,650 --> 00:09:36,000 Antonio Vivaldi - The four seasons - Autumn. 46 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:32,175 The clerical authorities of Italy condemned him for... 47 00:10:32,170 --> 00:10:38,925 frivolity and unconventional use of his violin: He lengthened the neck! 48 00:10:39,225 --> 00:10:44,775 they were highly suspicious that he could compose music freely and perfectly. 49 00:10:44,770 --> 00:10:51,500 Never having to make changes and when he traveled he was accompanied by a singer and a nun 50 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:58,600 who were sisters and so he was forbidden to put on any new operas, 51 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:03,600 and finally, he was exiled from Venice. 52 00:11:41,825 --> 00:11:47,225 Antonio Vivaldi - The four seasons - Winter 53 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:55,175 Winter is his farewell to his beloved Venice, snowing and frozen. 54 00:11:58,850 --> 00:12:04,375 Vivaldi was completely forgotten, both by his home town and the whole world. 55 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:09,650 Only after 200 years in 1926 56 00:12:09,650 --> 00:12:12,525 in an obscure Italian monastery 57 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,025 several volumes of his compositions were found. 58 00:12:16,020 --> 00:12:20,650 and now we know him as one of the greatest composers of the barock-era. 59 00:12:29,450 --> 00:12:31,725 That's all for now. 60 00:12:34,050 --> 00:12:36,575 See you later! 61 00:12:36,570 --> 00:12:41,800 Written by Irina Margolin Director, animator Oxana Cherkasova Artist Boris Vishev 62 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,975 Editor Vladimir Maslakovich Animation Aleksei Karayev, Olga Chernova Irina Kryuchkova, Yulia Cherkasova 63 00:12:46,020 --> 00:12:50,575 Sound Lola Bukaeva, Ivan Voronin, Lana Kovalevskaya Assistants G Liakhovetskyi, E Sula, K Kopieva Production managers D Vorobiov, L Tomko 64 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:55,125 project direction Alexander Zukov Musical theme intro Kusma Bodrov Scholarly consultant & researcher E B Dolinskaya 65 00:12:55,120 --> 00:13:00,975 Thanks to The Moscow PI Tchaikovsky State Conservatory Glinka museum of musical culture & Nina Meleshina Valentin Olshvang, Boris Pavlov, Alexandra Buchmasn 66 00:13:00,975 --> 00:13:02,970 & Kutzya the cat 67 00:13:02,970 --> 00:13:04,970 Narration Evgenyi Mironov General manager Irina Margolina 68 00:13:04,970 --> 00:13:09,400 Subtitles by Eus after the English narration by Timothy Dalton 69 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,100 The End 2007, studio Mir, Moscow