Orem Library

Argues for a canon of film that is not exclusively Western and goes beyond purely aesthetic considerations.

André Previn tells the story behind Berlioz's Symphony fantastique inspired by his obsessive love for an actress he had seen in a play. Key themes and passages are then examined, and analyzed before the Royal Philharmonic plays the entire symphony.

Enhanced with illustrations from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a simple picture book for preschoolers introduces counting by challenging them to find similar objects on different pages. In this simple and elegant counting book from the world's most renowned museum, numbers are introduced to children through masterpieces of art. Each number from one to ten has four pages devoted to it. First, readers are invited to search for how many of a certain...

This program demonstrates how Beethoven brought an unprecedented power and dynamism to the orchestra and tells about his idealistic support of the French Revolution and his triumph over deafness. Includes a performance of Beethoven's 7th symphony and excerpts from the 5th symphony.

A hand-signed porcelain urinal. An abstract drip painting. A silent 700 hour performance. Art has changed since the days of Giotto, Michelangelo, and even Picasso--and many of us are perplexed. Do modern and contemporary artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock, and Marina Abramovic represent civilization's highest achievements? Or is something else afoot? In The Art of Looking, art critic Lance Esplund demonstrates that works of modern and...

Provides a concise history of classical music, along with entries on the major composers, influential performers, landmark works, and a listing of the fifty-five essential classical CDs.

Three stories, each touched by the paintings of Henri Matisse.