The History Of Flight - DVD

This 1953 documentary was used by United Aircraft to celebrate 50 years of flight. The film explores the first flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 all the way up to 1953, featuring interviews and footage from pioneers like Frank Long, Igor Sikorsky, Glen Martin, Alan Lockheed, Eddie Rickenbacker, and more! This is a new HD print.

Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony breaks the boundaries of the symphonic form in a world-embracing gesture. Riccardo Chailly is one of the staunchest performers of this work, and therefore it seemed appropriate in many ways that he chose this work for his inaugural concert as Claudio Abbado's successor and new music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The artistic statement was combined with a deeply personal conviction it should be a Inchtribute to Claudio,Inch the highly esteemed friend and colleague to whom Chailly, as he emphasizes, owes very much. On 12 August 2016, Claudio Abbado's unfinished Mahler cycle with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra was completed in a breathtaking performance of the Mahler 8th, simultaneously heralding in a new era in Lucerne.

This 1953 documentary was used by United Aircraft to celebrate 50 years of flight. The film explores the first flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 all the way up to 1953, featuring interviews and footage from pioneers like Frank Long, Igor Sikorsky, Glen Martin, Alan Lockheed, Eddie Rickenbacker, and more! This is a new HD print.