Classical Christmas on ARTS.FILM starting December 20

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To start winter with a bang, starting on December 20 ARTS.FILM offers Classical Christmas with strong and sensitive stories bringing classical music to the heart of social issues; Gérard Caillat​’s La Spira (documentary on Spira Mirabilis, an orchestra of 40 young musicians from 16 countries who play without a conductor) and Allegro colorato, by Ludovic Schweitzer and Sophie Spillemaeckers, depicting musicians from the prestigious Antwerp Symphony Orchestra who get involved by teaching music to elementary-school students representing some 40 nationalities. Immerse yourself in the world of charismatic figures of classical music with Carlo Naya​’s Richard Wagner – Diario veneziano della sinfonia ritrovata and Alison Chernick​’s Itzhak, a documentary devoted to the life and music of the celebrated Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman, which won the 2019 Grammy in the Best Music Film category. Also on ARTS.FILM starting December 20, don’t miss the most recent film-concert by the internationally renowned Montréal chamber music ensemble collectif9, Vagues et ombres, an ode to water and a tribute to the musical world of Claude Debussy, including a work by Luna Pearl Woolf and the shadow theatre of Mere Phantoms, as well as the vocal ensemble Les Rugissants performing Francis Poulenc​’s Ave verum corpus in the Chapelle des hospitalières in Montréal.