Yehudi Menuhin: Bach - Air, BWV 1068/3 (Symphony Orchestra of Hollywood, Antal Dorati)

Concert Magic: The first-ever concert filmed for movie audiences (1948) Subscribe to EuroArts: Yehudi Menuhin - violin Symphony Orchestra of Hollywood Antal Dorati - conductor 0:00 Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air on the G String In 1948, “Concert Magic” was filmed in Hollywood making it the first-ever concert filmed for movie audiences. Yehudi Menuhin and other internationally renowned interpreters played classical and romantic works and created a worldwide success for the director Paul Gordon. At 32 years old, Menuhin, the featured performer was at the height of his career. In addition, many short films were made to fill the space between the traditional “double features“. They were also often used as encores when enthusiastic audiences demanded them and feature works by composers whom no one knew Menuhin performed. Among these encores is an especially valuable rarity, the violin concerto of Felix Mendelssohn. The length prevented it from in