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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 23 sec.) ; 291506354 bytes |
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Alex: A Passion For Life continues the story of inspirational, cystic fibrosis sufferer Alex Stobbs. Alex is now 18, and the incurable lung disease he has suffered since childhood, is steadily getting worse. But against incredible odds Alex has achieved his ambition to study music at King's College in Cambridge University, where he also sings as a choral scholar in one of the most celebrated choirs in the world.Despite requiring huge amounts of medication and daily oxygen, being deaf to high notes and suffering from osteoporosis, Alex still has a beautiful voice and continues to astonish everybody with his extraordinary talents as pianist, organist and conductor.Determined to live as normal a student life as possible, complete with girlfriends, late nights and major socialising, Alex is also set on fulfilling a new musical dream, to conduct one of the world's most famous choral works, Bach's St. Matthew Passion. At his disposal is a professional orchestra, some of Britain's best singers and one of London's top concert halls.Over a thousand people will be there to watch him as he takes on the three-hour epic. It will be as much an endurance test as the biggest musical challenge of his life. Determined and driven, nothing will stop Alex from getting there. But by pushing himself to the limit Alex risks getting an infection that could be his last.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Directed by Paddy Wivell; producers: Stephen Walker and Sally George. Walker George Films and Channel 4 |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-03-31 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Choral music -- Instruction and study.
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Cystic fibrosis -- Patients.
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Lungs -- Diseases.
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Orchestral music -- Performances.
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England -- Cambridge.
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Streaming video
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Barker, Helen, contributor
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Bilton, Diana, contributor
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Cleobury, Stephen, contributor
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Stobbs, Alex, contributor
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Wivell, Paddy, director
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