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We want the light

Title
We want the light / an Allegro Film ; written and directed by Christopher Nupen.
Publication
East Sussex, England : BBC, Opus Arte, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Barenboim, Daniel, 1942-
  • Lebrecht, Norman, 1948-
  • Rose, Paul Lawrence.
  • Perlman, Itzhak, 1945-
  • Mehta, Zubin.
  • Kisin, Evgeniĭ, 1971-
  • Zukerman, Pinchas, 1948-
  • Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937-
  • Yovel, Yirmiyahu.
  • Nupen, Christopher.
  • Lasker-Wallfisch, Anita.
  • Botstein, Leon.
  • Toeplitz, Uri.
  • Perlman, Toby.
  • Haas, Michael, 1954-
  • Haʻetsni, Elyaḳim.
  • Brearley, Margaret F.
  • Stroumsa, Jacques, 1913-2010.
  • Herz, Alice Sommer.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Kölner Oper. Chor.
  • Allegro Films (London, England)
  • Opus Arte (Firm)
  • Gürzenich-Orchester/Kölner Philharmoniker.
  • Kölner Domchor.
Description
2 videodiscs (336 mins.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
  • This 2-DVD set is divided into three parts. Part one is a one hour film, We want the light, the title taken from a poem written by 12-year-old Eva Pickova, interned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. It is about the complex relationship between Jews and German music, and about survival and the place of music in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The second part of the DVD continues with nearly all the music from the film, not as background music as in the film, but in vision, shot in such a way so as to make it a reflection of the themes touched upon in the film, but this time without words. The third section includes interviews with musicians and three Holocaust survivors followed by Evgeniĭ Kisin's rendition of the slow movement of Brahm's F minor piano sonata.
  • This award-winning film is about freedom, survival, and the extraordinary place of music in the Nazi concentration camps.
Alternative Title
We want the light.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary television programs.
Note
  • "Double layered disc: the feature may experience a slight pause upon layer change"--Container.
  • Program notes in English, French, and German (18 p.) inserted in container.
  • Features: Play music only option in surround sound.
Credits (note)
  • Writer, director, Christopher Nupren.
Performer (note)
  • G̈?rzenich Orchestra of Cologne, The Cologne Opera Chorus, The Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir ; Evgeny Kissin ; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor.
System Details (note)
  • DVD (all regions) ; LPCM stereo., Dolby digital surround sound ; anamorphic 16.9.
Language (note)
  • In English; with optional subtitles in French, German and Spanish.
Awards (note)
  • Jewish Cultural Award for Film and Television, 2004 ; Best Editing, New York Film and Television Festival, 2004.
Contents
Disc 1: Introduction by Christopher Nupen (7:20). We want the light (60:20). Visual presentation of the music in the film (26:01). Interviews with Evgeniĭ Kisin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman (44:82)-- Disc 2: Interviews with Toby Perlman, Michael Haas, Elyaḳim Haètsni, Norman Lebrecht, Margaret Brearley, Paul Lawrence Rose, Leon Botstein, Daniel Barenboim, Yirmiahu Yovel, Uri Toeplitz, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Jacques Stroumsa, Alice Sommer Herz (175:18). Evgeniĭ Kisin plays Andante espressivo from the F minor piano sonata, op. 5 by Johannes Brahms (12:32)
ISBN
80947800909 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
  • ocn224646089
  • ocm224646089
  • 224646089
  • SCSB-9181993
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries