Larry Weinstein’s film examines the harrowing subject of Stalin’s bloody purges and Shostakovich’s musical response. Described by the composer as his “tombstones”, Symphonies 4 to 9 represent the composer’s weapons against Stalin’s tyranny, and remain powerful testimony to a great artist’s struggle against oppression.
Monday, June 17, 2024 at 6:00 pm
MCMF Rehearsal Hall
3a-50 Innovator Ave (2nd fl.), Stouffville ON L4A 0Y2
A film about freedom and captivity, about emancipation, acculturation and assimilation. A film about the roles played by Moses and Felix Mendelssohn in the dream of fruitful, unproblematic integration of the Jews into German society after their liberation from the ghettos. A film about Richard Wagner, his essay “The Jews in Music” and his influence on the thinking of the Third Reich. Most of all, it is a film about how much music can mean to people even in the direst circumstances.
A 1951 American musical comedy film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron (her film debut), Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, and Nina Foch, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner. The music is by George Gershwin, with lyrics by his brother Ira, with additional music by Johnny Green, and Saul Chaplin, the music directors.
Larry Weinstein’s film examines the harrowing subject of Stalin’s bloody purges and Shostakovich’s musical response. Described by the composer as his “tombstones”, Symphonies 4 to 9 represent the composer’s weapons against Stalin’s tyranny, and remain powerful testimony to a great artist’s struggle against oppression.
Monday, April 8, 2024 at 7:30 pm
MCMF Rehearsal Hall
3a-50 Innovator Ave (2nd fl.), Stouffville ON L4A 0Y2
A film about freedom and captivity, about emancipation, acculturation and assimilation. A film about the roles played by Moses and Felix Mendelssohn in the dream of fruitful, unproblematic integration of the Jews into German society after their liberation from the ghettos. A film about Richard Wagner, his essay “The Jews in Music” and his influence on the thinking of the Third Reich. Most of all, it is a film about how much music can mean to people even in the direst circumstances.
A 1951 American musical comedy film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron (her film debut), Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, and Nina Foch, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner. The music is by George Gershwin, with lyrics by his brother Ira, with additional music by Johnny Green, and Saul Chaplin, the music directors.