We want the light /

A television film by Christopher Nupen and his Allegro Films team which investigates the fruitful but complex relationship between the Jews and German music, and about survival and the place of music in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The title, We Want the Light!, is taken from a poem by a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Gürzenich-Orchester/Kölner Philharmoniker (Instrumentalist), Tizmoret ha-filharmonit ha-Yiśreʼelit (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937- (Conductor), Du Pré, Jacqueline, 1945-1987 (Instrumentalist), Barenboim, Daniel, 1942- (Conductor), Nupen, Christopher (Screenwriter, Director), Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967
Format: Video
Language:English
German
Language Notes:Spoken primarily in English, portions sung and spoken in German with English subtitles.
Published: Guildford, England : Allegro Films, 2003.
Series:Classical Music in Video
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A television film by Christopher Nupen and his Allegro Films team which investigates the fruitful but complex relationship between the Jews and German music, and about survival and the place of music in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The title, We Want the Light!, is taken from a poem by a 12-year-old girl, Eva Pickova, written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Her words are also used in a setting for two choruses and orchestra by Franz Waxman, in his work The Song of Terezin.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (60 min.).
Playing Time:00:59:46