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We want the light / written and directed by Christopher Nupen.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Classical Music in Video
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Germany--Music--History and criticism.
- Jews.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Songs and music.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust survivors--Interviews.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jews--Music.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Streaming videos.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Documentary films.
- Interviews.
- Songs and music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Guildford, England : Allegro Films, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Spoken primarily in English, portions sung and spoken in German with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- 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.
- Participant:
- Gurzenich Orchestra ; Cologne Opera Chorus ; Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir ; Vladimir Ashkenazy, [conductor] ; Jacqueline du Pre ; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ; Daniel Barenboim ; and assisting artists.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014).
- Contains:
- Container of: Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967. Song of Terezin.
- Other Format:
- Original version: We want the light.
- OCLC:
- 891105995
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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