Event Seventeen
Documentary: In Search of Mozart
date and time
Friday 13 April, 5pm (2.5 hours no interval)
venue
tickets
NIS 10 – available on the door
In Search of Mozart
The Palestinian première screening of the film that has delighted audiences worldwide through 2006 and 2007.
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth in January 2006 In Search of Mozart is the first major feature-length documentary on Mozart’s life. His biography is told through interviews and performances with over 70 of the greatest exponents of Mozart’s music including Sir Charles Mackerras, Renée Fleming, Magdalena Kožená, Sandrine Piau, Ian Bostridge, Gerald Finley, Sir Thomas Allen, Imogen Cooper, Pierre Laurent Aimard, Leif Ove Andsnes, Lang Lang, Ronald Brautigam and the Škampa Quartet. In Search of Mozart traces the composer’s life through his music and extensive correspondence. From K.1a to K.626 (Requiem), over 80 works are featured in chronological order, revealing striking parallels between the music and Mozart’s own experiences.
Throughout, it’s the music that takes centre stage, with the jigsaw of Mozart’s life fitting around it. His letters reveal an extraordinary personal voice, which rings out on an engaging, human level, full of joy, passion, pain, rage, jokes, bawdy humour and sensitivity. With rigorous analysis from musicologists and experts such as Jonathan Miller, Cliff Eisen, Nicholas Till, Bayan Northcott and the late Stanley Sadie, a new, vivid impression of the composer emerges. It dispels the many common myths about Mozart’s genius, health, relationships, death and character, to present a new image, very different from Milos Forman’s Amadeus. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and with Mozart voiced by Sam West, this film has already been hailed as the definitive documentary for the composer’s 250th anniversary year.
British actor and director Sam West, who is the voice of Mozart in the film In Search of Mozart, will introduce this special screening.
In English.
Event 17: Documentary – In Search of Mozart
By arrangement with seventh art productions
Introduced by Sam West
praise for
In Search of Mozart
“This is the most comprehensive film about Mozart that I have ever seen” (Sir Roger Norrington)
“it works perfectly...a clear introduction to his life and music” (Daily Telegraph)
“Grabsky manages to convey the intensity of the musical experience more grippingly than anything I have seen on film or television.” (The Times)
“This serves as a terrific introduction to Mozart’s life and work, which also contains enough to amuse experts” (Financial Times)
“fascinating and informative” (Times 2)
“its cumulative strength is to demonstrate the sheer range of [Mozart's] output, allowing the music to do the talking” (Observer)
“essential viewing” (Guardian)
“The result is a beautifully shot (the scenes of snow falling on Salzburg are stunningly evocative), nicely paced account, not just of Mozart's life but of his music and development as a composer. It will fascinate those who know nothing about the composer and intrigue those who know something already” (Opera Now)
