The International Festival of Films on Art - 38th edition from March 17 to 29, 2020
Secret Song
English, German | Subtitles in English
Cinematography:
Christo Bakalov, Jamie Rosenberg
Cast:
Madeleine Bundy, Grace McLean, Andrew Samonsky, Doug Shapiro
Editing:
Hilan Warshaw
Artists:
Rénée Fleming, Emerson String Quartet
Director:
Hilan Warshaw
Categories :
FIFA Competition
Synopsis
World Premiere - In attendance of the Director Hilan Warshaw
Telling the captivating story of the creation of a twentieth-century masterpiece: Lyric Suite for string quartet by Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885–1935). In 1925, Berg, who was married, fell madly in love with a woman, also married. Lovestruck, he composed Lyric Suite as an embodied and sensual portrayal of his extramarital affair. Intercut with a reconstruction of the love story are rehearsals of the work by the musicians of the Emerson String Quartet and commentary by Renée Fleming. A creative and original film.
Telling the captivating story of the creation of a twentieth-century masterpiece: Lyric Suite for string quartet by Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885–1935). In 1925, Berg, who was married, fell madly in love with a woman, also married. Lovestruck, he composed Lyric Suite as an embodied and sensual portrayal of his extramarital affair. Intercut with a reconstruction of the love story are rehearsals of the work by the musicians of the Emerson String Quartet and commentary by Renée Fleming. A creative and original film.
Directors
Hilan Warshaw
Filmography | Seduction (2018) ; Wagner's Jews (2013)