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A SPECIAL SCREENING of

IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN (U)

Plus Q & A with the Director Phil Grabsky

Friday 3-July 8pm

 

"One of the finest movies about a great musician I've ever seen"

Philip French - The Observer

 

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KEN LOACH's highly acclaimed comedy

LOOKING FOR ERIC - 10 & 11-July

 

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CORALINE - 11-July

 

 

 

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A new big-budget feature-film version of Puccini's

LA BOHEME

Starring the Opera dream-team of ANNA NETREBKO & ROLANDO VILLAZON

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A SPECIAL SCREENING of

IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN (U)

Plus Q & A with the Director Phil Grabsky

Friday 3-July 8pm

 

Tickets for this special screening are £6 for Adults & £4.50 for Under 14's and are on sale now.

Book tickets online 

 

Runtime: 2hrs 20mins

 

"One of the finest movies about a great musician I’ve ever seen"

Philip French, The Observer



From Seventh Art Productions, the makers of In Search of Mozart, award-winning filmmaker Phil Grabsky returns with a new feature-length biographical film In Search of Beethoven.

 

About the Film

 

In Search of Beethoven brings together the world's leading performers and experts on Beethoven to reveal new insights into this legendary composer. The line-up of performers and interviewees includes Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Roger Norrington, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, Fabio Luisi, Frans Brüggen, Ronald Brautigam, Hélène Grimaud, Vadim Repin, Janine Jansen, Paul Lewis, Lars Vogt, and Emanuel Ax among others. The film is narrated by Juliet Stevenson and young RSC actor David Dawson and features a remarkable 55 musical performances.

As with his previous Mozart film In Search of Beethoven takes a comprehensive look at the composer's life through his musical output. Having created a blueprint with In Search of Mozart, Phil Grabsky documents each piece of music chronologically marrying it to Beethoven’s biography and letters.

Phil Grabsky travelled across Europe and North America to interview historians and musicians between rehearsals and performances. He managed to capture a remarkable 55 performances for the film - and has once again captured the raw energy of these world-class artists. It includes exclusive footage of Claudio Abbado's critically-acclaimed performance of Beethoven's opera Fidelio. There are further performances from Frans Brüggen's Orchestra of the 18th Century, the Salzburg Camerata with Sir Roger Norrington, Leipzig Gewandhaus with Riccardo Chailly, Vienna Symphony with Fabio Luisi, violinists Vadim Repin, Janine Jansen or pianists Leif Ove Andsnes, Ronald Brautigam, Jonathan Biss, Emanuel Ax, Lars Vogt and cellist Alban Gerhardt reveal their unique approach and share their passions. The Endellion String Quartet gave exclusive access to film a number of complete Beethoven quartets. Extracts appear in the film and the complete works, along with others, will appear as Extras on the DVD.

Above all, In Search of Beethoven addresses the romantic myth that Beethoven was a heroic, tormented figure battling to overcome his tragic fate, struck down by deafness, who searched for his 'immortal beloved' but remained unmarried. It delves beyond the image of the tortured, cantankerous, unhinged personality, to reveal someone quite different and far more interesting.

 

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Official film site: IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN

 

 

What the critics say about In Search of Beethoven:

 

"One of the finest movies about a great musician I’ve ever seen"

Philip French, The Observer

 

"Superb"

Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph

 

"It was so terrific I wept"

Angie Errigo, The Mail on Sunday

 

 

 

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