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World War II anniversary memorial concert Uroczysty koncert poświęcony 50 rocznicy wybuchu II Wojny Światowej

Title: World War II anniversary memorial concert [videorecording] = Uroczysty koncert poświęcony 50 rocznicy wybuchu II Wojny Światowej / a coproduction by POLTEL, BBC, ORF, Video Music Productions, UNITEL ; Nikolaus H. Kloiber, Harry J. Kraut, Dennis Marks, Janusz Pietkiewicz, producers ; Barbara Pietkiewicz, producer and researcher ; Peter Maniura, documentary film director ; Humphrey Burton, director.
Publication: Warsaw : TVP, c1989.

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Performing arts and artists of Poland collection.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) : sd, col., SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary film, consisting of Samuel Pisar's memoirs and excerpts from the concert, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of WWII, held in Warsaw, Sept. 1, 1989. Samuel Pisar, Holocaust survivor, talks about his childhood and youth spent in the Warsaw ghetto and in the Auschwitz concentration camp, the loss of his whole family and his rescue at the age of 16 by American soldiers. His narration accompanied by vintage documentary black and white film footage. Program is introduced by Leonard Bernstein, who reads excerpts from W.H. Auden's poem, Sept. 1, 1939.

Alternative Title

Uroczysty koncert poświęcony 50 rocznicy wybuchu II Wojny Światowej
Performing arts and artists of Poland collection.
Mazurek Dąbrowskiego.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentary television programs.
Concert television programs.

Note

First program of 3 on videocassette; duration: 99 min.
TVP inventory no.: VHS. 204.

With (note)

On videocassette with: Beatus vir, by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki ; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki : autoportret.

Event (note)

UNICEF benefit gala concert, recorded live, Sept. 1, 1989, Grand Opera Theater, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 1, 1989.

Language (note)

Narration in English; sung in various languages.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of Performing arts and artists of Poland collection.

Contents

Polish National Anthem (Robert Satanowski, conductor) -- Revelge, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Gustav Mahler (Hermann Prey, baritone ; Lukas Foss, conductor) -- Polish requiem. Lacrimosa (Barbara Hendricks, soprano) ; Agnus Dei / Krzysztof Pederecki (K. Penderecki, conductor) -- A survivor from Warsaw = Ocalały z Warszawy / Arnold Schoenberg (Liv Ullmann, narrator) -- Fidelio. Leonora overture no. 3 / Ludwig van Beethoven (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) -- Polonaise in A flat major / Fryderyk Chopin (Marek Drewnowski, piano) -- Chichester Psalms / Leonard Bernstein (Markus Baur, boy soprano ; Poznan Philarmonic Chorus ; Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, conductor)

Call Number

*LVH 2536, program 1

OCLC

318997336

Title

World War II anniversary memorial concert [videorecording] = Uroczysty koncert poświęcony 50 rocznicy wybuchu II Wojny Światowej / a coproduction by POLTEL, BBC, ORF, Video Music Productions, UNITEL ; Nikolaus H. Kloiber, Harry J. Kraut, Dennis Marks, Janusz Pietkiewicz, producers ; Barbara Pietkiewicz, producer and researcher ; Peter Maniura, documentary film director ; Humphrey Burton, director.

Imprint

Warsaw : TVP, c1989.

Performer

Samuel Pisar, narrator ; Warsaw National Philarmonic Choir ; Henryk Wojnarowski, conductor ; Poznan Philarmonic Choir ; Stefan Stuligrosz, conductor ; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra.

Event

UNICEF benefit gala concert, recorded live, Sept. 1, 1989, Grand Opera Theater, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 1, 1989.

With:

On videocassette with: Beatus vir, by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki ; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki : autoportret.

Language

Narration in English; sung in various languages.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Performing arts and artists of Poland collection.

Added Author

Kloiber, Nikolaus H. Producer

Kraut, Harry J. Producer

Marks, Dennis, 1948-2015, producer.

Pietkiewicz, Janusz. Producer

Pietkiewicz, Barbara. Producer

Maniura, Peter. Director

Burton, Humphrey, 1931- Director

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Sept. 1, 1939. Selections.

Pisar, Samuel. Narrator

Pisar, Samuel. Sang de l'espoir. Selections. English.

Satanowski, Robert. Conductor

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Knaben Wunderhorn. Revelge.

Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-2020. Polskie requiem. Lacrimosa.

Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-2020. Conductor

Hendricks, Barbara. Performer

Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-2020. Polskie requiem. Agnus Dei.

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Survivor from Warsaw.

Ullmann, Liv, narrator.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Fidelio. (1806), Ouverture.

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Conductor

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Narrator

Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009. Conductor

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Polonaises, piano, op. 53, A♭ major.

Prey, Hermann, 1929-1998. Performer

Drewnowski, Marek, 1946- Performer

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Chichester Psalms.

Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard. Conductor

Stuligrosz, Stefan. Conductor

Baur, Markus. Performer

Wojnarowski, Henryk. Conductor

Polskie Radio i Telewizja. Producer

British Broadcasting Corporation. Producer

Österreichischer Rundfunk. Producer

Video Music Productions. Producer

Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH. Producer

Państwowa Filharmonia w Poznaniu. Chór Chłopięcy i Męski. Performer

Filharmonia Narodowa (Warsaw, Poland). Chór. Performer

Polskie Radio. Wielka Orkiestra Symfoniczna. Performer

UNICEF.

Telewizja Polska. Producer

Telewizja Polska. Donor

Added Title

Performing arts and artists of Poland collection.

Mazurek Dąbrowskiego.

Found In:

Performing arts and artists of Poland collection.

Research Call Number

*LVH 2536, program 1

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