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Alice Sommer Herz (Schubert Impromptu In A/ Beethoven Sonata 2 & 14)
How many people remain in good shape, both mentally and physically, at the age of 106? The answer is very few but Alice Sommer Herz is among those exceptional few. And how many have the gift of forgiveness? And how many are free of hatred? Gigi Sommer has both of those qualities. She was imprisoned, with her six-year-old son, in the Theresienstadt concentration camp and saw unspeakable atrocities. She lost both her mother and her husband in Nazi death camps but she does not hate her persecutors. That is not because they are anything other than monstrous criminals but because she has the wisdom to know that all hatred hurts the soul of the hater, not the hated and Gigi Sommer’s inspiring soul is among the things which she has kept intact and unblemished through her hundred and six years. She was a pianist of distinction, played more than 100 concerts in the Theresienstadt camp and is in no doubt that music saved both her sanity and her life and the lives of many others in those unimaginable circumstances.
On this DVD Alice Sommer speaks with her quiet grace and wisdom about her life, her experiences and her beliefs. She also plays music by Schubert, Smetana and Beethoven in a manner that reminds us of her teacher Artur Schnabel and a bygone age in music making. At the age of 104 she published a best-selling book, written in collaboration with her by two German writers, (A Garden of Eden in Hell), which has already been printed in seven different languages. That, and our film, We Want the Light of which she is the heroine, have made Gigi Sommer an international star. Film remembers our artists in a way that not one of the other media is quite able to match and Gigi Sommer is an artist worth remembering.
“His films win friends for music every time they are shown. They are internationally acclaimed and, together, they comprise a lasting monument in documenting the peaks of high achievement of the musical scene in the latter part of the twentieth century.” Sir Denis Forman
Christopher Nupen has shown himself the music documentary master. – John Pitt. New Classics
“Christopher Nupen: King of the music documentary.” – Gramophone Magazine
Winner of the Documentary DVD of the Year at Midem in Cannes 2005, 2006 and 2008.
“The master of the music doc.” – Norman Lebrecht, The Evening Standard
The most gifted music documentarian of our age. – Julian Haylock, Classic FM Magazine
On this DVD Alice Sommer speaks with her quiet grace and wisdom about her life, her experiences and her beliefs. She also plays music by Schubert, Smetana and Beethoven in a manner that reminds us of her teacher Artur Schnabel and a bygone age in music making. At the age of 104 she published a best-selling book, written in collaboration with her by two German writers, (A Garden of Eden in Hell), which has already been printed in seven different languages. That, and our film, We Want the Light of which she is the heroine, have made Gigi Sommer an international star. Film remembers our artists in a way that not one of the other media is quite able to match and Gigi Sommer is an artist worth remembering.
“His films win friends for music every time they are shown. They are internationally acclaimed and, together, they comprise a lasting monument in documenting the peaks of high achievement of the musical scene in the latter part of the twentieth century.” Sir Denis Forman
Christopher Nupen has shown himself the music documentary master. – John Pitt. New Classics
“Christopher Nupen: King of the music documentary.” – Gramophone Magazine
Winner of the Documentary DVD of the Year at Midem in Cannes 2005, 2006 and 2008.
“The master of the music doc.” – Norman Lebrecht, The Evening Standard
The most gifted music documentarian of our age. – Julian Haylock, Classic FM Magazine
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