The struggles of the world’s Jewish people over the course of several centuries are expressed and explored through the music they inspired in this documentary from the BBC and Opus Arte. We Want the Light brings together harrowing tales from Holocaust survivors with performances of music by such legendary composers as Mahler, Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Interviews with: Alice Sommer Herz, Jacques Stroumsa, Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Toby Perlman, Michael Haas, Elyakim Ha’etzni, Norman Lebrecht, Margaret Brearley, Paul Lawrence Rose, Daniel Barenboim, Yirmiyahu Yovel, Uri Toeplitz & Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. Featuring: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Cologne Cathedral Children’s Choir & Cologne Opera Chorus.
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Jacques Stroumsa
Self
Evgeny Kissin
Self
Also in
Evgeny Kissin: The Gift of Music
Kissin in Tokyo
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Self
Zubin Mehta
Self
Known for
Kohrra
Pinchas Zukerman
Self
Also in
Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make Music
The Ghost
Toby Perlman
Self
Michael Haas
Self
Elyakim Ha'etzni
Self
Also in
First Tuesday
Norman Lebrecht
Self
Margaret Brearley
Self
Paul Lawrence Rose
Self
Daniel Barenboim
Self
Also in
Chopin: The Warsaw Recital - Daniel Barenboim
Europakonzert 2014 from Berlin
Christopher Nupen Director
First release October 22, 2004 · Production Christopher Nupen Films, BBC
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Opus Arte
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Christopher Nupen Films
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BBC
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Allegro Films
Production
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English
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United Kingdom · October 22, 2004
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