Award-winning filmmaker Phil Grabsky
(In Search of Mozart, In Search of Beethoven, The Boy Mir–Ten Years in Afghanistan), offers the eagerly awaited final part of his trilogy of films about the great composers, with his latest feature-length documentary.
As with the two previous international hits, Grabsky’s biographical account of the life of Haydn is a visual and aural extravaganza, including breath-taking performances by some of the world’s most celebrated and contemporary musicians:
Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Roger Norrington, The Endellion String Quartet, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, Ian Page and the Classical Opera Company, Ronald Brautigam, Sophie Bevan and Emmanuel Ax, amongst others.
The film presents the composer’s biography and music chronologically. Through intimate and revealing interviews with experts, and detailed extracts from Haydn’s personal letters, the audience gains tremendous insight not only into Haydn’s music, but an appreciation of the artist himself.
102 min.
Q & A after film with the Director Phil Grabsky
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