Dvořák – In Love? is a 1988 documentary film about the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák and a recording of his Cello Concerto by Julian Lloyd Webber and the Czech Philharmonic which was made in the same year. The film also tells of a love affair for the composer that never was, but was the inspiration for the concerto.[1]
Originally a co-production with Czechoslovak Television, the finished film and its political content could not be shown in Communist-ruled Czechoslovakia. Two years later, after the fall of communism, the film was the first documentary to be shown on the newly-liberated Czechoslovak Television.[1]
Credits
edit- Directed and edited by Tony Palmer
- The Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Václav Neumann
- Julian Lloyd Webber, cello soloist
- The letters of Antonín Dvořák spoken by Vladek Sheybal
References
edit- ^ a b Allison, John (23 August 2014). "The tortured heart of Dvořák". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
External links
edit- Interview with Julian Lloyd Webber
- Review
- Video clip