The New Babylon: The Soviet silent film classic with Shostakovich’s score
Kozintsev, together with Leonid Trauberg, aped the madcap pacing of the circus, the variety theater, and American movies, and Shostakovich followed suite… . When the Communards are killed by firing squad at the end, Shostakovich responds with a distorted version of the high-kicking can –can from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld.
Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise
Related event:
Soviet film screenings at the National Gallery of Art on Saturday, March 10 & Sunday, March 11. Free admission.
Artists
- PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Practical information
- Phone: 301-495-6700
- Venue: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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