Concert Gisela May
and the
Willem Breuker Kollektief:
Die Moritat vom
Mackie Messer
Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht
Die Seeraüber Jenny
Kurt
Weill/Bertolt Brecht
Das Lied vom Surabaya
Johnny
Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht
Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib
Hanns
Eisler/Bertolt Brecht
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available on DVD and VHS:
GISELA MAY - EVERY SONG TELLS A STORY
Internationally acclaimed as
First Lady of the Political Song and Best Brecht Interpreter,
Gisela May (1924) has performed all over the world for the past
forty years. 'Die May' was one of the leading artists in the
former DDR from the early fifties onward. She enjoyed an intensive
collaboration with composer Hanns Eisler and was attached as
an actress to the Berliner Ensemble for thirty years, until she
was fired in 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Every Song Tells a Story shows
how Gisela May keeps alive the tradition of performing the songs
of Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler. We see her singing
in archive fragments beginning in 1958 and in the recording
of a 1996 concert given in the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg with
the Willem Breuker Kollektief. The rehearsals with these
musicians reveal her firmly held views regarding the interpretation
of these songs. During a master class in Berlin she manages
to convey her craft to the students with humour, precision and
great passion.
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DVD 1
Deutsch gesprochen
English
subtitles possible
Nederlandse ondertitels
naar keuze
VHS 1
Deutsch gesprochen
Nederlandse
ondertitels
VHS 2
Deutsch gesprochen
English
subtitles
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written and directed by Carrie de Swaan
camera: Paul van den Bos, Niels
van 't Hoff, Cees Samsom
sound: Erik Langhout,
Gusta van Eijk, Chris Weeda
editing:Jelle Redeker
duration: 62 minutes
produced by Swaan Produkties
in co-production with NPS and ZDF
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