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The New Babylon: screening and live music

D. Shostakovich
The New Babylon [90']
(version by F. Strobel)

Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut
Conductor

Basque National Orchestra

Date & Place

02October, 2017Monday, 19:30 h.Bilbao/BilboBBK Concert Hall
03October, 2017Tuesday, 19:30 h.Bilbao/BilboBBK Concert Hall

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Screening of the film The New Babylon (1929) by D. Kozintzev with a live performance of the music composed for it by Shostakovich on commission by the Basque National Orchestra, conducted by Mélanie Lévy-Thibaut.

The New Babylon is one of the best exponents of Soviet propaganda when commemorating the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution.



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Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut

Director

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