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Rivalry in Music – Furtwängler vs. Toscanini
Cinematic Variations on Live Classical Music 2024/2025
Wilhelm Furtwängler and Arturo Toscanini – A Battle of Giants
Rivalry in Music – Furtwängler vs. Toscanini
Dir.: Thomas von Steinaecker | 52 minutes
30.11.24
11:00 		Saturday 30.11.24 11:00 Cinematheque 1
2024-11-30 11:00:00 2024-11-30 14:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Wilhelm Furtwängler and Arturo Toscanini – A Battle of Giants <p>On the moral dilemma that sparked a feud between the two great conductors</p><p>Lecture (in Heb.) by: Prof.<strong> Michael Wolpe</strong></p><p>Concert performed by: <strong>Toscanini String Quartet</strong>: <strong>Jenia Pikovsky</strong> violin, second violin - to be announced, <strong>Dmitry Ratush</strong> viola, <strong>Felix Nemirovsky</strong> cello</p><p>In the program<span>:</span> <strong>L. v. Beethoven</strong> Quartet in C minor op. 18 no. 4, 1 Mvt. Allegro ma non tanto</p><p><strong>F. Mendelssohn</strong> 3 Mvts. from Four Pieces for String Quartet: Tema con variazioni, Scherzo, Capriccio</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

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On the moral dilemma that sparked a feud between the two great conductors

Lecture (in Heb.) by: Prof. Michael Wolpe

Concert performed by: Toscanini String Quartet: Jenia Pikovsky violin, second violin - to be announced, Dmitry Ratush viola, Felix Nemirovsky cello

In the program: L. v. Beethoven Quartet in C minor op. 18 no. 4, 1 Mvt. Allegro ma non tanto

F. Mendelssohn 3 Mvts. from Four Pieces for String Quartet: Tema con variazioni, Scherzo, Capriccio

Rivalry in Music – Furtwängler vs. Toscanini
Germany 2020 | 52 minutes | English, German, Italian | Hebrew, English subtitles

Two men without whom the profession of conductor wouldn’t be what it is today. Two men who couldn’t have been any more different from each other: Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler.

In the first half of the 20th century the two behemoths were revered like todays popstars. When in 1931 both of them conducted at the Bayreuth Festival – for the first and last time – it was a magical moment, the stuff of legends. But soon the polite rivalry turned into bitter enmity. Both men were forced to take a stance on fascism in their respective countries – and chose radically different paths; While Toscanini emigrates to the USA, becoming a media star, Furtwängler continued conducting for the Nazi Regime.

The documentary not only opens up the different musical worlds of the two great conductors by re-tracing their careers in Milan, Bayreuth and New York – it also poses a question which today is more relevant than ever: What does art have to do with morality?

Dir.:
Thomas von Steinaecker