Sound & Silents:
The Adventures of Prince Achmed + live score by Bushra El Turk
Thu 7 March, 8.00pm, Southbank Centre
Book now: tickets on sale at southbankcentre.co.uk.
A brilliant new multi-cultural live score by a rising star composer for this spectacular & pioneering film, the world’s first feature-length animation.
The world premiere of a live score by rising star contemporary composer Bushra El-Turk, accompanying Lotte Reiniger’s ground-breaking film ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’, the world’s first feature-length animation.
Performed by a chamber ensemble combining classical Western and traditional Middle Eastern instruments, this is a unique celebration of multicultural musical styles.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Dir Lotte Reiniger, Germany, 1926, 65 min
With dazzling visual effects, a sharp sense of humour and an enchanting story from The Arabian Nights, ‘Prince Achmed’ (1926) established Reiniger as a major cinematic pioneer. Championed on its release by Jean Renoir among others, the film anticipates early Disney animations by over a decade.
Bushra El-Turk
A multi-award-winning British-Lebanese composer, El-Turk’s work has won international acclaim and been performed by the LSO, BBC Symphony Orchestra and London Sinfonietta. She is currently on attachment to the LSO Panufnik Programme.
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Tickets on sale at southbankcentre.co.uk
Presented as part of WOW: Women of the World at Southbank Centre in partnership with Birds Eye View's Sound & Silents, commissioning new live scores to classic silent films for the Birds Eye View Film Festival 2013: Celebrating Arab Women Filmmakers. Supported by Arts Council England and PRS For Music Foundation.