Thursday 7th-Friday 8th April, 2011, at the Institute of Musical Research (IMR) and the Barbican Centre, London
Speakers include: Professor Rick Altman (University of Iowa), Gillian Anderson (Silent Film Historian and Conductor), Professor James Buhler (University of Texas, Austin)
This AHRC-funded Beyond Text Research Network conference shares its second day (8th April) with the 14th British Silent Film Festival (7th-10th April, 2011).
Film score reconstruction: Barbican Cinema, 8 April, 7.30pm
Philip Ellis (Royal Birmingham Ballet) will conduct a reconstruction by Julie Brown (RHUL) of a score by British composer Frederick Laurence for Morozko (Father Frost) (dir. Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, 1924), a rarely seen and delightful soviet film based on the well-known Russian fairy tale about a stepdaughter who is driven out to face the spirit of winter. Laurence's charming specially-composed score reflects aspects of 1920s musical modernism and has not been heard since it accompanied the film's London run in 1925.
SCHEDULE and BOOKING FORM are now available.
Bookings can now only be taken by the IMR for that part of the conference which takes place at Senate House on 7 April. The registration fee for Thursday 7th April (Senate House) includes catering (with/out supper) but does not include the Thursday evening film screening.
Tickets for the Thursday evening screening and for the conference on Friday may be booked via the Barbican box office: https://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing/index.asp
Please send your completed booking form for 7 April to Valerie James, Institute of Musical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU (Valerie.James@sas.ac.uk). Cheques should be made payable to the University of London.
