What movie is Warsaw Concerto in?

What movie is Warsaw Concerto in?

Dangerous Moonlight
The Warsaw Concerto was written by Richard Addinsell to play a key role in the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight (also known as Suicide Squadron).

Who played the Warsaw Concerto?

The film Dangerous Moonlight, and the piece everyone was talking about, and humming as they left the cinema, was the Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell (1904-77). The performance they heard in the cinema and on a later disc was by Louis Kentner and the London Symphony Orchestra under Muir Mathieson.

Who wrote the music for Dangerous Moonlight?

Richard Addinsell
Muir Mathieson
Dangerous Moonlight/Music composed by

What is the story behind the Warsaw Concerto?

The Warsaw Concerto is a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell, written for the 1941 British film Dangerous Moonlight, which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. In performance it normally lasts just under ten minutes.

Who wrote the Warsaw Concerto?

Roy Douglas
Warsaw Concerto/Composers

What is the Warsaw Concerto?

The Warsaw Concerto is a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell, written for the 1941 British film Dangerous Moonlight, which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. In performance it normally lasts just under ten minutes.

What is the Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell?

Jump to navigation Jump to search. The Warsaw Concerto is a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell, written for the 1941 British film Dangerous Moonlight, which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany.

What is the Warsaw Concerto in the hate you give?

Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto is featured prominently in the film as a piece written and performed by the character Radetzky. The film-makers wanted a work in the style of Rachmaninoff, and they originally approached him to write the piece. Rachmaninoff declined and the task was given to Addinsell.

Is London Fantasia a sequel to Warsaw Concerto?

British composer Clive Richardson composed London Fantasia as a sequel to the Warsaw Concerto in 1944. Spike Milligan repeatedly refers to the piece in his autobiography Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1971) and in the subsequent books in the series as ‘the bloody awful Warsaw Concerto’.