Ingmar Bergman (1918- 2007) made fifty films, directed more than 150
theatre productions and wrote several books, but the recurrent thread
running through his life was music. He often said that if he hadn't
become a director he would have wished to become a conductor, and went
so far as to claim that ‘film and music are almost the same thing. They
are means of expression and communication that go beyond human wisdom
and that touch a person’s emotional centre.’
Bergman’s interest in classical music became evident early on in his
career. Music in Darkness (1948) is about a pianist who loses his sight
in a shooting accident, To Joy (1950) features a violinist who dreams of
a solo career and Summer Interlude (1951) takes place at the Royal
Swedish Opera. He admired all who could perform music, reserving his
greatest love for pianists, and concert pianists are portrayed in Hour
of the Wolf, Face to Face and Autumn Sonata.
One of Bergman’s favourite Swedish pianists was Roland Pöntinen, who
here performs a number of pieces featured in Bergman’s films, by
composers including Mozart, Chopin and Schumann. Pöntinen is joined by
the Stenhammar Quartet in the second movement of Schumann’s piano
quintet, used by Bergman to great effect in the award-winning Fanny and
Alexander. Another of the director’s favourite performers, the cellist
Torleif Thedéen, also contributes to the project, with the sarabandes
from three of Bach’s suites for solo cello
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