The Mozart question
(Audiobook CD)

"Narrated by the author with music by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Strauss & Messiaen"--Container insert

Some of the musical excerpts in this audiobook have been specially adapted.

Programme notes by Carenza Hugh-Jones.

Compact disc.

Narrated by Michael Morpurgo and Alison Reid with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor), Jack Liebeck (violin).

This version of The Mozart Question was first presented in concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 5 December 2010 at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.

Recorded on 18 March 2012 at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Children's author Michael Morpurgo sets his book The Mozart Question to the music of classical composers. Morpurgo narrates the story, while the London Philharmonic Orchestra performs the accompanying musical pieces. The story tells of a young journalist who goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist .The violinist tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart. It tells of a small boy's discovery of his love for the violin and his parents' experiences in a concentration camp during World War II,

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