September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill

September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill is a music video of 94 minutes recorded on VHS in 1994 for Rhombus Media and ZDF.[1] It was produced and directed by Larry Weinstein, and written by Weinstein and David Mortin. Hal Willner was the music supervisor who conceived this film as a follow-up to the album Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill which he had produced.[2] The film was nominated for the 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Program.[3]

The backdrop of the performance consists of an abandoned warehouse where musicians perform a series of songs by Kurt Weill. Between songs, parts of Weill's biography are narrated.

The original video recording was released in 1994 and was shown on Great Performances.[4] An audio version was released in 1997.[5]

The cast of consists of the Brodsky Quartet, William S. Burroughs, Betty Carter, Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, Kathy Dalton, Bob Dorough, Charlie Haden, PJ Harvey, David Johansen, Lou Reed, Mary Margaret O'Hara, The Persuasions, Stan Ridgway, Ralph Schuckett, Ellen Shipley, Teresa Stratas. It also features Lotte Lenya and Bertolt Brecht.[5]

References
  1. September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill OCLC 34333016
  2. "A Primal Tribute to Iggy Pop" by Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, 24 September 1997
  3. Emmy nomination
  4. September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1994) at IMDb
  5. September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill at Discogs
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