Pablo Casals

A Visit with Pablo Casals

Robert Snyder

Pablo Casals

Robert Snyder's acclaimed 26-minute short following Pablo Casals in Prades during his self-imposed exile from Franco's dictatorship in Spain. In this film, Casals performs his only solo recording of the Bach Suite No. 1. The film was recorded in 1955 and beautifully filmed in 35mm black and white within the walls of the town's abbey.

Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable

Bruno Monsaingeon

Mstislav Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin

Festival in Puerto Rico

Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig

Maureen Forrester, Eugene Kash

This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great Spanish cellist and conductor Pablo Casals and sponsored annually by the Puerto Rican government. Part concert film, part tourism film, Festival in Puerto Rico offers viewers candid glimpses of mid-20th century Puerto Rico intercut with performance footage of Forrester and her husband, violinist-conductor Eugene Kash.

Casals Conducts: 1964

Larry Sturhahn

Pablo Casals

While at his workshop in Puerto Rico, Pablo Casals prepares to conduct a Bach suite for a concert performance. Oscar Winner for the category "Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects"