A World War II Survival Story and Musical Legacy
A Secret wartime diary...
A long-lost orchestral masterpiece...
A remarkable tale of survival...
The Rhapsody
2:15 pm Pre-talk with Professor Amy Simon,
William and Audrey Farber Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies and European Jewish History, MSU’s Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel, James Madison College, and Department of History.
3:00 pm Film, Concert, Talkback
Immediately following the film will be a live performance of Leo Spellman’s 24-minute symphonic masterpiece,
“Rhapsody 1939-1945.”
MSU Symphony, conducted by Octavio Más-Arocas, Associate Professor of Music, Director of Orchestras, at Michigan State University, will perform the piece that was lost and forgotten for more than 50 years.
Talkback with film's producers and Rabbi Eli Mayerfeld, CEO of the Zekelman Holocaust Center.
$18 each and can be purchased by visiting
The Lost Rhapsody: A Musical Legacy (jccdet.org)
For more information, please text or call: (248) 406-6677.
Program made possible through a “Making Music Happen” grant from The Center for Arts and Culture at JCC Association, in collaboration with the Lenore Marwil Detroit Jewish Film Festival, SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment), the Michael and Elaine Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel at MSU, and The Zekelman Holocaust Center.
