"Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"
Clip: Episode 1 | 5m 20s
Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma.
Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma. This piece was written by the elder Ma, who was a violinist and teacher. He wrote it about Shanghai, a city across the bay from the town he grew up in (Ningbo) and which he’d visited many times.
"Poéme for Cello and Orchestra"
Clip: Episode 1 | 5m 20s
Composed by Hiao-Tsiun Ma and played by his son, Yo-Yo Ma. This piece was written by the elder Ma, who was a violinist and teacher. He wrote it about Shanghai, a city across the bay from the town he grew up in (Ningbo) and which he’d visited many times.
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Harbor from the Holocaust
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Hear the story of nearly 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe to Shanghai. (30s)
An Accidental Haven - Shanghai Timeline
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Tina Johnson and Michele Heryford share brief historical highlights of Shanghai. (5m 33s)
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Reflections on creating the textured musical score for “Harbor from the Holocaust." (4m 28s)
Bert Reiner: Shanghai Survivor & Cabbage Patch Doll Engineer
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Bert Reiner’s middle-class family was forced to abandon life in Germany for Shanghai. (3m 16s)
Mike Medavoy: Shanghailander & Hollywood Producer
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Explore how his boyhood in Shanghai inspired now-hollywood producer Mike Medavoy. (2m 58s)
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Professor Emeritus Irene Eber was an early advisor to the documentary. (18m 36s)
"Méiguì méiguì wǒ ài nǐ" is a song in Mandarin composed by Chen Gexin. (2m 22s)
Songs For Her Shanghailander Grandmother
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Heather Klein created a one-woman operatic program to honor her grandmother Rosa Ginsberg. (2m 39s)
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