I'm not fond of concert gimmicks, but this one sounded too fun to pass up: The New York Philharmonic playing Prokofiev's score for the Eisenstein film Alexander Nevsky in synchronization with the actual movie. Eisenstein made Alexander Nevsky in 1938, based on a real-life 13th century Russian prince who drove away Teutonic invaders. Stalin wanted the film made to warn people of the threats posed to Russia by the German military. When the Soviet/German non-aggression pact was signed shortly after the film was released, the film was shelved, but then re-released widely in 1941. Unfortunately, the optical sound track of the original film didn't reproduce Prokofiev's score very well. (But I'm sure the version I saw in a theater in the late 70s didn't sound as bad as the one posted on Google video .) Apparently about 10 years ago, somebody stripped out the music track from a copy of the film and then rerecorded it for a DVD release, also making it possible for orchestras to do what the NY Philharmonic Read More...