We Want the Light 20 years old

The struggles of the world’s Jewish people over the course of several centuries are expressed and explored through the music they inspired in this documentary from the BBC and Opus Arte. We Want the Light brings together harrowing tales from Holocaust survivors with performances of music by such legendary composers as Mahler, Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms. Interviews with: Alice Sommer Herz, Jacques Stroumsa, Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Toby Perlman, Michael Haas, Elyakim Ha’etzni, Norman Lebrecht, Margaret Brearley, Paul Lawrence Rose, Daniel Barenboim, Yirmiyahu Yovel, Uri Toeplitz & Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. Featuring: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Cologne Cathedral Children’s Choir & Cologne Opera Chorus.

Credits

Zubin Mehta as

Itzhak Perlman as

Daniel Barenboim as

Pinchas Zukerman as

Evgeny Kissin as

We Want the Light Cast

Name	Character
Zubin Mehta He was 68, now 88 years old
Itzhak Perlman He was 59, now 79 years old
Daniel Barenboim He was 61, now 82 years old
Pinchas Zukerman He was 56, now 76 years old
Evgeny Kissin He was 33, now 53 years old

We Want the Light Crew

Name	Department

We Want the Light (20 years)

Release day: Friday, October 22, 2004