The Mexican Suitcase – Opening Event
Rediscovered Spanish Civil War Negatives by Capa, Chim, and Taro
After New York, Madrid, Bilbao and Paris, the legendary “Mexican Suitcase”, which contains the lost Spanish Civil War footage of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and Chim (David Seymour), is finally on show in Budapest. Opening event of the exhibition with a musical performance of Samuel Barber’s “A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map” by Viva Chamber Choir.
Events
exhibition opening
After New York, Madrid, Bilbao and Paris, the legendary “Mexican Suitcase”, which contains the lost Spanish Civil War footage of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and Chim (David Seymour), is finally on show in Budapest. Opening event of the exhibition with a musical performance of Samuel Barber’s “A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map” by Viva Chamber Choir.
After New York, Madrid, Bilbao and Paris, the legendary “Mexican Suitcase”, which contains the lost Spanish Civil War footage of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and Chim (David Seymour), is finally on show in Budapest.
Opening remarks by
José Luis Rodriguez de Colmenares y Tascón, Deputy Head of Mission, Spanish Embassy, Budapest
István Rév, Director, Blinken OSA Archivum
Samuel Barber, A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map (1940)
Written in 1940, this work is a setting of a lament for one of the fallen in the Spanish Civil War by Stephen Spender. The scoring for male chorus with percussion and brass accompaniment gives the piece an appropriate wartime feeling.
Performed by Viva Chamber Choir
Conducted by Pál Marsovszky
Timpani: Lőrinc Kéringer