Gothic Prelude

On this page you can hear the concert premier of Hugo Friedhofer’s “Gothic Prelude”, a prelude from the roadshow version of the movie JOAN OF ARC (1948). Friedhofer wrote it for his daughter in a four hand piano version and Hans Bernstein (Harold Byrns) later orchestrated it for the movie. Hans Sørensen, artistic planner for the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, got the score from a book shop in L.A. and programed it for the premiere concert performance by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Hugh Wolff in Copenhagen.

Prelude from the roadshow version of the movie Joan of Arc

Recording courtesy of Hans Sørensen

Joan of Arc

Ingrid Bergman received her fourth Best Actress nomination for playing Joan of Arc