Organ music at teatime: Winter silent films with organ improvisation

On the first Advent, Florian C. Reithner improvises the music to Jean Renoir's rarely shown film adaptation of The Girl with the Matchsticks.

The Brucknerhaus is hosting a special teatime concertfor the first Advent. Florian C. Reithner, who has been in demand worldwide as an improviser of silent films for over two decades, will present a wintry afternoon between organ poetry and cinematic art. The focus is on Jean Renoir's rarely shown film adaptation of The Girl with the Matchsticks (1928) based on Hans Christian Andersen.