Masterclass with Carl Davis

The Festival is proud to present a masterclass with Carl Davis, one of the UK’s leading personalities from the world of music who has composed extensively for films, television, ballet and the concert hall, garnering him recognition on a global stage. A passion of Carl’s is composing music for restored silent movies. During this masterclass, Carl will be comparing and contrasting the musical style that he used for underscoring the "three comic geniuses", Lloyd, Chaplin and Keaton, by presenting excerpts from their films, including Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL and OUR HOSPITALITY and Harold Lloyd’s SAFETY LAST. The session will end with a complete presentation of BEHIND THE SCREEN, one of the Charlie Chaplin "Mutuals" (12 short films) for which Carl has composed some of his most highly regarded works.