Dates:
Do., 24. Sept. 2026, 19:30–20:30
**Jean Deroyer** conductor
**Cyrille Aufort** music
3 short films:
_An Eye for an Eye_ by **James W. Horne**
_Long Live Liberty_ by **Leo McCarey**
_The Battle of the Century_ by **Clyde Bruckman**
Major figures in slapstick cinema of the 1920s and 1930s, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy left their mark on the history of cinema with their precision acting, sense of rhythm, and exceptionally effective comic timing.
On screen, a selection of restored short films will allow audiences to rediscover the finesse of their art. Accompanying the films, the orchestra will perform a symphonic score specially composed for them, reviving the tradition of musical screenings that, in the era of silent cinema, created a dialogue between images and music in a shared collective experience.
This film concert thus offers a demanding artistic and heritage-based approach, where the richness of the orchestral timbres illuminates the visual drama and highlights the undiminished modernity of this legendary duo. An encounter between cinema memory and symphonic interpretation.
_Approximately 1h without intermission_
Cost: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | rue Bovy-Lysberg 2 | 1204 Geneva
Bookings: +41228070000
Categories: Laurel et Hardy, Jean Deroyer, Ciné-concert
Image credit: Laurel et Hardy
Source: Event information supplied by Scènes Culturelles - Ville de Genève (official OpenAgenda) — OpenAgenda open-licence event data.
