Pau Casals exiliat a Prada suite n.1 (mpg vídeo 26min) IIxII

IIxII Pau Casals settled in the French village of Prades, on the Spanish frontier; between 1939 and 1942 he made sporadic appearances as a cellist in the unoccupied zone of southern France and in Switzerland. So fierce was his opposition to the Francisco Franco dictatorial regime in Spain that he declined to appear in countries that recognized the authoritarian Spanish government, making an exception when he took part in a concert of chamber music in the White House on November 13, 1961, at the invitation of President John F Kennedy, whom he admired. ((*)) Pau Casals ha estat un dels millors violoncel·listes del segle XX i reconegut internacionalment com un dels millors intèrprets i directors d’orquestra del seu temps. Pau Casals a Prada, els orígens del festival - vídeo de 26 mins dirigit per Robert Snyder en 1955 - reportatge de la identitat catalana, El Canigó - Sant Miquel de Cutxa, viu i actual, Exiliat per la Guerra Civil i sentin por -- per voler viure a Catalu