Music Cinema New York

Chamber music & film series

Fall 2026The Roxy Cinema

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Instruments of Desire

A four-film seriesOctober — November 2026
The Roxy Cinema New York

Our fall 2026 series presents four deeply musical films where music extends beyond the soundtrack to shape narrative, memory, and artistic mythology.

Each screening opens with a specially conceived live acoustic performance that expands on the musical world of the film.

For the price of a movie ticket, audiences will encounter musical traditions more often heard in concert halls uptown, in dialogue with the cinematic worlds they have inspired.

I.

All the Mornings of the World

Alain Corneau|1991

Thursday October 8

Screening to open with a performance and presentation of French Baroque selections on the viola da gamba by Marc Armitano Domingo.

II.

The Red Violin

François Girard|1998

Thursday October 22

Screening to open with a performance of film composer John Corigliano’s The Red Violin Caprices by Chili Ekman.

III.

The Draughtsman’s Contract

Peter Greenaway|1982

Thursday November 5

Screening to open with arrangements of Purcell and English Renaissance & Baroque music for recorder quartet, performed by the New York Recorder Guild.

IV.

TárDolby Atmos

Todd Field|2022

Thursday November 19

Film introduced by cultural critic Broey Deschanel. The Candide Quartet performs Anton Webern’s “1905” String Quartet.

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Tous les Matins du Monde

An ambitious young musician’s life becomes entwined with that of his reclusive master in Alain Corneau’s haunting portrait of composer Marin Marais and his teacher, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. With a landmark score by Jordi Savall, whose viola da gamba recordings inspired Pascal Quignard’s original story.

Preceded by a live performance and presentation of Baroque-era instruments by viola da gambist Marc Armitano Domingo.

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Still from Tous les Matins du Monde: the young Marin Marais runs through the rain, viol in arms
Alain Corneau, 1991