Summer is the perfect time to check out an episode of The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air! Lucille Fletcher penned this story, “The Search for Henri Le Fevre,” which features a composer who has just completed a masterful new work. But as soon as this composition is complete, he turns on the radio only to hear the exact same music playing! Who is the mysterious Henri Le Fevre, the man who wrote what playing on the radio? What is the secret behind the music’s beauty and heartbreak? Is Citizen Kane any good? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
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Really had me guessing till the end. It also reminds me a little bit of the movie/book Shutter Island.
As soon as I heard the words, “Mercury Theatre”, Orson Welles, and Lucille Fletcher, I knew this was going to be good, and I was not one bit disappointed. Really enjoyed this one, lol.
I was reminded of the composer Robert Schumann, whose mental health killed him at 46. He said “In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.”
For the music, I imagine Herrmann felt the same way Göransson did when handed the script to the movie Sinners, which opens “There are legends of people born with the gift of making music so true, it can pierce the veil between life and death…”
No pressure gents!