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Benjamin Britten: A Time There was (2013)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £12.99

Tony Palmer’s in-depth portrait of composer Benjamin Britten. The English Chamber Orchestra perform extracts from Britten’s works, including ‘The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’, ‘Peter...

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At the Speed of Lightning (1978 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Opens with a brief introduction to the history of lightning studies. Thundercloud formation and theories about the build up of charges are shown. Shows the French lightning study centre at Foudre in the...

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Three Sisters (2014)

Director

Laurence Olivier

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 158 minutes), £6.98

Directed by Laurence Olivier and featuring a specially commissioned score by composer William Walton, this filmed production of Anton Chekhov’s play by London’s National Theatre Company is now...

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God Rot Tunbridge Wells: The Life of Georg Frederic Handel (2008)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £7.99

Play by John Osborne about the life of the famous composer. Old and blind and close to death, Georg Frederic Handel looks back over his life, recalling the ups and downs of his life and career.

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Masque in Dioclesian, The (1995 Video)

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 90 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance by Kent Opera of ‘The Masque in Dioclesian’ by Henry Purcell in its first staged production in modern times, at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, on...

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African Sanctus Revisited (1995 Video)

Director

Herbert Chappell

Producer

Robin Lough

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1998 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Composer and explorer David Fanshawe’s choral work ‘African Sanctus’ is a setting of the Latin Mass incorporating traditional African music. This film presents a performance of the newly updated and...

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English National Opera (1991 Video)

Director

Richard Jones

Subject

History; Music

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 212 min.

Scenes show the day-to-day running of the English National Opera, plus shows of the elaborate architecture inside the London Coliseum, the setting of the stage, and the Royal Box with its retiring room....

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Words and Music, By Samuel Beckett (1973 Audio)

Director

David R Clark

Producer

Katharine Worth

Subject

Drama

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 25 min.

Samuel Beckett’s work for radio, with music specially written for this performance by Humphrey Searle, and played by the Sinfonia of London conducted by the composer.

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Persisting Dreams: Romanticism in Europe (1996 Video)

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tells the story of Byron as romantic hero - how he constructed himself and how he influenced later artists including the French painter Delacroix and the composer Giuseppi Verdi. Romanticism is thus shown as...

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Written on Skin (2012)

aka: Benjamin: Written on Skin

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £24.99

A tale inspired by a medieval legend about an ill-fated troubadour, drawn into a liaison with an innocent maiden. But the couple are observed by the maiden’s jealous protector, who wreaks a shocking...

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