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Mahler (2008)

Subject

Music

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £14.74

The composer Gustav Mahler was born the son of a poor itinerant Jewish salesman in a tiny village in what is now the Czech Republic. His astonishing and influential career as a conductor and director of...

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Paul Dukas (2011 Radio)

Series

Composer of the Week

First in a series of five radio programmes presented by Donal Macleod exploring the life and work of French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935). This episode features an early Overture after Shakespeare, ‘Le...

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Tchaikovsky Uncovered (2010)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £15.00

This DVD aims to bring a fresh perspective to the interplay between Tchaikovsky’s life and works. Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores two of the composer’s key works: the Fantasy Overture from "Romeo...

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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)

Director

Michele Hozer; Peter Raymont

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111), £15.99 (DVD), £19.99 (Blu-ray)

Filmmakers Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont use rare footage of classical musician Glenn Gould in performance and in interviews, as their documentary looks at the private life of the pianist exploring the...

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Music World Honours Sir Henry Wood

Date released

9 Mar 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1359

NoS ID

039082

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Musicians’ tribute to the doyen of English music at the Royal Academy is led by eminent composer, Dr Vaughan Williams.

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Guests of France. Men of the Guards’ Bands Entertained at a French Munition Factory

Date released

7 Jan 1918

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

709

NoS ID

076992

Story no

4 / 5

Speech being made, crowd in factory listening. Conductor and Guards’ band. Workers drink toast. Guardsmen meeting women workers.

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Saturday Classics [23/04/2016] (2016 Radio)

Series

Saturday Classics

Radio broadcast. Pianist Richard Sisson attempts to perform music from every Shakespeare play, with pianist Ashley Wass, mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, baritone Mark Stone and the BBC Singers.

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Back Stage with Berlin’s Great Orchestra

Date released

11 Nov 1948

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1847

NoS ID

041349

Story no

3 / 4

Paramount films unique picture. World-famous conductor Dr Furtwangler permits us to film Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra rehearsing for concert. Brahm’s Fourth Symphony is brilliantly recorded in the excerpt.

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Scoring Films: Bernard Herrmann (1976)

Subject

Film studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 27 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

Musicologist and composer David Raksin discusses the career of his friend, the eminent film composer Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975). Many film clips illustrate his themes, and Raksin demonstrates some of...

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Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1999 Radio)

aka: 3: King Henry V

Series

Sound Stories

Producer

Piers Burton-Page

Third in a series of radio programmes, broadcast over five consecutive days, devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Peggy Reynolds introduces the following pieces of music: "Agincourt Carol" as...

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