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Instruments of the Orchestra (1946 Video)

aka: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Subject

Music

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 21 min.

Contains the Benjamin Britten composition ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell’ better known as ‘The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’. Through the co-operation of the composer,...

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Carl Davis conducts Phantom

Date

24 Feb 2011, 10:36

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

Post

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) 27 March 2011 Carl Davis conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Festival Hall On March 27th the Philharmonia Orchestra are presenting a live screening of the...

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Instruments of the Orchestra/Steps of the Ballet (1995 Video)

Subject

Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 45 min., 1995 sale: £9.95 (inclusive)

Two classic education films of the 1940s from the Crown Film Unit. INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA features Sir Malcolm Sargent and the London Symphony Orchestra and centres around specially composed music by...

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Knowledge is the Beginning (2005)

Director

Paul Smaczny

Subject

Music; Politics & government

Distribution

Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), free for academic use

World-renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim and Palestinian writer Edward Said have generated controversy and admiration with the founding of their West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in 1999. This documentary...

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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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Reichsorchester: The Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich (2008)

Director

Enruque Sanchez Lansch

Subject

History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £13.61

This documentary explores the Berlin Philharmonic’s controversial relationship with the Third Reich during 1933 to 1945. Featuring first hand accounts of the time from surviving orchestra members Erich...

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Sir Michael Tippett (1979 Video)

Director

Alan Benson

Producer

Alan Benson

Subject

Music

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 85 min.

Combines excerpts from key works with an account of Tippet’s development as a composer. Includes excerpts from his symphonies, the concertos for orchestra and for double string orchestra, the Piano Sonata...

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Steps of the Ballet (1948 Video)

Director

Muir Mathieson

Producer

Alexander Shaw

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 30 min.

Explains the principles of ballet, and the stages involved in mounting a new work. Robert Helpmann explains how a new ballet is produced and Elaine Fifield demonstrates the position of the arms and other...

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Music Paradigm, The (1999 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A lecture given by American orchestral conductor Roger Nierenberg, assisted by the BBC Concert Orchestra, before an audience of Britain’s leading business people, in which he presents his revolutionary...

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Trip to Asia (2009)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minutes), £19.99

Documenting THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA’s tour of Asia, including their first performance in China since 1979, THOMAS GRUBE’s extraordinary film offers privileged access to one of the world’s...

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