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  1. Leonard Bernstein dies (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; Obituary

    American correspondent Paul Woodley reports on the death of Leonard Bernstein, conductor and composer of symphonies and musicals, in New York at the age of 72. Includes archive interview with Bernstein;...

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  2. Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (2011)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 137 minutes), £12.99

    Tony Palmer’s documentary is the first ever film about the composer Gustav Holst.

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  3. Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick

    Subject
    Music

    Pierre Boulez was one of the most significant figures in classical music of the late 20th century. Tom Service celebrates the French composer who died in January 2016:

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  4. Oh Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (2008)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 149 minutes), £14.99

    Released to mark the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ death, this is the first ever full-length biography of the composer, produced by director Tony Palmer. The film features specially recorded...

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  5. Africa I Remember (1995 Video)

    Director
    Paul Balmer
    Producer
    Paul Balmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 30 minutes), £50

    Nigerian-English musician and composer Tunda Jegede spans the African and western music traditions in ‘The Cycle Recokoning’, the world’s first full-scale work for African harp lute (kora) and western...

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  6. The best of First Edition (1994)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview; Music

    Clips from Tricia Ingrams First Edition programme, on London Newstalk between 7pm and 10pm each weekday evening. Guests are: Christopher Biggins, who talks about his life and career in the theatre; Edward...

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  7. In Search of Mozart (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £40.00

    Feature-length documentary of Mozart and his music dispelling popular myths and revealing a character very different from that portrayed in Forman’s ‘Amadeus’. Over 80 of the composer’s works are...

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  8. Michael Berkeley on new oratorio Or Shall We Die? (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with composer Michael Berkeley, son of Sir Lennox Berkeley, on his new oratorio on the nuclear weapon threat Or Shall We Die?, with libretto by Ian McEwan, which premieres at The Royal Festival...

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  9. In Search of Chopin (2015)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), £15.99

    Chopin’s grave in Paris remains a place of pilgrimage and his music continues to sell out concert halls worldwide, but who exactly was this composer? He was terrified of public performance; he fled his...

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  10. Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola (2005)

    Subject
    Music; Russian studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), £16.99

    Banned in the USSR until 1985, Sonata for Viola documents the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. In addition to being a portrait of a musical genius, the film bears witness to the joy of modern...

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