Learning on ScreenSir Michael Tippett
- Synopsis
- 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 No. 1, the String Quartet No. 4 and the opera ‘The Midsummer Marriage’. Among the artists taking part are Gerald English and Heather Harper; pianist Stephen Savage; the Lindsay String Quartet and the Welsh National Opera conducted by Richard Armstrong.
- Series
- South Bank Show, The: Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 85 min.
- Year of production
- 1979
- Availability
- Hire
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- biographies; composers (music); Tippett, Michael
Credits
- Director
- Alan Benson
- Producer
- Alan Benson
- Contributor
- Melvyn Bragg
- Cast
Melvyn Bragg
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
- Notes
- Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
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