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Documentary about Steinway & Sons’ chief technician and Master Tuner in Vienna, Stefan Knüpfer, whose relationship with various famous concert pianists is explored over the course of a film which shows...
A series of six programmes in which five scientists are marooned, with very basic equipment, on the Caribbean island of Carriacou, just north of Granada, where they are challenged to use their scientific...
Examines the role of crafts in culture and brings together makers and their materials, skills and products. Uses individual objects, diagrams, text and video footage of practising makers to look at the...
Wayang Golek is the rod-puppet theatre tradition of Sunda (West Java), Indonesia, which comprises a vibrant mixture of storytelling, songs and instumental music. The programme introduces the Wayang Golek...
A sequence of sections on music including: music from Mali and Nepal; the Eton Choir Book; composing for films; Indian music; Sundanese gamelan; historical keyboard instruments
Music performance: Alison Bury, violin; the Eroica String Quartet; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet; the Gamelan Galura (Sundanese gamelan); ‘Lucia de Lammermoor’ (Italian opera)
Investigates some of the issues concerning the restoration of historic keyboard instruments. The programme is based on interviews with an experienced piano restorer who specialises in intruments from the...
The Cyfarthfa Band of Merthyr Tydfil was one of the greatest Victorian private bands. This film tells of the discovery of their repertory and instruments, demonstrating how the sound of the band was...
Considers the early music revival and its impact, focusing on the trumpet and the changes in the way it has been played, taught and made. Extensively illustrates the processes involved in making trumpets...
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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