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Cathedrals of Culture (2014)

Director

Wim Wenders; Michael Glawogger; Karim Ainouz; Michael Madsen; Robert Redford

Subject

Architecture; Arts and Humanities

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 165 minutes), £11.34

Six acclaimed filmmakers, including Robert Redford, Michael Glawogger and Michael Madsen, each explore the architecture and history of six iconic buildings; the Berlin Philharmonic, the National Library of...

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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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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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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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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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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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Battle for Music (1943)

Director

Donald Taylor; Len Lye; Ralph Keene; Ralph Bond; John Banting; Dylan Thomas; Charles de Latour

Subject

History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 186 minutes), £14.99

Dramatised documentary about the trials of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II. The year is 1939. Following the liquidation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the players form a new...

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