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  1. 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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  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. England, My England: The Story of Henry Purcell (2010)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 152 minutes), £13.49

    A dramatisation of the life and times of Henry Purcell. Little is known about the enigmatic composer, but director Tony Palmer makes up for this by contextualising his story in late 17th Century England, and...

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  4. Ivry Gitlis and the Great Tradition (2004)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £13.99

    Tony Palmer’s film about the great violinist who has performed before Presidents of the USA and monarchs, and jammed with Eric Clapton and Stephane Grappelli, amonst others. The ‘Great Tradition’ is...

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  5. Mitsuko Uchida: Mozart in Japan (1986)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

    This film is Tony Palmer’s account of pianist Mitsuko Uchida’s tour of Japan in 1986 when she performed all 27 of Mozart’s piano concertos.

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  6. Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £13.99

    Profile of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose work explores the excesses of the apartheid regime in South Africa. The film includes interviews with Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Nadine Gordimer and...

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