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  1. Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story (1993 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Swann
    Producer
    Humphrey Burton
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In September 1984 Leonard Bernstein conducted for the first time a complete performance of his 1957 musical ‘West Side Story’, based on the Romeo and Juliet theme. Using multiple cameras, this...

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  2. Macbeth (1986 Television, Video)

    aka: Verdi’s Macbeth

    Director
    Dave Heather
    Producer
    Humphrey Burton
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 146 min.

    A recording of Verdi’s Macbeth taped at a performance of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1972. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by John Pritchard. Glyndebourne production by Michael...

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  3. Solti Conducts Mendelssohn (1976 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Burton
    Producer
    David Griffiths
    Subject
    Music

    Georg Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Overture, Scherzo, Wedding March) and the Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, (Italian...

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  4. Falstaff - Live from the Royal Opera House (Radio, Television)

    Director
    Humphrey Burton
    Producer
    Susan Judd
    Subject
    Drama; Music

    Verdi’s opera in a production by Graham Vick and directed for television by Humphrey Burton. The Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra are conducted by Bernard Haitink. Introduced for television by James...

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  5. Troilus and Cressida (Radio)

    Subject
    Drama; Music

    Walton’s opera relayed live from the Royal Opera House, London, in a production by Opera North, performed by English Northern Philharmonia, conductor Richard Hickox. The broadcast is presented by James...

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  6. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Radio, Television)

    Director
    Vincent Dowdall
    Producer
    Ian Watt-Smith
    Subject
    Drama; Music

    Television presentation of the opera by Benjamin Britten, performed by the Welsh National Opera and produced by Ian Watt-Smith. The Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Anthony Hose. With an...

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  7. Leonard Bernstein Conducts’West Side Story’ (Television)

    Director
    Christopher Swann
    Producer
    Humphrey Burton
    Subject
    Music

    Television documentary that follows conductor Leonard Bernstein as he records, over four days, the first complete recording of West Side Story. Filmed in a New York recording studio with a pick-up orchestra,...

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  8. Tonight Tonight, It’s West Side Story Night (Radio)

    aka: Something’s Coming From West Side to World Wide

    Producer
    Emma Kingsley
    Subject
    Drama; Music

    Radio documentary. As part of a three-hour tribute celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bernstein’s musical, two documentary programmes look at the origins of the musical, how it made its way to Broadway,...

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  9. Benjamin Britten and His Festival (Television)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Producer
    Nathan Kroll; Humphrey Burton
    Subject
    Music

    Television documentary marking twenty years of the Aldeburgh Festival and the opening by the Queen of the Maltings concert hall. The film begins with scenes in Paris where Britten’s opera A Midsummer...

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