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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. All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music (Complete) (2009)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 885 minutes), £6.99 (per volume) £50.99 (set)

    All 17 episodes of Tony Palmer’s series, which looked in detail at popular music throughout the 20th century up until the mid 1970s. The series encompasses ragtime, blues, jazz, vaudeville, musicals, folk,...

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  5. Oh Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (2008)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 149 minutes), £14.99

    Released to mark the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ death, this is the first ever full-length biography of the composer, produced by director Tony Palmer. The film features specially recorded...

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  6. God Rot Tunbridge Wells: The Life of Georg Frederic Handel (2008)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £7.99

    Play by John Osborne about the life of the famous composer. Old and blind and close to death, Georg Frederic Handel looks back over his life, recalling the ups and downs of his life and career.

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  7. John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (2006)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £7.99

    A three-part documentary, transmitted to mark the 50th anniversary of the world premiere of John Osborne’s ‘Look Back in Anger’, celebrating the life and works of one of the most influential British...

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  8. Towards the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival (2004)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Film Studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (133 minutes), £12.99

    A two-part film on the life and work of Malcolm Arnold, made by Tony Palmer for the South Bank Show. Arnold is last survivor of a generation of great British composers who dominated the musical landscape in...

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  9. 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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  10. 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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