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  1. George Frederic Handel (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Ed Seckerson is joined by countertenor Lestyn Davies to discuss Handel, the German- born composer whose prolific portfolio of operas and hits such as ‘Water Music’ and ‘Messiah’ won...

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  2. Benjamin Britten (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Baritone and composer Roderick Williams discusses Benjamin Britten, a complex and often contradictory character, and one of the 20th century’s greatest opera composers. This is the second...

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  3. Gustav Mahler (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Conductor and pianist Sir Antonio Pappano discusses Gustav Mahler, whose extreme, powerful and raw symphonic writing stretches both conductors and orchestras to their limits. This is the...

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  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Host Edward Seckerson is joined by violinist, composer and Australian Chamber Orchestra artistic director Richard Tognetti to discuss the genius, larger than life character, and prodigious...

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  5. Jean Sibelius (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Host Edward Seckerson is joined by BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Sakari Oramo to discuss his fellow countryman Jean Sibelius, and the themes of nature and Finnish national identity woven...

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  6. In Search of Chopin (2015)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), £15.99

    Chopin’s grave in Paris remains a place of pilgrimage and his music continues to sell out concert halls worldwide, but who exactly was this composer? He was terrified of public performance; he fled his...

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  7. 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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  8. Mahler (2012)

    Director
    Ken Russell
    Subject
    Film studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes), £12.99

    Russell’s portrait of the life of one of Gustav Mahler.

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  9. South Bank Show: Vol.1: Ken Russell (2012)

    Director
    Ken Russell
    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £29.99

    Compilation of the eight films made by Ken Russell between 1983 and 2002 for The South Bank Show, on Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, Elgar, a portrait of the widows of four British composers, a found-footage...

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  10. Classical Music and Cold War: Musicians in the Gdr (2012)

    Director
    Thomas Zintl
    Subject
    History; Music; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 5, 52 minutes ), £19.15

    Through case studies of individuals who lived under the system, the documentary explores the fates of both the privileged and the non-privileged, and delivers insight into the influence of the political...

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