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This documentary features Yehudi Menuhin's return to the Soviet Union after an absence of 17 years - during which time, he was banned from the county.His return to Russian stages was made possible by former Siviet politicians Mikhail Gorbachev - an…
Length
53 mins
Prog. No.
6042
A Living Space is a unique exploration of one summer at The Laboratory for Performance - Watermill Center where each year the visionary theatre director and artist Robert Wilson gathers almost a hundred young artists from all over the world giving…
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52 mins
Prog. No.
6489
‘Atlanta’s Stage’: Following the 6 degrees of separation one artist introduces us to the next, each showing the world their Atlanta, it strength of creative collaboration and comraderie. We are introduced to the Atlanta Ballet by ballerina Tara Lee…
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26 mins
Prog. No.
6569
Philippe Herreweghe, one of today's most profound and erudite Bach interpreters, and his Collegium Vocale Gent present their new vision of a musical work for which nobody can say the ultimate word. This concert film of Bach's Missa in h-moll was…
Length
115 mins
Prog. No.
4723
This unique archival discovery shows Bruno Walter rehearsing Brahms's Symphony No. 2 with the Festival Orchestra Vancouver, Canada in 1958. It also includes the only existing film interview ever made with him.
Length
60 mins
Prog. No.
7000
Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) has been called a “musical giant”, a “magician” “a brilliant lion-tamer” and an enfant terrible of classical music. He was famous for refuting the commercial aspects of the music business, which makes his rare…
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53 mins
Prog. No.
6036
Fritz Kreisler once said that the two greatest performing musicians of the twentieth century were Pablo Casals and Andrés Segovia. He had two prime ideas in mind, first, their extraordinary spirits and second, the fact that both elevated their chosen…
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57 mins
Prog. No.
3636
On the 8th of June 1968 Vladimir Ashkenazy, with his Icelandic wife and their two children, arrived at their new home in Reykjavik in Iceland. It was a crucial moment in their lives. They had left the Soviet Union, with the help of Nikita Kruschev…
Length
52 mins
Prog. No.
3637
On August 30th 1969 five young artists, all of whom were beginning to be established as international artists of the highest rank, came together to play Schubert's "Trout Quintet" in the new Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Their names: Itzhak Perlman…
Length
57 mins
Prog. No.
3638