An extraordinary document of its time: Gil Evans live at the Berliner Jazztage in 1976 – one of Europe’s most prestigious jazz festivals. Amidst a stellar line-up, the legendary arranger unveils a richly textured set that moves seamlessly between…

Based on Hogarth's series of prints, "The Rake's Progress" combines the eighteenth century with the twentieth. The highly individualized set of this production, designed by David Hockney, reflects perfectly the "spikiness" of the music, combined with…

Live from Paris 1977

Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', "the opera of all operas", as E.T.A. Hoffman once called it, is a work with many meanings. Peter Hall and Bernard Haitink's interpretation of the Mozart cycle was enthusiastically received at the Glyndebourne festival.

Andrés Segovia died on the 2nd June 1987 at the age of 94. His career was one of the longest and most distinguished in the history of music. He gave his first concert in Granada in 1909 at the age of 16 and his last in Miami 78 years later only a few…

As part of the renowned Berliner Jazztage 1977, trumpet star Freddie Hubbard thrilled the audience with a blazing performance. Since the 1960s a hotspot of international jazz, the festival gave him the stage for a concert brimming with energy…

This programme is based upon the folk music of the South coast fishermen and their reminiscences.

Petula Clark in a special concert celebrating the New Year at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Glyndebourne's 1978 production of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" received as much critical acclaim for the imaginative David Hockney sets as for the operatic performances. Hockney emphasised the magical and mystical qualities of one of Mozart's best…

This is a celebration of the New Year in words and music, introduced by Andrew Cruikshank.