John Eliot Gardiner goes in search of Bach the man and the musician. The famous portrait of Bach portrays a grumpy 62-year-old man in a wig and formal coat, yet his greatest works were composed 20 years earlier in an almost unrivalled blaze of creativity. We reveal a complex and passionate artist; a warm and convivial family man at the same time a rebellious spirit struggling with the hierarchies of state and church who wrote timeless music that is today known world-wide. Gardiner undertakes a 'Bach Tour' of Germany, and sifts the relatively few clues we have - some newly-found. Most of all, he uses the music to reveal the real Bach.

Beginning on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, “Brave Enough,” documents violinist Lindsey Stirling...

Documentary about sixteen great conductors of the 20th century.

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A documentary on the life and work of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina.

Live performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243 from Herbert von Karajan's New Year'...
Moritats are old folk songs about crimes and are typical of Central Europe. Zela Trovke is a moritat...

The Dutch violinist and the Johann Strauss Orchestra perform a number of musical hits. André Rieu is...

Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent jo...

The King of the Waltz stages a spectacular anniversary concert in the Netherlands' most romantic cit...

Beethoven spent three years composing the Eroica, an intimate journal of his emotional crises and hi...

This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a gr...

There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beet...

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than paro...

Surely Bach’s French Suites, which he composed during his years at Cöthen (1717–1723), are among the...

