Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Features Thomas Hampson, Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop and many more of the world's leading experts on Barber's music, with tributes from composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and William Schuman. The film was broadcast on PBS, and screened at nine film festivals internationally, with three best-of awards. It was named a Recording of the Year 2017 by MusicWeb International.
In 2005, the Staatsoper Berlin and its orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin under musical director Da...
A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of mus...
Recordings of all the Beethoven symphonies with their chief conductor are always a milestone in the ...
In four corners of the globe, in each of the four seasons, four outstanding violinists guide us on a...
Leonard Bernstein discusses his Boston childhood, his musical growth at Harvard and the Curtis Insti...
A video film about the dramatic events in the life of twelve-year-old Beethoven.
King of disco in the 70s with the band Chic, producer of Bowie, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Daft Punk, Pha...
To mark Beethoven's 250th birthday, the documentary sheds light on the composer's private side, link...
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.Symphony no 1 in C ...
A documentary on how composer Kevin MacLeod unwittingly became one of the most heard composers in th...
He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs sta...
A career overview of tv/film composer Billy Goldenberg.
During his birthday’s celebration, Prince Siegfried must choose a bride. Trying to escape reality, h...
A performance for the ages - the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the charismatic yet calculated ...
The 9th Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most popular pieces of classical music in the...
A group of brave and committed musicians take on an 80 year curse in an attempt to stage one of the ...
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a prof...
There is a rumor in the Kyiv musical community: once upon a time, in private conversation, Queen Eli...
André Rieu’s Magical Maastricht celebrates 15 years of André’s glorious hometown concerts. The King ...