'At the end of the day, it remains a secret why some can conduct and others can’t', Sir Georg Solti once said. CONDUCT! explores this secret. The struggle of five young artists for success at the International Conductors Competition in Frankfurt provides real-life drama that tests not only musical abilities but, above all, characters. CONDUCT! explores the secret of conducting with a unique intensity that culminates in a great showdown at Frankfurt’s Opera.
Actor and writer Stephen Fry explores his passion for the world's most controversial composer, Richa...
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her ...
Can a work of art remain relevant 200 years after its creation? Ludwig van Beethoven’s last complete...
The Nikolaus Lehnhoff production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", recorded live at the Salzburger Fes...
DG presents John Williams in Vienna, the live recordings of the Hollywood legend's Vienna Philharmon...
Documentary about the state of the conducting world in the 1990s. Broadcast as part of the BBC OMNIB...
André Rieu’s Magical Maastricht celebrates 15 years of André’s glorious hometown concerts. The King ...
or twenty years the Berliner Philharmoniker has celebrated its 1882 founding with a concert at a maj...
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is the second of the four music dramas that constitute Richard ...
Joseph Haydn is renowned for taking the established forms of the symphony and string quartet and sha...
In four corners of the globe, in each of the four seasons, four outstanding violinists guide us on a...
The 9th Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most popular pieces of classical music in the...
Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate is given a cinematic staging by C...
30 years after his last visit to Japan, John Williams has returned for a special concert – making hi...
After failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music ...
Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the grea...
Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.
This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Ca...
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovan...