From Isolde Films Studios


  • 1993
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    Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

    Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

    1 1993 HD

    This emotional film by the award-winning director Tony Palmer includes a performance of the “Third Symphony” by The London Sinfonietta...

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  • 1996
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    Brahms and the Little Singing Girls

    Brahms and the Little Singing Girls

    1 1996 HD

    This is Palmer's highly controversial portrait of Brahms - a film that exploded the familiar image of 'stodgy old bearded Brahms' - a man whose...

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  • 1990
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    The Children

    The Children

    5.20 1990 HD

    Rose Sellars is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower. However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new...

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  • 1979
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    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

    Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…

    1 1979 HD

    A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.

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  • 1988
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    Testimony

    Testimony

    5.70 1988 HD

    The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

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  • 2004
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    Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival

    Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival

    1 2004 HD

    A documentary portrait of composer Malcolm Arnold. Broadcast in two parts on The South Bank Show but premiered in its entirety at the Royal Festival...

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  • 1982
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    Stravinsky: Once at a Border...

    Stravinsky: Once at a Border...

    1 1982 HD

    This autobiographical film about the most important and influential composer of the 20th century includes documents, photographs and film never seen...

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  • 1977
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    The Wigan Casino

    The Wigan Casino

    1 1977 HD

    Documentary covering the famous Wigan Casino northern soul venue and the working class kids who spend all their money not on alcohol but on records...

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  • 2007
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    O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

    O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

    1 2007 HD

    Award-winning filmmaker Tony Palmer directs this riveting documentary on the life and times of influential English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams....

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  • 2011
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    Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter

    Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter

    1 2011 HD

    The great composer of The Planets, Gustav Holst also taught himself Sanskrit, lived in a street of brothels in Algiers, cycled into the Sahara...

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  • 2005
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    Margot

    Margot

    1 2005 HD

    A biographical look at the career of the acclaimed Margot Fonteyn. As a little girl called Peggy Hookham growing up in Shanghai, she told her mother...

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  • 2009
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    The Wagner Family

    The Wagner Family

    1 2009 HD

    There's no doubt that Richard Wagner who built it was the most influential composer in the whole of the 19th Century. But his family has survived a...

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  • 2008
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    O, Fortuna!

    O, Fortuna!

    1 2008 HD

    Tony Palmer examines the life and legacy of the German composer, Carl Orff.

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  • 2002
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    Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

    Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

    1 2002 HD

    Explores the life and career of American soprano Renée Fleming. Share an intimate visit with Renée behind the scenes, at home and on...

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  • 1990
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    Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress

    Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress

    1 1990 HD

    Tony Palmer’s study of the German composer Paul Hindemith.

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