From Isolde Films Studios
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1993
Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs1 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
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls1 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
The Children
The Children5.20 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
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
Testimony
Testimony5.70 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
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival1 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
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
The Wigan Casino
The Wigan Casino1 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
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams1 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
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter1 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
Margot
Margot1 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
The Wagner Family
The Wagner Family1 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
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
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming1 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
Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress
Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress1 1990 HD
Tony Palmer’s study of the German composer Paul Hindemith.