Composer H.K. Gruber collaborates with director Barrie Gavin on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of...

One public housing flat in Moscow stood out above all others: the home of George Costakis, the foremost collector of early 20th century Russian...

1968 interview with Lord Harewood.

An interview with American director, Anthony Mann. This documentary was first seen as episode 8 of the BBC TV series "The Movies." (A 17-minute...

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

This BBC Bristol documentary, Narrated by Bert Lloyd looks at the Gaelic music of the Outer Hebrides. It won the Silver Harp award. Directed by...

Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in performances of Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto' and 'Choral Fantasy'. Itzhak Perlman and...

Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.

Bizet's masterwork, Carmen, directed for stage by the Spanish actress Núria Espert.

A portrait of Eric Lyons and Span, under the scrutiny of Ian Nairn, as well as the residents of their estates.

Documentary on 84-year old Marevna; painter, friend of Picasso and one-time mistress of Diego Rivera; and her daughter by Rivera, Marika; former...

The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two...

The story of Kurt Weill 's relationship with the American popular theatre. During his years in exile on Broadway, the composer of Mack the Knife...

The Threepenny Opera proclaims itself "an opera for beggars," and it was in fact an attempt both to satirize traditional opera and operetta and to...

BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.

Interview with French director Jacques Tati, focusing on his on-screen persona, Monsieur Hulot. Produced for the British television series "Omnibus".

A documentary about the life and work of the composer Hans Werner Henze followed by a performance of Requiem

Charts a journey through various `memory' productions such as murals, monuments, TV histories, commemorations etc, and in so doing questions the...

An interview with film director Roman Polanski, recorded for BBC TV in 1967.