Thursday, 4 September 2014

Classical Music Documentaries Online



There seems to be an increasing number of classical music documentaries on YouTube these days, but it’s hard work keeping track of them. So I’ve drawn up a list, as much for my own benefit as anybody else’s. A quick trawl around the site (and I’ll confess, that’s all I’ve done) pulls up all sorts of things I never knew existed. A lot of these documentaries date from the 1980s and 90s, a time when television, in the UK at least, took arts coverage more seriously than it does today. There are some real gems from Barrie Gavin and Tony Palmer, and later John Bridcut and Bruno Monsaingeon. I’ve stretched the definition of ‘documentary’ to include Ken Russell’s extravagances – it seemed a shame not to, and most of them seem to be here.

A large proportion of these programmes were made by the BBC, and I don’t know if the Beeb is aware that they are currently online. My hope is that the Corporation considers accessibility to be an aspect of its public service remit and is therefore happy to let us see them. If not, I hope this post won’t hasten their demise. On that subject, please leave me a message if you find any of these links are now dead. Also, if there is anything I’ve missed (and I’m sure there is), please put a link in the comments and I’ll add it. In the mean time: Enjoy!


COMPOSERS



BACH

Bach: A Passionate Life (John Eliot Gardiner) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOO8IC8_VaY 

Great Composers: Bach (BBC 1997)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKd1fjgqKI


BABBITT
Babbitt: Portrait of a Serial Composer (Robert Hilferty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_Zfpq3gqk

BEETHOVEN
BBC Great Composers: Beethoven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNoZw6Im86k

The Genius of Beethoven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_tbzrUj2k

Beethoven's Eroica (Simon Cellan Jones BBC 2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtA7m3viB70

 

BERG

Alban Berg documentary (Barrie Gavin, BBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHEwV0BnJM

 

NADIA BOULANGER

Mademoiselle Nadia Boulanger (Bruno Monsaingeon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW7GiX4-hPc

CAGE
Four American Composers: John  Cage (Peter Greenaway, 1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbp4rkenEak

CHOPIN

The Women Behind The Music (James Rhodes, BBC, 2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rOOLm3n6GY

 

DEBUSSY

The Debussy Film (Ken Russell, 1965)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdAIYmSHAg

 

DELIUS

Delius: Composer, Lover, Enigma (John Bridcut)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTVhBhPzPQA

 

ELGAR

Elgar: Portrait of a Composer (Ken Russell)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM2YGJCjAEA

Elgar - Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle (Ken Russell 2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQPMzK6GdTE

 

GLASS

Glass - A Portrait of Philip In Twelve Parts (Scott Hicks, 2007)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaG5VJqgZg

 

GUBAIDULINA
Portrait of Sofia Gubaidulina (BBC, 1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwnEtWW0hWI

HANDEL
George Frederick Handel BBC Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnKFUNizi4E

LISZT
Liszt in the World (University of California Television)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ilb3jfWao

MAHLER

BBC Great Composers: Mahler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBNFRzdkIM

Mahler (Ken Russell, 1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tolbBo5yVC8  
What The Universe Tells Me (Documentary on Mahler's 3rd Symphony)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bArhdP88dGE

MARTINŮ
The Mystery of Dr Martinu (Ken Russell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUnwST5R3vQ

MEREDITH MONK
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk (Peter Greenaway, 1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Xj3ID-ybw&index=18&list=PL7769C5E4C596C737

MOZART
BBC Great Composers: Mozart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyt1asgJPZ0

BBC - The Genius of Mozart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc4XdUu-G5Q

 

PROKOFIEV

The Prodigal Son (BBC, 1991?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWAkNidQCo8  

 

PUCCINI

BBC Great Composers: Puccini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYAntNU-V8

 

RACHMANINOFF

Harvest of Sorrow (Tony Palmer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3MU9JnL7E  

 

REICH

Steve Reich - South Bank Show (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_pR1sHHeQU

 

SCHNITTKE

The Unreal World of Alfred Schnittke (BBC 1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sHnQKs8LUM

 

SCHOENBERG

Bogeyman -- Prophet – Guardian (Barrie Gavin, 1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqZc_fgUtGI

 

SCHUBERT

Schubert Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOeS93VATck

 

STRAVINSKY

Igor Stravinsky Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSJQwkBKKBo

 

SHOSTAKOVICH

Shostakovich against Stalin, The war symphonies (Larry Weinstein)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--fSOJzGJnM

 

STRAUSS

Richard Strauss -Remembered

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ImK5CpSmo

 

TCHAIKOVSKY

BBC Great Composers: Tchaikovsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyt1asgJPZ0

 

WAGNER

BBC Great Composers: "Richard Wagner"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q5_LV7xOL4

 

VICTORIA

Tomás Luis de Victoria - God's Composer (Simon Russell Beale, BBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j3H3Tzj9YU

 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Passions of Vaughan Williams (John Bridcut, BBC, 2008)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUjWo-diK-Y

 

VIVALDI

Vivaldi and the women of the Pieta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=153WVp8QJQ0



PERFORMERS

PABLO CASALS

Pablo Casals - BBC documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z20GwENK1-w

 

WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER

Wilhelm Furtwängler Documentary (BR/BBC c. 1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvCRFK4vyys


GLENN GOULD
Glenn Gould – Off The Record (CBC 1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL9YjM1BqgY

Glenn Gould On The Record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeymIwZ7Yk4

Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (Francois Girard 1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twV8YZut2nw

Genius within The inner life of Glenn Gould (2009)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-gEI4VBEDk



BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

Imagine Being a Concert Pianist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl3Mtq99fio

EDITA GRUBEROVA
The art of Belcanto - Edita Gruberova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqEwtVWeD3U

GERALD MOORE
How to Sing Bel Canto: World Singers (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F4c3NSZMnw

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER
Anne-Sophie Mutter Documentary "A Portrait"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMw9AY5-K9E

SVIATOSLAV RICHTER

Sviatoslav Richter The Enigma (Bruno Monsaingeon 1998)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfJVpjI3wJM


MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH

Rostropovich The Genius of the Cello (BBC, 2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DVtT20tGiE

GEORG SOLTI

Maestro or Mephisto: The Real Georg Solti (2002)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O-ClNBcZF0

LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI

Stokowski at 88 (1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt9HLz5v_k0

JOAN SUTHERLAND
The Reluctant Prima Donna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0wQ_Xsiaas

KIRI TE KANAWA
What Makes a Great Soprano?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0t544MZNhA

ARTURO TOSCANINI

Toscanini "The Maestro revisited" (1967)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0dgrjNxXSY

 

ROLANDO VILLAZÓN
What Makes a Great Tenor?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A66Adiz0pY



INSTRUMENTS

GUITAR

Imagine - The Story of the Guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjg5EbTW-dw

HARP

The Harp - BBC Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ImURf8KUE

VIOLIN

The Art of Violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2or09nXBUPg


GENERAL

Birth of the symphony: Handel to Haydn (AAM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8jp2FKmDKM


In The Ocean - A Film About The Classical Avant Garde:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0NwiTHIhGM

 

Howard Goodall's Story of Music (BBC 2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKd1fjgqKI


Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQJz7GBtSaE




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