BBC
Benjamin Britten on Camera
[rtoc] Composer of the broadcasting age 00:20 David Attenborough – BBC constantly trying to court him. Didn’t own a TV himself. 03:00 Relationship with Pears in defiance of the law. 08:15 Kenyon: born into era that was just about to discover broadcasting. Importance of radio. Britten’s musical education through broadcasting. 09:50 Founding of Aldeburgh Festival. …
Fidelio (Mena, BBC Proms, 2017)
Complete, with dialogue
Pappano’s Classical Voices: Tenor
[rtoc] 00:00:00 Opening as Episode 1. 00:01:00 Meet the “Kings of the high C”. Talking/working with some of the great singers of today: how do they do it? how does the throat work? breathing? body? soul? 00:02:00 Three Tenors in the 1990s at 3 World Cup finals. Back in mainstream for first time since the …
Pappano’s Classical Voices: Soprano
[rtoc] 00:00:00 Voice as unique, built-in expression of ourselves 00:01:00 Different voice types 00:04:00 Finding something new. What makes a performer special, when some aren’t. 00:06:00 Callas; finding more in a piece than perhaps the composer imagined. Fame beyond opera house. Willard White: her clarity of what she wanted. Commanding on stage, a bundle of …
Swingin’ Christmas
00:27:00 Parkinson interviews Wilson about the orchestra
Gypsy – Live from the Savoy Theatre
[rtoc]frozen between 01:33:54 (middle of You Gotta Get a Gimmick) and 01:46:30 (take this to the conductor – and remember, you’re going to be a star), missing ‘Small World’ reprise. ‘Let me entertain you’ and ‘Rose’s Turn’ therefore out of time placement.[/rtoc]
Sound of Musicals: 2. Something’s Coming
00:02:00 West Side Story 00:13:30 Lionel Bart and Oliver! Fiddler on the Roof Company A Little Night Music A Chorus Line
Sound of Musicals: 1. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
00:03:30 West End at 1900: G&S + new genre of musical comedy (Florodora) 00:06:30 Jerome Kern as musical showdoctor 00:10:40 George Gershwin learning from Kern 00:18:30 Rodgers and Hart 00:20:00 Stephen Schwartz on Rodgers and Hart 00:25:00 On Hammerstein writing the words first, and less self-conscious style 00:33:00 First complete cast recording