Most Popular Barrie Gavin Trailers
Total trailers found: 35
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America Trailer (1992)
31 December 1992
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 and The Alabama Song, who personified decadent Berlin, found a new life in New York, creating such standards as September Song and Speak Low.
Kurt Weill: Street Scene Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946.
Ruddigore Trailer (1982)
01 June 1982
The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony.
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By Trailer (1976)
16 December 1976
Humphrey Burton introduces two Omnibus USA reports on the arts in New York... that is the arts in the streets, away from the museums and the concert halls.
Not Mozart: Bring Me the Head of Amadeus Trailer (1991)
03 November 1991
Composer H.K. Gruber collaborates with director Barrie Gavin on a commissioned short film to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Mozart.
The Movies: 'Action Speaks Louder Than Words' Trailer (1967)
20 February 1967
An interview with American director, Anthony Mann. This documentary was first seen as episode 8 of the BBC TV series "The Movies.
My Homeland Trailer (1976)
03 November 1976
Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen through the eyes of an exile.
The Nomad Trailer (1967)
27 February 1967
An interview with film director Roman Polanski, recorded for BBC TV in 1967.
Costakis: The Collector Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
One public housing flat in Moscow stood out above all others: the home of George Costakis, the foremost collector of early 20th century Russian avant-garde art.
One Foot in Eden Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
Portrait of the composer, Peter Maxwell Davies, set in the context of the islands of Orkney. George Mackay Brown is featured reading his own verse and there are quotations from the works of Edwin Muir, Robert Rendell and the ancient Orkneyinga Saga.
Monsieur Hulot's Work Trailer (1976)
13 May 1976
Interview with French director Jacques Tati, focusing on his on-screen persona, Monsieur Hulot. Produced for the British television series "Omnibus".
The Miraculous Circumstance: Bartok, Folklorist Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
In 1906 the young Bela Bartok set out to discover the forgotten music of his people. He found a vast treasure of folk music all over Eastern Europe, and he called his discovery 'a miraculous circumstance'.
Beethoven - Choral Fantasy and Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano Trailer (2003)
11 February 2003
The music is not Beethoven's most familiar, but it is absolutely charming. The concerto is appealing in its melodic material and the intricate interactions among the soloists and orchestra.
Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy Trailer (1995)
07 September 1995
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in performances of Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto' and 'Choral Fantasy'.
Neither Trailer (1980)
14 June 1980
Film of Morton Feldman's short opera (libretto by Samuel Beckett).
Dust in the Road Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
Com: BBC for documentary 'Sound on Film'.Derived from music and dance filmed in Transylvania.
Beyond a Boundary Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
A film based on Beyond a Boundary, the classic book by C. L. R. James,
Handel: Messiah the 250th Anniversary Performance Trailer (1992)
01 July 1992
Sir Neville Marriner conducts this 250th Anniversary performance. Soloists include Sylvia McNair, Anne Sofie Van Otter.
Carmen by Georges Bizet Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Bizet's masterwork, Carmen, directed for stage by the Spanish actress Núria Espert. Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1989.
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema Trailer (1976)
02 December 1976
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.
Marevna and Marika Trailer (1978)
09 February 1978
Documentary on 84-year old Marevna; painter, friend of Picasso and one-time mistress of Diego Rivera; and her daughter by Rivera, Marika; former dancer and actress.
The World of Josef von Sternberg Trailer (1967)
04 August 1967
Made for BBC Television in 1967, this 20-minute documentary features a rare interview with the director and a unique demonstration of his lighting techniques.
The Threepenny Opera Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
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 create a new kind of musical theater based on the theories of two young German artists, composer Kurt Weill and poet-playwright Bert Brecht.
For Memory Trailer (1986)
18 April 1986
Charts a journey through various `memory' productions such as murals, monuments, TV histories, commemorations etc, and in so doing questions the role that historical memory plays in our society.
The More We Are Together Trailer (1969)
04 May 1969
A portrait of Eric Lyons and Span, under the scrutiny of Ian Nairn, as well as the residents of their estates.
Peter Grimes Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
Benjamin Britten's opera as performed by the English National Opera, with Philip Langridge in the title role.
Kazimir Malevich Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
In 1915 the Russian artist Malevich declared a Black Square on a White Background an icon of his times and thus founded a new form of art, liberated from objects – Suprematism.
But Still We Sing Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
This BBC Bristol documentary, Narrated by Bert Lloyd looks at the Gaelic music of the Outer Hebrides.
The Fire and the Rose Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
A documentary on the life and work of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina.
Quiet Man with Welding Torch: A Portrait of the Sculptor Julio Gonzalez 1876-1942 Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Friend, instructor and student of Picasso, a welder at Renault, a painter and goldsmith – Julio González was all of these.
