John Shirley-Quirk Trailers
Death in Venice TrailerBenjamin Britten: A Time There Was… TrailerOwen Wingrave Trailer
Most Popular John Shirley-Quirk Trailers
Total trailers found: 6
The Burning Fiery Furnace Trailer (1967)
12 November 1967
Tony Palmer's documentary about the staging of Britten's choral work.
Death in Venice Trailer (1981)
11 August 1981
Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there meets a young man by whose beauty he becomes obsessed.
Billy Budd Trailer (1966)
11 December 1966
A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?
The Dream of Gerontius Trailer (1968)
14 April 1968
Long considered lost footage, this exceptional concert, which originally aired April 14, 1968, on the BBC, is a full-colour performance of Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius recorded inside the stunning Canterbury Cathedral and featuring three of the greatest voices of the era: mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker, tenor Sir Peter Pears, and bass-baritone John Shirley-Quirk.
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… Trailer (1979)
09 January 1979
A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.
Owen Wingrave Trailer (1971)
16 May 1971
A family conflict ensues after Owen, the youngest of the proud military family Wingrave, expected to continue the family tradition and become a soldier, rejects violence and war and proclaims himself a pacifist.
