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This is an award-winning documentary on the life and music of Barbara Borden, an acclaimed and pioneering drummer, composer and teacher. It tells her inspiring life-story in eloquent words and toe-tapping music.Keeper of the Beatweaves footage fromShe Dares to Drum,Borden’s autobiographical “percussion play” and other dynamic performances from the last four decades with interviews with noted artis...
Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017
This half-hour documentary, shot in Peru, stars three of the world's finest percussionists: Lalo Izquierdo, Cotito and Huevito. As they play the cajón drum, sing, dance, and talk, we learn about the rich culture of Afro-Peruvians.
This video looks at four centuries of Western social dance history. Authentic re-creations of the dances teach the viewer about socializing and romance in past times. Dancers in period costume introduce historical context and explore how many social dance styles migrated from Europe to America, such as Italian Renaissance formalism, French Baroque classicism, and 19th century Romanticism. The vide...
Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2017
The British Library collection over one hundred and fifty million items—everything from medieval chronicles to live jazz recordings, the Bronte’s manuscripts to Beethoven’s tuning fork. Now six of its greatest Treasures will be explored by the acclaimed trumpet soloist Alison Balsom. Alison has chosen six aspects of her life and work to explore—everything from the music that drives her life and ca...
Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2016
The British Library—the greatest repository of our culture, history and society. In its archives are everything from stunningly beautiful handwritten Korans to Captain Scott’s diary; Karl Marx’s letters and Sir John Gielgud’s scrapbooks. Now six of these Treasures will be chosen and uncovered by the acclaimed jazz musician Jamie Cullum. Drawing on his own passions, and aided by the expert British...
The British Library is the greatest storehouse of our history and culture. On its shelves are British works ranging from the thousand year old Beowulf to handwritten drafts of James Bond. Now Julia Donaldson has been given the chance of a lifetime, to explore six great Treasures of the British Library. Julia is the one of the UK’s best loved and bestselling authors, creator of The Gruffalo, Zog, S...
In this film the leading scientist, medical doctor and broadcaster Professor Robert Winston explores six incredible Treasures of the British Library. He is helped and guided by the Library’s expert curators, discovering amazing facts and quirky details about each book, manuscript or object. Above all he and we enjoy the privilege of spending time with a truly unique and historic document or object...
Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez is the star soloist in a Last Night that also showcases a hand-picked selection of young singers in Vaughan Williams’ "Serenade to Music." The world premiere of composer Tom Harrold’s "Raze" opens the evening’s entertainment, while the ever popular "Pomp and Circumstance," "Rule, Britannia!" and "Jerusalem" keep the crowd singing. The night ends with the British na...
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2016Proms season as Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo leads the celebrations including composers such as Tom Harroldand Jonathan Dove and commences by showcasing the 45 talented young musicians of the BBC Proms Youth Ensemble. Star Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez sings a selection of popular arias by Gioachino Rossini...
Katie Derham introduces the celebrations live from the Royal Albert Hall as the world's greatest music festival reaches the grand finale of its 121st anniversary year. Tenor Juan Diego Florez and 12 hand-picked opera singers are the star vocalistsin a program which includes popular favorites by Michael Torke, Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as a performance of Ah! Mes Amis from Daughter of the Reg...