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‘O Thou Transcendent’: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams | Tony Palmer TPDVD106

‘O Thou Transcendent’: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Label: Tony Palmer

Cat No: TPDVD106

Barcode: 0604388698127

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd January 2008

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Penguin Guide 4 stars Penguin Rosette Winner

Contents

About

This DVD is the first ever full-length film biography of the great man, produced by the multi-award winning director, Tony Palmer.

It includes specially recorded extracts from all the Symphonies, Job, The Lark Ascending and, of course, The Tallis Fantasia, plus archive performances by Sir Adrian Boult.

There are newly discovered interviews with Vaughan Williams himself and the last ever interview with Ursula Vaughan Williams.

The DVD also contains unexpected contributions from Harrison Birtwistle, John Adams, Mark Anthony Turnage, Tony Benn, Jordi Savall, Andre Previn, Sir Michael Tippett and Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys.

Picture Format: 16:9, 1 DVD
Sound Format: Digital Stereo
Running Time: 129 mins
Region Code: NTSC 0
Territory: Worldwide

Reviews

Even among Tony Palmer’s many documentaries of musicians, this study of Vaughan Williams, lasting some two and a half hours, gives the most illuminating picture of the composer and his music, with an astonishing line-up of contributors, led by the composer’s widow and his biographer, Michael Kennedy. ... The result is both moving and beautiful, fulfilling in every way, demonstrating what a passionate personality VW was.
Penguin Guide 2009

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