‘O THOU TRANSCENDENT’

The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams

 

2008 marks the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’  death and this timely  DVD is the  first ever full-length film biography of the great man, produced by the multi-award winning director, TONY PALMER, as featured in Classic FM magazine, December 2007.

 

Specially recorded extracts from all The Symphonies, Job, The Lark Ascending, and of course The Tallis Fantasia

 

Archive performances by Sir ADRIAN BOULT, newly discovered interviews with VAUGHAN WILLIAMS himself.

 

The last ever interview with URSULA VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, and with unexpected contributions from HARRISON BIRTWISTLE, JOHN ADAMS,

 

Mark Anthony Turnage, Tony Benn, Jordi Savall, Andre Prévin, Sir Michael Tippett & Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys

 

Picture Format:  16:9, 1 DVD

Sound Format:   Digital Stereo

Running Time:   148 mins

Region Code:     NTSC 0

 

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