Edward Elgar Movies
- 2010
This musical release captures highlights from the Europa Konzert recorded April 30th, 2010 at Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. The performance features the Berliner Philharmoniker, along with soloists Alisa Weilerstein and Daniel Barenboim and more, performing Wagner's "Symphony Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg", Edward Elgar's "Cello Concerto in E Minor", and Brahms' "Symphony No. 1 in C minor".
~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alisa Weilerstein
- 2008
This musical release from Turkish concert pianist Gulsin Onay captures a live performance by the virtuoso, recorded at the Lincoln Theater in Miami Beach in 2008. Some of the pieces featured in the performance include Robert Schumann's "ABEGG variations, Op. 1", and Frederic Chopin's "Variations brillantes Op. 12". ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gülsin Onay
- 2007
This gritty and occasionally brutal drama from Wales concerns a Welsh doctor and his Madagascan nurse girlfriend whose lives have become hopelessly entwined with the global slave-trafficking trade. When the doctor gets gunned down in the midst of a nasty and ugly civil war, the nurse makes the long pilgrimage to Cardiff to sprinkle the ashes of the doctor (who loved rugby) over the Millennium Stadium. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- 2002
Several religious songs are performed by the renowned Choir of St. John's College in this concert release from Alpha Centauri Entertainment. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge: Ave Verum - Popular Choral Classics includes renditions of Haydn's "Insanae et vanae curae," Rachmaninov's "Hymn of the Cherubim," and many others. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Starring:
- Christopher Robinson, Peter Davis, (more)
Initially released to IMAX theaters at the crescendo of millennial fever and 60 years after the original Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 was meant to revitalize Walt Disney's goal of a constantly evolving film, with new segments replacing old ones with each re-release. Only The Sorcerer's Apprentice remains, with seven new shorts. Angular, abstracted butterfly-like shapes fly through the air in Beethoven's Symphony No. 5; computer-animated whales take flight in Respighi's Pines of Rome; Al Hirschfeld's caricatures of New York life come alive in George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Hans Christian Andersen's The Steadfast Tin Soldier is retold with computer animation against Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102; frantic flamingos try to stop their yo-yoing comrade in Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, Finale; Donald and Daisy Duck play Noah and his wife trying to manage the ark to Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance; and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth are celebrated in Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. ~ Emru Townsend, Rovi
- Starring:
- Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, (more)
- 1992
Composer Edward Elgar was inspired in no small part by his home country. This journey throughout the west of England, known affectionately as 'Elgar country', offers a glimpse into the various monuments of Hereford and Worcestor credited with a role in his works. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- 1990
The Faroe Islands are a Danish protectorate in the remote waters of the North Atlantic between Iceland and Scotland's Shetland Islands. The inhabitants of these rugged islands speak a variant on Old Norse which is not unlike Icelandic. In this documentary, all 16 inhabitants of Gasaladur, a remote village which is inaccessible by sea, discuss their lives there and calmly convey the strenuous nature of even the most ordinary tasks. The village was on the verge of disappearing when the Danish government decided to give it a better chance at longevity by connecting it to a larger village on the other side of a high mountain by blasting a tunnel between the two. The English-language title of this documentary The Future Lies 1,500 Yards Ahead is clearly designed for effect, as the 1700 meters in the Danish title is approximately 1859.14 yards. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Small-town banker Robin Williams has never been able to live down the fact that he dropped an important pass during a crucial high-school football game. Likewise tainted for life is the team's star quarterback Kurt Russell, now a garage owner. Fed up with living his life under a cloud, Williams hits upon a brilliant idea: he will stage a rematch-13 years after the fact--with the members of the rival team. Trouble beckons when Williams' father-in-law announces that he's rooting for the opposition. Williams is determined to win, and in pursuit of that goal he pushes his former teammates to hitherto untapped brilliance. Directed by Roger Spottiswood, The Best of Times was written by Ron Shelton, future writer/director of such delightful sports films as Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump and Tin Cup; it was Shelton, in fact, who directed most of Best of Times' climactic football game. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, (more)
- 1973
Classic Archive: Ivry Gitlis features respected musician Ivry Gitlis interpreting a number of pieces by such renowned composers as Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Bartok. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ivry Gitlis
- 1972
This historical drama is an account of the early life of Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- Starring:
- Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, (more)
