Movies: Simon Rattle

A compilation of Sir Simon Rattle's finest performances from the BBC archive that features his work at the BBC Proms as well as his love of contemporary music....

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The film follows Canadian singer, conductor and actress Barbara Hannigan backstage in an attempt to reveal the secret behind this wild, fearless and remarkably versatile woman....

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Emmanuel Chabrier: España Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27...

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder for the 75th anniversary of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra at Munich's Isar Philharmonic....

Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the 20th century. Each of the seven programmes features over thirty minutes of specia...

Hector Berlioz: Le Corsaire: Ouverture Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird...

A young, newly orphaned woman becomes the target of religious bigots when her individuality marks her as a pariah. This allegorical animated short from Klaas Rusticus explores the struggles of maintaining uniqueness in a world where the voice of the ...

Underestimated by his contemporaries, but today acclaimed as one of the greatest and imaginative composers of his time. Anton Bruckner was a genius of tones. Such great conductors like Kent Nagano, Valery Gergiev and Simon Rattle let the composer com...

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid...

Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most successful conductor in the history of classical music. Many of his recordings - of Italian opera, of Wag...

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The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid...

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Live from the Kabelwerk Oberspree in Berlin, Simon Rattle is conductor to the Berlin Philharmonic on its 125th anniversary on May 2007. With superb acoustics and magnificent architecture, the building proved to be an ideal setting for the annual Euro...

The School Orchestra Extravaganzas of the Berliner Philharmoniker's education programme are always a big event, and this year's meeting in February was no different. Six Berlin school orchestras had rehearsed excerpts from Grieg's Peer Gynt suites fo...

In 2012, just a year before his passing, Sir Colin Davis—president of the London Symphony Orchestra at the time and with over five decades of appearances with the prestigious ensemble—gets an affectionate look in this final video appearance, a docume...

Simon Rattle is one of the most distinguished Sibelius conductors of our time. Consequently, his recording of all the composer’s seven symphonies, which he performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2015, attracted all the more attention....

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 Bjarne Brustad: Veslefrikk Edvard Grieg: Evening in the Mountains, Op. 68/4...