Gloucester Guildhall, commencing at 7:30pmPrices:* £5.50, £4.50 concessions, £4 Gloucester Film Soc members.
Please Note: This event is not included in the SuperTicket.
Film Summary:
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This is the first ever full-length film biography of RVW, produced by the multi-award winning director, Tony Palmer (see below). The film features of those who knew and worked with him, including the Gloucester Cathedral Choir, conducted by Andrew Nethsingha.There are also archive performances by Boult and Barbirolli, newly discovered interviews with Vaughan Williams himself, specially recorded extracts from The Symphonies, Job, The Lark Ascending and of course The Tallis Fantasia. Look out for unexpected contributions from Harrison Birtwistle, John Adams, Mark Anthony Turnage, Michael Tippett and Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys.A glorious 3 hour celebration, but with a helluva sting in the tail. |
*Note: For tickets for this event only apply to Gloucester Guildhall. Visit www.gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall, phone 01452 503050 or send cheque payable to Gloucester City Council to Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1NS.
Tony Palmer
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Tony Palmer’s vast filmography of over one hundred films ranges from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa (200 Motels), to the famous portraits with and about Walton, Britten, Stravinsky, Maria Callas, John Osborne, Margot Fonteyn and Menuhin. His 7 hour 45 minutes film on Wagner, starring Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave, was described by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the most beautiful films ever made”. Among over 40 international prizes for his work are 12 Gold Medals at the New York Film & Television Festival, as well as numerous BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television) and EMMY nominations and awards. He is the only person to have won the Prix Italia twice.With his wife Michela, their sons Angelo and Gabriele and their daughter Apollonia, he lives in the most westerly house in England. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and honorary citizen of both New Orleans and Athens. |