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Bach’s monumental St John Passion is not just a beautiful piece of music; it is a meditation on suffering and an attempt to make some sense of it. Since our lives have been disrupted by the pandemic, the Passion now speaks to us from a fresh understanding of suffering and ignites in us a personal sense of compassion and empathy. In this co-production by Marquee TV and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, you can bear witness to a new filmed realisation of the passion. Directed by rockstar cinematographer Grant Gee, the camera will focus on the faces, instruments and emotions to reveal an intimate Passion experience, like never before. 

In this co-production by Marquee TV and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, you can bear witness to a new filmed realisation of the passion.

St. John Passion

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Best of London Philharmonic Orchestra

Best of London Symphony Orchestra

The Wild West meets the soulful sound of Italy. Fearless New York gangsters meet cowboys from the dusty prairie. Godfather meets Taxi Driver. And the magic of cinema meets the rich sound of a first-class symphony orchestra. This live concert production presents a unique selection of movie classics - from Sergio Leone’s iconic Spaghetti Westerns to modern mafia masterpieces by Francis Ford Coppola and the cult movies of Tarantino. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Sarah Hicks and joined by a fistful of strong guest artists for this premiere performance of the authentic soundtracks by composer legends Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Sonny Bono and Bernard Herrmann.

This concert presents a unique selection of movie classics, from iconic Spaghetti Westerns to modern mafia masterpieces

The Morricone Duel

Movie Music Nights with Danish National Symphony Orchestra

More than thirty years after her retirement, Britain's greatest classical singer of the 20th century, Dame Janet Baker, talks more openly and emotionally than ever before about her voice, her career and her life today. With excerpts of her greatest stage roles (Dido, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar and Orpheus), as well as of her appearances in the concert hall and recording studio (works by Handel, Berlioz, Schubert, Elgar, Britten and Mahler), she looks back at the excitements and pitfalls of public performance.

Britain's greatest classical singer of the 20th century, Dame Janet Baker, talks more openly and emotionally than ever before about her life

Janet Baker In Her Own Words

Tony Palmer's film was the first major exploration of the life and career of the great American soprano, Renée Fleming - for many the epitome of the modern-day diva. Share an intimate visit with Renée behind the scenes, at home and on stage as she rehearses and performs in Verdi's Otello and Requiem, and sings Strauss, Mozart, Dvorák, Korngold, Ellington, Gershwin, Puccini, Massenet, and Rachmaninoff.

ony Palmer's film was the first major exploration of the life and career of the great American soprano, Renée Fleming

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

A Zen master or an expert on chance? A specialist in mushrooms or a per­formance artist? The inventor of new sounds or a cook? An author or an anarchist? John Cage was all of these things. This documentary by Oscar-winner Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the most fascinating American avant-garde composer John Cage. Shot in America, Germany and Japan, the program presents rare archival footage and features interviews with Yoko Ono, David Tudor, Christian Wolff, Steffen Schleiermacher, Irvine Arditti, Toshio Hosokawa, Mayumi Miyata, Calvin Tomkins and many others.

This documentary by Oscar-winner Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the fascinating American avant-garde composer John Cage.

John Cage: Journeys in Sound

The documentary “Taking Risks” follows all aspects of the production of The Rake's Progress.

The documentary “Taking Risks” follows all aspects of the production of The Rake's Progress

Taking Risks

When a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of "the first": the first to lead a world-class orchestra, the first to conduct the closing night of London's "Proms," the first to win the German Conductor Prize. It seems as though the world of orchestral conducting might finally be ready to change it's attitudes toward female conductors for good.

When a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of "the first". Perhaps the times are finally changing.

Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium

Music Documentaries

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment bend genre in this remake of Gotye's hit music video 'Somebody that I used to know', with Purcell’s (quite literally) chilling ‘What Power Art Thou’ from King Arthur. The result is an optical illusion where OAE Rising Stars alumni, Dingle Yandell, becomes a part of the frosty background behind him.

Dingle Yandell and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment present ‘What Power Art Thou’ from Purcell’s King Arthur in a film inspired by Gotye

Purcell's Power Art Thou

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play with expectations of genre in this remake of Coldplay's hit music video 'The Scientist', featuring OAE Rising Stars alumnus, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston singing Purcell’s tragic ‘When I am Laid’ from Dido and Aeneas. The result is a modern-day drama, recorded around London.

Helen Charlston and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment present ‘When I am Laid’ from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in a film inspired by Coldplay.

Purcell's Dido's Lament

Music Shorts

Music plus a change

Take your music appreciation to the next level with our music collection. Relax and unwind with music performed by legendary orchestras from around the world. Try a popular classic like Mozart’s Requiem performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Let the London Symphony Orchestra wow you with Strauss and Liszt. Go Baroque with the Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment, or get lost in the film music of Ennio Morricone with The Danish National Symphony Orchestra. 