O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Actor: Barbara Dickson, Brian Kay, English Chamber Orchestra, Jill Balcon, Thomas AllenBrand: KOCH ENT.
Conductor: Sian Edwards
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha
Conductor: Tamas Vasary
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 148 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Tony Palmer Films
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- Produced by the multi-award winning director Tony Palmer, this is the first ever full-length film biography on Ralph Vaughan Williams. This film features interviews with many of those who knew and worked with him, including the Gloucester Cathedral Choir conducted by Andrew Nethsingha, archive performances by Boult and Barbirolli, newly discovered interviews with Vaughan Williams himself, speciall
Movie Reviews of O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Movie Review: A transcendent film
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not so much a review as an opportunity to add five stars to this outstanding production. It deserves even more stars, were that possible.
After seeing so many awful films biographies of Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin,Mozart, et. al. only a few great film biographies stand out in my mind, e.g., Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff. Now one more can be added to the list at or near the pinnacle. That is Palmer's, O Thou Transcendent. Some reviewers disagree, I see, but their reasons seem a bit superficial to me: for example an objection to the minute of carnage in a 2 1/2 hour film...not to forget that RVW was an ambulance driver and saw in real life a lot more than a few seconds of the bloody horrors of war and the death of very close friends who worked with him. No it is not pleasant. No, it may not be suitable for children. But when has war ever been?
In this production we have a great balance of biographical material, interviews, and samples of the great variety of his works, wonderfully performed by Sian Edwards, Tamas Vasary and Sir Adrian Boult among others. Not only are the slections perfect for RVW, but here is an opportunity to listen to reflections by his second wife,Ursula, and of Sir Michael Tippett, Lord Armstrong, the composer Mark Anthony Turnage and Lady Barbarolli, among others. This is an extraordinary work of film- making about a great English composer. If you do not see it you will have missed 2 1/2 hours of pure delight. Most highly recommended.
Summary of O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Produced by the multi-award winning director Tony Palmer, this is the first ever full-length film biography on Ralph Vaughan Williams. This film features interviews with many of those who knew and worked with him, including the Gloucester Cathedral Choir conducted by Andrew Nethsingha, archive performances by Boult and Barbirolli, newly discovered interviews with Vaughan Williams himself, specially recorded extracts from "The Symphonies," "Job," "The Lark Ascending" and "The Tallis Fantasia" as well as contributions from Harrison Birtwistle, John Adams, Richard Thompson, Mark Anthony Turnage, Barbara Dickson, Michael Tippett & Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys.Documentary DVD Video
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