Classical Music Movies
- 1978
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs6.61978HD
Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer...
- 1974
Mahler
Mahler6.71974HD
Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.
- 2020
The Sound of Identity
The Sound of Identity72020HD
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic...
- 2023
Divertimento
Divertimento72023HD
Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They want to make classical...
- 2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation6.52007HD
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's...
- 1938
Four Daughters
Four Daughters6.61938HD
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man...
- 2012
A Late Quartet
A Late Quartet6.672012HD
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the...
- 2020
Louis van Beethoven
Louis van Beethoven6.82020HD
1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of...
- 2024
John Williams in Tokyo
John Williams in Tokyo92024HD
30 years after his last visit to Japan, John Williams has returned for a special concert – making his debut with the world-famous Saito Kinen...
- 2006
Copying Beethoven
Copying Beethoven6.42006HD
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new...
- 1954
House of Ricordi
House of Ricordi6.21954HD
The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other...
- 2014
What Difference Does It Make?
What Difference Does It Make?5.12014HD
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
- 2024
The Serena Variations
The Serena Variations02024HD
A young violin prodigy is manipulated and pushed to her psychological breaking point by the composer she adores.
- 1947
Song of Love
Song of Love6.71947HD
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their...
- 1947
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall5.21947HD
A young Irishwoman comes to the United States to live and work with her mother as a cleaning lady at Carnegie Hall. She becomes attached to the place...
- 1943
A Corny Concerto
A Corny Concerto6.81943HD
Elmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig,...
- 1976
Allegro non troppo
Allegro non troppo7.11976HD
The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this...
- 2021
Les enfants de bohème
Les enfants de bohème02021HD
Idi and Rita live with their grandmother, Manie. Idi tries to keep the memories they have of their mother, by drawing on his school notebook. By the...
- 2024
Gloria!
Gloria!6.92024HD
In late 18th century Venice, in a convent school for girls, Teresa, a student with prophetic gifts, joins forces with some amazing music-makers. They...
- 1950
The Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl7.11950HD
Tom is conducting a symphony at the Hollywood Bowl when Jerry comes out to co-conduct.