Elton John performs on Christmas Eve in this special concert event, broadcast live in 1974 on BBC 2.
Puccini: Il trittico
After his wife's accidental death, the once successful pop singer Eric Kersten and his son Peter retired to Lake Maggiore. He spends his time painting pictures that he sells to tourists. One day he meets the pretty Eva, who looks very much like his late wife. He falls in love with her without knowing that his producer sent her to bring him back to music.
Lakis (Dinos Iliopoulos) has to make sure that his three sisters are married before he can marry his beloved Lela (Martha Karagianni). While at the beach, Eva (Zoe Laskari) and Maria (Hloi Liaskou) will meet Kleopas (Costas Voutsas) and Giorgos (Vagelis Voulgaridis) with whom they will start dating. But Rena (Rena Vlahopoulou) has a secret relationship with Thodoros (Giannis Vogiatzis) for 10 years.
As they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess Anna-Marie are told that the Austrians are marching on the town to quell an Italian uprising. The bride and relatives induce the count to flee to his castle, but Tangy, a silhouette cutter, brings word from the revolutionary committee asking him to return; the count goes, asking Tangy to pose as the count and protect Anna-Marie.
Carlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all. His days are filled with romance and intrigue and he manages to get himself feared and hated by most of the married men in Buenos Aires.
A completely new life begins for railroad employee Werner Nordhaus when he meets the fascinating variety theater director Karena Rodde. She discovers that Werner is a great dancing talent and is determined to win him over for her theater. Karena wants Werner to give up his life as a train driver and start training as an artist for her in Hamburg - a decision that would turn his life upside down...
Led by a mysterious girl, a trapped "Insider" strives to break free and join the "Outsiders". (The official music video for Cellarscape's 'You Got the Girl'.)
Live recording of a stage performance at the Glyndebourne Theatre, 24 August 1973, directed by Sir Peter Hall.
A musical remake of King Kong from Bangladesh.
The Genitorturers are an industrial metal band from the United States, with influences extending into the 1990s hardcore punk and electronic music. They proclaim themselves to be "The World's Sexiest Rock Band". The Genitorturers have gained a loyal following of fans from LA to Tokyo and everywhere in between with their hauntingly disturbed stage performances. But don't be quick to judge. Open your musical mind and allow them to penetrate you, in more ways than one.
After discovering a note, a disorientated man finds himself relentlessly pursued by a strange figure. (The official music video for Cellarscape's Epinephrine'.)
A pop-up book and shadow puppets tell a tale of two people with the same place on their mind. (The official music video for Cellarscape's 'The Same Place'.)
A story of love and loss through the mind's eye of those trying to let go, and the lens of our perception. (The official music video for Cellarscape's 'Circa 39'.)
Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of social connections. In lieu of the cash, Dan gets Reggie to introduce him to the swells of high society. They go to the opera and, after hearing Yvonne Malloy sing, Dan falls in love with her. Reggie introduces them, but the introduction is to Yvonne's double and stand-in, Toots. This leads to many complications for all concerned.
'Salsa' captures a unique moment in time for this most exuberant and socially dynamic music.
The Romany Trail Part One takes us on a search for the lost gypsy tribes of Egypt, up the Nile to the ancient town of Luxor in the shadow of the great Pharaoh’s tombs. Along the way, from the markets of Cairo to the temple of Karnak, we meet dancing girls and acrobats, magicians, fortune-tellers and even mystics performing an exorcism. The programme culminates in the rhythms of Flamenco, in the gypsy caves of the Alhambra, where some of Spain’s foremost gypsy families celebrate their history.
Features the live concert recorded in the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, October 25, 1992. Setlist 1. Two Bunch Palms [05:35] 2. Dolls In The Shadow [02:48] 3. Treasure of Innocence [03:43] 4. Oriental Haze [04:50] 5. Graffiti Street [05:28] 6. Backstreet Hero [04:12] 7. Phaedra [03:49] 8. Love On A Real Train [03:19] 9. Hamlet [04:54] 10. Purple Haze [03:18] 11. Logos [05:03] 11 songs, 46 min
The Romany Trail Part Two is a penetrating, provocative tour of a fabled people’s existence. It reveals the prejudice they still face daily and which they combat with the lyrics and music they have carried and adapted on their long migrations. Featuring: The music of Django Reinhardt, the ballads of the Holocaust, Hungarian folk musicians and professional restaurant bands, pipers and the greatest names in Gypsy entertainment.
The classic 1911 film adaptation of Dante's epic from director Giuseppe Liguoro. Music by Tangerine Dream