Michael Tippett

Movies

Alan Bush: A Life
About the life and work of the composer, which includes an interview in which he discusses his musical ideas and important events in his life. Excerpts from a number of key compositions dating from 1925 to 1977 including the choral 'Africa is my name' and Lidice, Five pieces for violin, viola, cello, horn and clarinet' and Dialectic' are used to illustrate the development of his music.
What Did You Learn At School Today?
Music
A BAFTA award nominated documentary studying the three-tier, co-educational comprehensive system which has been established in Leicestershire.
Let My People Go
Music
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at apartheid in South Africa and the Sharpville massacre.
Coventry Cathedral
Music
A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace the one destroyed during WWII.