Isolde Films Movies
- 1990
The Children
The Children5.21990HD
Rose Sellars is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower. However, his children believe that their father is too old to start a new relati...
- 1982
Stravinsky: Once at a Border...
Stravinsky: Once at a Border...01982HD
This autobiographical film about the most important and influential composer of the 20th century includes documents, photographs and film never seen p...
- 1988
Testimony
Testimony5.71988HD
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
- 1996
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls
Brahms and the Little Singing Girls01996HD
This is Palmer's highly controversial portrait of Brahms - a film that exploded the familiar image of 'stodgy old bearded Brahms' - a man whose first...
- 1977
The Wigan Casino
The Wigan Casino01977HD
Documentary covering the famous Wigan Casino northern soul venue and the working class kids who spend all their money not on alcohol but on records an...
- 1993
Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs01993HD
This emotional film by the award-winning director Tony Palmer includes a performance of the “Third Symphony” by The London Sinfonietta alongside power...
- 2005
Margot
Margot02005HD
A biographical look at the career of the acclaimed Margot Fonteyn. As a little girl called Peggy Hookham growing up in Shanghai, she told her mother s...
- 2011
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter02011HD
The great composer of The Planets, Gustav Holst also taught himself Sanskrit, lived in a street of brothels in Algiers, cycled into the Sahara Desert,...
- 2004
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival02004HD
A documentary portrait of composer Malcolm Arnold. Broadcast in two parts on The South Bank Show but premiered in its entirety at the Royal Festival H...
- 1979
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…01979HD
A portrait of one of England's greatest composers. Winner of the Prix Italia.
- 2008
O, Fortuna!
O, Fortuna!02008HD
Tony Palmer examines the life and legacy of the German composer, Carl Orff.
- 2002
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming02002HD
Explores the life and career of American soprano Renée Fleming. Share an intimate visit with Renée behind the scenes, at home and on stage as she rehe...
- 2007
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
O Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams02007HD
Award-winning filmmaker Tony Palmer directs this riveting documentary on the life and times of influential English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Wi...
- 2009
The Wagner Family
The Wagner Family02009HD
There's no doubt that Richard Wagner who built it was the most influential composer in the whole of the 19th Century. But his family has survived a mi...
- 1990
Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress
Hindemith: A Pilgrim's Progress01990HD
Tony Palmer’s study of the German composer Paul Hindemith.