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Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's

Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Four - Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's, Episode 2

Waldemar Januszczak focuses on the route of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak explores the Baroque tradition. He follows Baroque to its dark heart in Spain, focusing on the route of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Three-part series exploring the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. Starting in Italy and following the spread of the wildfire across Europe and beyond, art critic Waldemar Januszczak takes us on a tour of the best examples of Baroque to be found, and tells the best stories behind those works. 

He follows Baroque to its dark heart in Spain, focusing on the route of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and featuring star painters Velasquez, Caravaggio and Zurburan. He then carries on through Belgium and Holland to discover such celebrities as Rubens and Vermeer.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak explores the Baroque tradition in its key locations

Baroque! From St Peter'sto St Paul's

2/3. Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of the Baroque movement On Spain.

The Car Show

11/03/2009

BBC Four - The Car Show

Documentary exploring how cars have been presented on British television over the years.

Documentary exploring how cars have been presented on television over time, from classic magazine shows of the 1960s like Wheelbase to more aspirational programmes like Top Gear.

Documentary which explores the ways that cars have been presented on television in the motoring programmes that have tapped into our collective subconscious.

It looks at the classic motoring magazine shows of the 1960s and 70s like Wheelbase, which showcased some of the world's latest innovations and spawned the next generation of programming such as the original Top Gear with Angela Rippon and Noel Edmonds. 

The film investigates how more recent motoring programmes changed to accommodate society's view of the car. The new Top Gear and shows such as Panic Mechanics and Stars in Fast Cars reflect a shift away from the traditional car review show towards a more topical, aspirational and spectacular viewing experience.

Exploring the ways in which cars have been presented on TV.

John Martyn at the BBC

22/03/2009

BBC Four - John Martyn at the BBC

Compilation of folk singer-songwriter John Martyn's performances from the BBC archives.

Compilation of the late folk singer-songwriter John Martyn's performances from the BBC archives from 1973 to 2004, taking in May You Never and many other classics along the way.

Compilation of the late folk singer-songwriter John Martyn's performances from the BBC archives, starting with the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973 and ending with his last appearance on Later with Jools Holland in 2004, taking in May You Never and many other classic songs along the way. 

Collaborators including double-bassist and touring partner Danny Thompson and sometime producer, drummer and drinking buddy Phil Collins.

Compilation of performances by the singer/songwriter, who died in January. With footage from The Old Grey Whistle Test and his last appearance on Later.... with Jools Holland in 2004. See panel.

John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad

28/05/2004

BBC Four - John Martyn: Johnny Too Bad

Profile of the late singer-songwriter whose vocals and guitar wizardry have inspired many.

Profile of the singer-songwriter whose drawling vocals and guitar wizardry have inspired many. Contributors include Phil Collins, Ralph McTell, Beverley Martyn and Beth Orton.

BBC FOUR pays tribute to musical maverick John Martyn, who died at the age of 60 on 29th January 2009, with an intimate documentary portrait originally transmitted in 1994. This honest and often blackly hilarious film shows Martyn at home in Ireland, during the lead-up to and aftermath of an operation to have one of his legs amputated below the knee. 

Contributors include sometime collaborator and buddy Phil Collins, the late Robert Palmer, Ralph McTell, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, fellow hellraiser bassist Danny Thompson, John's ex-wife Beverley Martyn and younger generation fan Beth Orton. 

We see a man incapable of compromising his creative vision, from his folk club roots in the Sixties, through a career of continuous musical experimentation. Along the way there is a surreal roll-call of accidents and incidents, including a collision with a cow.

A 1994 profile of the influential singer/ songwriter, charting his often dramatic life and following him as he recovered from an operation.

In the Shadow of Fujisan

In the Shadow of Fujisan: Episode 2: The Bird of Happiness

Episode 2: The Bird of Happiness

The Bird of Happiness

BBC Four - In the Shadow of Fujisan, The Bird of Happiness

A look at the role of wild animals in Japanese life, art and religion.

The Japanese crane has for years been the symbol of happiness and long life - but has the living bird a future?

Documentary series looking at the role of wild animals in Japanese life, art and religion

Documentary series looking at the role of wild animals in Japanese life, art and religion.

2/3. Documentary charting the significance of the Japanese crane, symbol of long life. BBC4's Hidden 
Japan strand continues.

Storyville

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.

Storyville: Why Democracy?

Storyville: Why Democracy?: Part 4: Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate

Part 4 Part 4: Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate

Why Democracy?

Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate

BBC Four - Storyville, Why Democracy?, Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate

Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda follows his friend Yamauchi on the campaign trail in Japan.

Documentary about Japanese politician Yamauchi on the campaign trail. He has just six weeks to make an impact on the local city, but his political skills aren't up to the task.

Humorous and insightful documentary in which Japanese/American filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda follows his friend Yamauchi on the campaign trail. He's been 'parachuted' in to run for the seat and has just six weeks to make an impact on the local city, but his political skills aren't quite up to the task and his political mentors become ever more worried. Things aren't looking great, but then his party leader - Prime Minister Koizumi himself - comes to town to help him out.

Eleven Storyville documentaries screened as part of the worldwide Why Democracy? event.

Eleven new Storyville documentaries screened as part of the worldwide Why Democracy? event.

The Kawasaki Candidate:Storyville

Exploring how a Japanese man was chosen by the Liberal Democratic 
Party as their candidate for a seat on the Kawasaki City Council.  The Hidden Japan strand continues tomorrow, 9pm

Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

BBC Proms

BBC Radio 3

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2008

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 38: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan

14/08/2008

Prom 38: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan

2008

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 38: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform works by Haydn, Schoenberg and Brahms.

Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a performance of Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante, Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra and Brahms's Symphony Number 4.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a concert in which Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, originally formed as a one-off experiment in 1999 to bring together Arab and Israeli musicians, in a performance of Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello, Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra and Brahms's Symphony Number 4 in E minor.

Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

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