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Humphrey Burton

Author, broadcaster, director and producer. First Head of Music and Arts for BBC Television 1965-1967. Resumed the position again from 1975-1981 after an eight year absence in commercial television as a founder-member of London Weekend Television. For his work as a director, he has won four Emmy Awards, two British Academy Awards and as a presenter received the Royal Television Society Silver medal and Sony Gold Award.

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Directing

1965

[ ] The Golden Ring (Director)

1970

[ ] Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (Director)
[ ] Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony (Director)

1972

[ ] Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction (Director)

1973

[ ] Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (Director)
[ ] Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral (Director)

1975

[ ] Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (Director)
[ ] Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 (Director)

1976

[ ] Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives (Director)
[ ] The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis (Director)
[ ] The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth (Director)
[ ] The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology (Director)
[ ] The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax (Director)
[ ] The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity (Director)
[ ] The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics (Director)
[ ] Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 (Director)
[ ] Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal (Director)

1977

[ ] Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach (Director)
[ ] Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Director)
[ ] Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 (Director)

1978

[ ] Bernstein Beethoven Overtures (Director)

1982

[ ] Verdi: Requiem (Director)

1983

[ ] Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7 (Director)

1984

[ ] Die Fledermaus (Director)
[ ] Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli (Director)
[ ] Bernstein Brahms Symphonies (Director)
[ ] Brahms The Piano Concertos (Director)

1985

[ ] The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein (Director)
[ ] Andrea Chénier (Director)
[ ] Bach: St. John Passion (Director)

1986

[ ] Liszt Annees de Pelerinage (Director)

1987

[ ] Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987 (Director)
[ ] Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Director)
[ ] Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert (Director)
[ ] Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 (Director)
[ ] Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven (Director)

1988

[ ] Candide (Director)

1989

[ ] Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide (Director)
[ ] Ode to Freedom (Director)

1990

[ ] Boris Godunov (Director)
[ ] Prince Igor (Director)
[ ] Charles Mingus: Epitaph (Director)

1991

[ ] War and Peace (Director)
[ ] Candide (Director)
[ ] Mozart Requiem (Director)

1994

[ ] Eugene Onegin (Director)

1995

[ ] Ermione (Director)

1996

[ ] Lulu (Director)
[ ] Merry Christmas from Vienna (Director)

1997

[ ] Manon Lescaut (Director)

1998

[ ] Rodelinda (Director)
[ ] A Gala Christmas in Vienna (Director)

2000

[ ] Falstaff (Director)

2002

[ ] The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (Director)

2003

[ ] Vincent in Brixton (Director)

2005

[ ] Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde (Director)

2006

[ ] Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate (Director)
[ ] Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel (Director)
[ ] Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem (Director)

2007

[ ] Bach The Cello Suites (Director)
[ ] Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 (Director)
[ ] Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 (Director)
[ ] Rostropovich Life & Art (Director)
[ ] Mozart: Requiem (Director)
[ ] Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss) (Director)
[ ] Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn) (Director)

2008

[ ] Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein (Director)
[ ] Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 (Director)
[ ] Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 (Director)
[ ] Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture (Director)
[ ] Bernstein conducts Bernstein (Director)

2009

[ ] Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) (Director)

2010

[ ] Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker (Director)

????

[ ] Pelléas and Mélisande (Director)

Production

1961

[ ] Antonio Gaudí (Producer)

1962

[ ] Elgar (Producer)

1965

[ ] The Golden Ring (Producer)

1967

[ ] Benjamin Britten and His Festival (Executive Producer)

1970

[ ] Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (Producer)

1973

[ ] Trouble in Tahiti (Executive Producer)

1974

[ ] The Marriage of Figaro (Producer)

1985

[ ] The Making Of West Side Story (Producer)

1991

[ ] The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek (Producer)

Writing

1970

[ ] Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (Writer)

Actor

1959

[ ] Gordon Jacob (Commentator)

1965

[ ] The Golden Ring (Himself - Narrator)

1971

[ ] Elton John: Mr. Superfunk (Self)

1976

[ ] New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By (Presenter)
[ ] Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (Self - Host)
[ ] The Story of Pantomime (Self)

1978

[ ] Marevna and Marika (Himself)

1991

[ ] La Stupenda (Self)

2006

[ ] Glenn Gould: Hereafter (Self)

2008

[ ] Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen (Self)

2009

[ ] Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (Self (archival footage))

2014

[ ] Karajan's Magic and Myth (Self)

2017

[ ] The Opera House (Self - BBC Arts Reporter)