Holst In The Bleak Midwinter is the Tony Palmer film about Gustav Holst.
In addition to being the very first film about the British composer Gustav Holst. The film written and directed by Tony Palmer includes previously unseen material with his daughter Imogen, his pupils Michael Tippett, Herbert Howells, Edmund Rubbra and the 102 year-old Elliott Carter, as well as a dozen pupils from St Paul's Girls School in Hammersmith who remember him from the time he was Director of Music at the school.
The film which saw it's premier on the BBC4 Channel over the Eatser weekend also features: Katherine Jenkins, Kiri Te Kanawa, Russell Watson, Barbara Dickson & Troy Donockley, Máiréad Nesbit & Celtic Woman, Gloucester Cathedral Choir, St Paul's Girls' School Orchestra & Yeo Yat-Soon (conductor), National Children's Choir Of Taipei
The Savaria Symphony Orchestra & Tamas Vasary (conductor), The Royal College Of Music Orchestra & Sian Edwards (conductor), BBC Symphony Chorus & Stephen Jackson (conductor), City of London Choir & Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor), Besses O' Th' Barn Band & James Holt (conductor), The Royal Ballet School (choreography by Sean Bates)
No-one makes better films about musicians than Tony Palmer." - David Chater, The Times
“Palmer’s film tells a moving tale, illustrated with swathes of Holst’s startlingly original music. Perhaps it can turn around, at last, the fortunes of British music’s most unlikely hero. If so, it’s not a minute too soon.”- Jessica Duchen, The Independent
Holst: In The Bleak Midwinter can be ordered directly from the Gonzo website
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15281
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