1. Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Once
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
It has an average vote of 7.396 on TMDB.
3. August Rush
Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.
It has an average vote of 7.409 on TMDB.
4. Philip Glass: Looking Glass
This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New York to London and from Paris to Boston. He speaks about his beginnings, his moving to Paris for two years of intensive study with Nadia Boulanger, his meeting with Indian musician Ravi Shankar and director Robert Wilson, who had a deep influence on his career. The film also shows him at work on the last details of his opera The Sound of a Voice, directed by Robert Woodruff and conducted by Alan Johnson. Éric Darmon's camera, with its poetic shots and original framings, takes us for a musical journey into seven months of the life of the composer who, rising from the underground scene of the seventies, brought on a revolution in modern theater.
5. Etuda o zkoušce (Etuda o zkoušce)
Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.
6. Scotland the Rave
Best-selling author Graeme Armstrong reveals his passion for rave, meeting some of the superstar DJs and hardcore party people who created the vibrant and little-explored world of the Scottish rave scene.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. Keine Lieder über Liebe (Keine Lieder über Liebe)
As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Markus, front man of "Hansen", one year ago, he decides to shoot a documentary about the band's next tour. When Ellen joins the project, everybody's emotions boil over, although they are observed all the time.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
8. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)
Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who cannot speak French - music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle.
It has an average vote of 6.931 on TMDB.
9. Mr. Holland's Opus
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
It has an average vote of 6.969 on TMDB.
10. André Rieu - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Live in Maastricht 4 (André Rieu - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Live in Maastricht 4)
After a successful South African tour in 2010, the Vrijthof concerts were all about Africa that year. André invited the South African soloists from the tour to take part in this summer’s Vrijthof concerts: the fantastic young soprano Kimmy Skota from Cape Town, the Bloemfontein Children’s Choir and the children from the Hout Bay Music Project provided a real South African atmosphere. This fabulous summer evening concert also featured the sopranos Mirusia Louwerse and Carmen Monarcha, the Platinum Tenors and the Berlin Comedian Harmonists. The evening has an upbeat end with a guest appearance from DJ Ötzi. This is a truly fantastic concert that you really can’t miss!
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. The Ride to the Abyss (La course à l’abîme)
‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ by Hector Berlioz.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
12. Qui êtes vous Mr. Iguerbouchène ? (Qui êtes vous Mr. Iguerbouchène ?)
Mohamed Iguerbouchène was born on February 7, 1907 in Aït-Ouchen in Algeria. He left for England in 1923 where he studied music and harmony. Subsequently, he went to Vienna, Austria, to learn piano techniques where he won 1st prize in harmony and piano. Mohamed Iguerbouchen became a composer, he composed four symphonies and several film scores including the famous “Pépé le Moko” with Jean Gabin. Mohamed Iguerbouchène bowed out on August 21, 1966 following a long illness.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
13. The Bolero
The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
14. Beethoven's Symphony (A Sinfonia de Beethoven)
After constantly moving, two students finally find the opportunity to start a family by adopting a stray dog.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
15. Method Sampling: How to Build the Future Together
Method Sampling is explored through the works of a hip-hop orchestra, a disabled choreographer, a self-taught Black mycologist, a tiny house builder and a critical theorist.
16. André Rieu - My African Dream (André Rieu - My African Dream)
The story of Andre Rieu's first journey to Africa, the discovery of soloist Kimmi Skota and the sheer emotional impact of the concerts on the South African audiences.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
17. Highland Home
A poignant tale of longing and loss is revealed when a timeworn journal transports a young girl to a place of enchanting wonders.
18. Mozart's Sister
For the first 18 years of her life, Mozart’s sister shared equal billing with her brother. Musical partners and collaborators, Wolfgang Mozart and Maria-Anna Mozart played together before Kings and Queens, and were the talk of Europe. What happened to her? Forced into retirement by age 16 because she was a woman, a stunning new investigation explores why she was retired against her will and the explosive theory: did Maria-Anna Mozart continue to compose in secret?
19. Storočnica – Eugen Suchoň (Storočnica – Eugen Suchoň)
(Storočnica – Eugen Suchoň)
20. Winter Allegro (Winter Allegro)
(Winter Allegro)
