Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

@掘火档案：【译者前言】给小朋友的假期礼物和童年教育。这次演奏的三部作品十分地令人感到亲切，作为一次试验（对年轻观众们的试验），它们拥有良好的引导性和平衡性，它们对感受力的影响是微妙的，让人回想起多年前读到了第一本 ×× 派作家的日子。说到童年，可能还是比较缺乏诸如此类的机遇。这场音乐会是一次名副其实的 “年轻人音乐会”（由于智力测试在当时的流行），如果你的孩子也感兴趣的话，不妨陪他第一次走进音乐的世界。最后你能理解伯恩斯坦对他心目中年轻音乐家的要求（或者期望）究竟是什么样的，并以此来评估自己。（Aqbed）

掘火档案：【译者前言】当音乐文化穿梭于全球化的二十一世纪，所谓的地理空间的边界早已被擦除，单一封闭的信息在不同族群的交织中融为一个混沌体。即便是对于边缘化的少数民族或族裔来说，希冀通过民族主义音乐来表达他们意识形态的诉求也很难不受到全球化浪潮的影响。我们毋需再受限于特 定的民族主义标签与桎梏，自由的音乐也得以成为真正的 “世界性语言”。
告别民族主义似乎已经成了我们二十一世纪的音乐宣言，然而回望十九与二十世纪，民族意识的觉醒与民族文化的复兴使得音乐创作的旋律、调式、节奏等无不体现出鲜明的民族主义风格。从查尔斯・艾夫斯到曼努埃尔・德・法雅，本期节目将带我们回到他们的时代，让我们一同领略感受那些作品中民族主义情感的灵光。(Olafisaac)

As the world prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of West Side Story in 2017, dancer Bruno Tonioli and broadcaster Suzy Klein go in search of the true stories behind the inception of this classic show. For the first time on television, they hear first-hand from those involved in the show when it opened on Broadway in September 1957, including Sondheim himself, producer Hal Prince and original cast members from both show and movie, including Chita Rivera Carol Lawrence and Rita Moreno. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra and specially cast singers, we re-live some of the wonderful music and, in the company of Suzy and Bruno, we discover how West Side Story placed the 1950s phenomena of racial tension and teenage gangs centre stage to create a hit that changed musical theatre forever.

1958 Television series

This 60-minute program honors the great American conductor, pianist and composer Leonard Bernstein as a teacher.
It assesses his importance, his credo and his sense of obligation to pass on to following generations what he himself learned and experienced. Leonard Bernstein saw himself as a link in a long chain of musical tradition leading from Koussevitzky, Mitropoulos, Reiner and Copland to himself and on to a younger generation represented by Seiji Ozawa and Michael Tilson Thomas, and to the youngest musicians he particularly enjoyed teaching, those who were still dreaming of a career.
The film shows Leonard Bernstein as the great "roaming rabbi" of music and love, two concepts which were synonyms for him, just like learning and teaching. We see the great musician who offered his knowledge without reservation and was still developing himself in his last years, eager to learn from other artists. The film also shows Bernstein during rehearsals with orchestras, with famous soloists (e.g. Krystian Zimerman), in conversation with friends and pupils and at work in Vienna, New York, Tanglewood and Salzau.

The life of the composer, shaped by his Jewish heritage, his morality and his playful sense of humor.

A documentary which shows, in great detail, the making of the 1985 Bernstein-conducted recording of the entire score of "West Side Story", featuring operatic stars.

Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this is an historic performance marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. Performed on Christmas Day 1989 in the former East Berlin, a concert that unites an cast former eastern and western Berlin musicians and vocalists, among with an international cast of musicians, for a moving performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

With a career that includes a 35-year tenure as composer of the Berlin Philharmonic and record sales topping 200 million, Herbert von Karajan is one of the most legendary figures in 20th-century classical music. Comprised of archival footage, performance highlights and interviews with the likes of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Christa Ludwig and Seiji Ozawa, this retrospective chronicles the life and times of the iconic Austrian maestro.

Lecture 1 - Musical Phonology
Lecture 2 - Musical Syntax
Lecture 3 - Musical Semantics
Lecture 4 - The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Lecture 5 - The Twentieth Century Crisis
Lecture 6 - The Poetry of Earth