This live recording, from St. John’s Smith Square in London, features the celebrated classical guitarist Julian Bream playing Rodrigo’s haunting Concierto de Aranjuez, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Charles Groves. This piece is a lasting tribute to Spain and to the instrument that has personified and illuminated so beautifully her musical culture.
Eduardo Paolozzi
Five Themes and Variations in the Work of Eduardo Paolozzi This film on one of Britain’s major contemporary scuiptors surveys his evolving creativity since the 1940s. Paolozzi’s art and his obsessions are explored under five headings: Surrealism, Classicism, Waste, Ethnography and Time. He is seen at his work bases in London and Munich and through the eyes of associates.
Jules Feiffer
This film about the American humorist – cartoonist and dramatist – was shot at his summer home on Martha’s Vineyard. Feiffer talks about his early life, his obsessive mockery of figures of authority, and the genesis of his famous stock characters, Bernard Mergendeiler and Hughie. He is also seen at work on a cartoon strip.