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.
77 directing credits · 17 acting credits
Directing · 77
War and Peace
1991
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
1970
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
1975
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
2002
Eugene Onegin
1994
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989
Boris Godunov
1990
Falstaff
2000
Bernstein/Beethoven
1982
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1987
Merry Christmas from Vienna
1996
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1977
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
1976
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
1998
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976
Die Fledermaus
1984
Rostropovich Life & Art
2007
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
1986
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
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Candide
1991
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
1977
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
1976
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
2006
Prince Igor
1990
Manon Lescaut
1997
Rodelinda
1998
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
2005
Brahms The Piano Concertos
1984
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
1987
Lulu
1996
Andrea Chénier
1985
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
2007
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
1976
Verdi: Requiem
1982
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
1975
Candide
1988
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977
Bach The Cello Suites
2007
Ode to Freedom
1989
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
1976
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
1973
Ermione
1995
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
2008
Mozart Requiem
1991
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
2006
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
1978
Vincent in Brixton
2003
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
1976
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
1976
The Golden Ring
1965
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
1984
Mozart: Requiem
2007
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
1987
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
1972
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
1987
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
1976
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
2008
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
2006
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
1976
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
2007
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
2009
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
1983
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
2007
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
2007
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
2008
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
2010
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
1987
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
2006
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
2008
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
1990
Bach: St. John Passion
1985
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
2008
Pelléas and Mélisande
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Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
1984
Acting · 17
Omnibus
1967
BBC Young Musician
1978
How the BBC Began
2022
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014
The Opera House
2017
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
2008
The Story of Pantomime
1976
Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
1971
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
2006
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
1976
The Golden Ring
1965
Gordon Jacob
1959
La Stupenda
1991
Marevna and Marika
1978