Listening Through The Lens [Hardcover]

BAFTA-Award winning documentary-maker, Christopher Nupen has made more than 80 films on classical music and musicians. His pioneering portrait-films count among their subjects Daniel Barenboim, Jacqueline du Pre, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Nathan Milstein, Andres Segovia, Yevgeny Kissin, Karim Said, and Daniil Trifonov, many of whom have become lifelong friends. His 1969 film The Trout is legend. His film We Want the Light has won some of the most prized awards in documentary making, including the Jewish Cultural Award for Film and Television, 2003/2004. In his book, Christopher Nupen tells the story of his varied and often astonishing life and invites us to share his view of 'Listening through the Lens'.Foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy 1 Angels 2 Sparkling eyes and ruby lips 3 Beniamino Gigli and Tito Gobbi 4 Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet 5 Lotte Lehmann - Parts 1 and 2 6 Eiulf Peter Nupen 7 The Charing Cross Road 8 BBC Radio - Parts 1,2 and 3 9 Accademia Chigiana - Siena 10 Evesham 11 Diana Baikie - Part 1 12 Andres Segovia - Part 1 13 BBC Television 14 Double Concerto 15 Isaac Stern 16 Daniel Barenboim 17 Andres Segovia - Part 2 18 Jacqueline du Pre 19 Diana Baikie - Part 2 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy 21 The Trout 22 Pinchas Zukerman 23 Itzhak Perlman 24 Origins 25 Michael Nupen 26 Hayat - Nieves de Madariaga 27 Huw Wheldon 28 Nathan Mironovich Mistein 29 Manfred Grater, Sten Andersson, Gidon Kremer, Niccolo Paganini, Jose Montes Baquer 30 Gigi - Alice Sommer 31 Len Selby 32 Evgeny Igorevich Kissin 33 Karim Said 34 Daniil Trifonov 35 Caroline and Matthew Percival 36 Why Filmography Christopher is a man of great professional expertise, great passion and wonderful humour. This book reflects these qualities in a most captivating way. Vladimir Ashkenazy