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Humphrey Burton

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Born: March 21, 1931
Died: December 17, 2025
From: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK

Biography

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.

Known for

Die Fledermaus

Boris Godunov

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Andrea Chénier

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

Filmography

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2022

How the BBC Began

Acting (Self) 3 EP

2017

The Opera House

Acting (Self - BBC Arts Reporter)

2014

Karajan's Magic and Myth

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2013

Benjamin Britten on Camera

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2010

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

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2009

Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Acting (Self (archival footage))

2008

Bernstein conducts Bernstein

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Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7

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Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5

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Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein

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Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

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Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture

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2007

Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)

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Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)

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Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2

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Bach The Cello Suites

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Rostropovich Life & Art

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Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5

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Mozart: Requiem

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2006

Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel

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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein

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Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

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Glenn Gould: Hereafter

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Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem

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Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

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2005

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde

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2003

Vincent in Brixton

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2002

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

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2000

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1998

A Gala Christmas in Vienna

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