Humphrey Burton

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Directing

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.

Filmography

• The Opera House (2017)
• Karajan's Magic and Myth (2014)
• Benjamin Britten on Camera (2013)
• Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker (2010)
• Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) (2009)
• Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
• Bernstein conducts Bernstein (2008)
• Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 (2008)
• Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 (2008)
• Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein (2008)
• Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen (2008)
• Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture (2008)
• Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss) (2007)
• Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn) (2007)
• Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 (2007)
• Bach The Cello Suites (2007)
• Rostropovich Life & Art (2007)
• Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 (2007)
• Mozart: Requiem (2007)
• Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel (2006)
• Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein (2006)
• Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate (2006)
• Glenn Gould: Hereafter (2006)
• Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem (2006)
• Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem (2006)
• Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde (2005)
• Vincent in Brixton (2003)
• The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland (2002)
• Falstaff (2000)
• A Gala Christmas in Vienna (1998)
• Rodelinda (1998)
• Manon Lescaut (1997)
• Merry Christmas from Vienna (1996)
• Lulu (1996)
• Ermione (1995)
• Eugene Onegin (1994)
• Candide (1991)
• La Stupenda (1991)
• The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek (1991)
• War and Peace (1991)
• Mozart Requiem (1991)
• Boris Godunov (1990)
• Prince Igor (1990)
• Charles Mingus: Epitaph (1990)
• Ode to Freedom (1989)
• Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide (1989)
• Candide (1988)
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1987)
• Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert (1987)
• Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987 (1987)
• Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 (1987)
• Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven (1987)
• Liszt Annees de Pelerinage (1986)
• The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein (1985)
• Bach: St. John Passion (1985)
• The Making Of West Side Story (1985)
• Andrea Chénier (1985)
• Brahms The Piano Concertos (1984)
• Die Fledermaus (1984)
• Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli (1984)
• Bernstein Brahms Symphonies (1984)
• Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7 (1983)
• Verdi: Requiem (1982)
• Bernstein Beethoven Overtures (1978)
• Marevna and Marika (1978)
• Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (1977)
• Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach (1977)
• Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 (1977)
• The Story of Pantomime (1976)
• New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By (1976)
• Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (1976)
• Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 (1976)
• Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal (1976)
• The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis (1976)
• The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth (1976)
• The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology (1976)
• The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax (1976)
• The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics (1976)
• The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity (1976)
• Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives (1976)
• Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (1975)
• Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 (1975)
• The Marriage of Figaro (1974)
• Trouble in Tahiti (1973)
• Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral (1973)
• Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (1973)
• Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction (1972)
• Elton John: Mr. Superfunk (1971)
• Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)
• Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony (1970)
• Benjamin Britten and His Festival (1967)
• The Golden Ring (1965)
• Elgar (1962)
• Antonio Gaudí (1961)
• Gordon Jacob (1959)
• Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
• Pelléas and Mélisande