Humphrey Burton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 21, 1931
- Died
- December 17, 2025 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Pelléas and Mélisande
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Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
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Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
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Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
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Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
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Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
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Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
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Bernstein conducts Bernstein
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Bach The Cello Suites
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Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
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Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
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Rostropovich Life & Art
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Mozart: Requiem
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Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
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Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
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Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
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Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
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Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
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Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
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Vincent in Brixton
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The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
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Falstaff
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Rodelinda
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A Gala Christmas in Vienna
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Manon Lescaut
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Lulu
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Merry Christmas from Vienna
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Ermione
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Eugene Onegin
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War and Peace
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Candide
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Mozart Requiem
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Boris Godunov
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Prince Igor
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Charles Mingus: Epitaph
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Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
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Ode to Freedom
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Candide
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Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail
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Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
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Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
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Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
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Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
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The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
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Andrea Chénier
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Bach: St. John Passion
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Die Fledermaus
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Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
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Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
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Brahms The Piano Concertos
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Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
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Verdi: Requiem
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Bernstein/Beethoven
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Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
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Beethoven Symphony No. 9
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Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
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Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
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The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
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The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
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The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
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The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
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The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
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The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
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Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
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Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
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Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
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Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
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Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
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Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
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Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
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The Golden Ring
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