
The turn of the year is celebrated in a festive manner by the Staatskapelle Berlin with a concert. In accordance with tradition a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is on the program. In addition, on New Year's Day 1997 Daniel Barenboim conducted a festive concert program with soloists, magicians and dancers. It was transmitted worldwide by many television stations and now appears on DVD. The stars of the New Year's concert included the young violinist Raphael Christ, the sopranos Dorothea Roschmann and Simone Nold, and Rosemarie Lang, Reiner Goldberg and Rene Pape amongst others, who you can see and hear singing songs and opera excerpts by Kurt Weill, Walter Kollo and W.A. Mozart. Barenboim also directs orchestral pieces by Otto Nicolai, Camile Saint-Saens, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Dimitri Shostakovich, Paul Lincke and finally, of course, the polka Unter Donner Und Blitzen by Johann Strauss.
Sonny returns to New Orleans from a spell in the army with the intention of building a name and a new life for himself. His mother wants him to return to his previous job as a male prostitute as part of her own business. He has no intention of doing this until he meets and falls in love with prostitute Carol. Now he must make a decision.
A young man is committed to the juvenile wing of a psychiatric hospital. He is forced to confront the causes of his acute sense of rage and violence. Helped along by his counsellor, he battles to control and repress his internal conflicts.
Baby Einstein - Baby Newton - Discovering Shapes
Part of the series helping to develop your child's senses. Baby Newton uses images of toys, kinetic art and real-world objects, helping parents to teach words and concepts to their child.
Mira Sorvino, Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston, Stephen Dorff and Blair Underwood star in this nail-biting tale of action and intrigue from the pen of Robert Ludlum as members of an elite undercover team Covert One race against time to locate the source of a deadly virus threatening the lives of millions of Americans....
Duchess Of Duke Street - Series 1 Part 1 And 2
Contains Part One and Part Two of the First Series of the classic BBC drama production. Nineteenth century London and Louisa Leyton is a very ambitious young woman. She wants to be the best cook in England and starts by becoming the Assistant Cook under Chef de Cuisine Monsieur Alex. Ambition and intrigue below stairs. Part Two - Lisa is left battle-scarred and in debt after throwing her husband and sister-in-law out of the hotel. With Mary at her side she vows to pay back every penny of the debt.
Like many holiday films, THIS CHRISTMAS mines the ample humor and drama of a family Christmas. Ma'Dere (Loretta Devine) is the matriarch to the large and loving Whitfield family, which consists of her three daughters--Kelli (Sharon Leal), Lisa (Regina Kin
Nancy is a divorced mother of three who is so busy raising her children that she's forgotten to take care of herself as well. With Christmas fast approaching, she decides to take her kids to the mall to meet Santa Claus, not knowing that her youngest daug
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