Since winning BBC Young Musician in 2005, Nicola Benedetti has become one of the country’s leading classical soloists. She has performed across the globe, alongside many of the world’s most renowned ensembles and conductors. Her passion for the music she plays has made her one of the most high profile advocates for the genre, and she combines this with a huge commitment to music education and the mentoring of young talent.
She has been recording music throughout her career, won a Grammy for her work on Wynton Marsalis's Violin Concerto in 2020, and Brits in 2012 and 2013 for Best Female Artist. She is known for her interpretation of composers such as Bruch, Korngold, Saint-Saëns and many others.
This compilation draws on the breadth of her work at the BBC, from the Proms to Blue Peter. Throughout, her drive to share the work that she so obviously loves shines through.
Nicola Benedetti at the BBC
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Hla and Nyo Nyo live in a country torn by conflict. Hla is a Buddhist and the owner of an under-resourced medical clinic in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya (a Muslim minority community) are persecuted and denied basic rights. Nyo Nyo is a Rohingya and an apprentice midwife who acts as assistant and translator at the clinic.
Despite living in the area for generations, Nyo Nyo and her family are still considered intruders. Risking her own safety daily by helping Muslim patients, she is determined to become a steady healthcare provider and resource for the families who desperately need her.
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s remarkable feature debut won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Made over the course of five turbulent years in Myanmar, it shines a spotlight on these courageous women, who unite to bring forth life, despite the risks and challenges of their own, and offers a rare insight into the complex reality of Myanmar and its people
Midwives
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Stylish biography of boxing and human rights legend Muhammad Ali, from his challenge to the draft into the army as Cassius Clay to his fights for the heavyweight championship of the world
Ali
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Saxophonist Jess Gillam and pianist and composer Alexis French bring us highlights of the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician 2022, as five exceptional young players compete for a place in the competition’s grand final.
Performing in this programme are flautists Isaac Skey (14) and Sofia Patterson-Gutiérrez (17), clarinettists Lucas Dick (17) and Alex Buckley (18), and saxophonist Thomas Priestley (18).
The jury features two former BBC Young Musician alumni. Clarinettist Emma Johnson won the overall title in 1984 and is now a hugely successful solo artist, while flautist Karen Jones won this category final in 1982 and has since enjoyed an illustrious career as the principal flute of the London Chamber Orchestra. Chair of the jury across the series is organist and conductor Anna Lapwood.
BBC Young Musician 2022
Woodwind Final Highlights
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BBC Young Musician returns to BBC Four, showcasing the most outstanding young classical talent from across the UK. From Sunday to Thursday this week, we will bring you highlights from the five category finals in strings, woodwind, brass, percussion and keyboard. The winners of each will secure a place in the competition’s grand final, which will be broadcast in full on BBC Four on Sunday 9 October.
Presented by saxophonist Jess Gillam, herself a BBC Young Musician finalist, and pianist and composer Alexis Ffrench, the category finals were filmed at the award-winning concert venue, Saffron Hall.
The series begins with the strings final and features violinists Aki Blendis (14), Dawid Kasprzak (16), Edward Walton (16), Clara-Sophia Wernig (16), and viola player Jaren Ziegler (16).
Tonight’s jury includes violinist Jennifer Pike, who made history 20 years ago by becoming the youngest winner of BBC Young Musician, aged just 12, and Philip Dukes, a viola player whose career has spanned over 30 years, including performances at the BBC Proms and an extensive recording history. Chairing the Young Musician jury across the series is organist, conductor, broadcaster and director of music at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anna Lapwood.
BBC Young Musician 2022
Strings Final Highlights
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Dance so thrilling, imaginative and rich, it packs auditoriums nationwide. Cassa Pancho's hugely popular Ballet Black presents a mixed bill full of lyrical contrasts and beautiful movement.
The Royal Ballet’s Olivier Award-winning choreographer, Will Tuckett, blends classical ballet, poetry and music to explore ideas of home and belonging. Expect sensational solos, seductive duos and fiercely dynamic pieces performed seamlessly by the group.
Ballet Black is transforming the dance landscape by giving a platform to artists of Black and Asian descent, as well as to new and established choreographic voices whose unexpected stories and themes come from the heart to resonate with modern audiences.
Then or Now
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Dance so thrilling, imaginative and rich, it packs auditoriums nationwide. Cassa Pancho's hugely popular Ballet Black presents a mixed bill full of lyrical contrasts and beautiful movement.
In this piece, Olivier Award-winning choreographer Mthuthuzeli November contemplates the purpose of life. Expect sensational solos, seductive duos and fiercely dynamic pieces performed seamlessly by the group.
Ballet Black is transforming the dance landscape by giving a platform to artists of Black and Asian descent, as well as to new and established choreographic voices whose unexpected stories and themes come from the heart to resonate with modern audiences.
The Waiting Game
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Baghdad, 2004. A maverick member of a US military unit tackling IEDs and bomb disposal aggravates his teammates.
Powerful Oscar and BAFTA-winning drama.
The Hurt Locker
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Controversial Afghan pop star and activist Aryana Sayeed mentors young hopefuls as they prepare to appear on their country’s hit TV show Afghan Star. With two young women on the verge of being named the show’s first ever female winners, the Taliban take over and their lifelong dreams of becoming pop stars are suddenly under threat.
And Still I Sing
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Recently discovered home movie footage from 1936 offers a unique and novel insight into what people in Germany were thinking and experiencing. In these prewar days, Germany was on a high and the Hitler Youth seemed like fun and games, but Nazi control was soon to become an all-pervading force, militarising the nation. The rise of anti-Semitism is explicit and grotesque, shocking even though we now have the knowledge of what happens next.
The film follows an infantry division during the invasion of France, fighting their way to Dunkirk, and reveals a new perspective on what the evacuation meant for the average German soldier. On the Eastern Front, a far darker and more visceral journey across the endless Russian steppe and the almost unimaginable horrors unleashed during Operation Barbarossa is captured by a soldier.
As well as amateur movie footage, the film charts the progress of the war through the diaries of ordinary Germans, some dizzy with excitement at what Hitler had achieved, others horrified by the effect it was having on their friends and families
Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany
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Clive Myrie travels across Ukraine to meet musicians who are preparing to leave their families in their war-torn country in order to create an orchestra and perform at the Royal Albert Hall. With only ten days to rehearse, can they succeed in their ambition to fight the war with their music, instead of with guns? And will the concerts touch the world in the way that they hope?
Ukraine's Musical Freedom Fighters with Clive Myrie
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Harry Jandorf returns from the horrors of the Great War trenches to resume his role as advertising manager at his family’s iconic Berlin department store, only to find many changes.
The city’s population is struggling with the hardships of the new peace. Harry's sister, ambitious feminist Fritzi, demands that she continue her involvement in the business, and his father has become reliant on the abilities of Georg Karg, a brilliant but strait-laced accountant.
Meanwhile, shop worker Hedi is only too aware that it's her salary that is keeping her family afloat.
In German with English subtitles.
KaDeWe - Our Time is Now
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