Humphrey Burton
Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK — Mar 21 1931• Died Dec 17 2025
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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.
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Omnibus
Self - Presenter
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host
Candide
Directing
How the BBC Began
Self
Die Fledermaus
Directing
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Directing
Andrea Chénier
Directing
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
Production
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Directing
Falstaff
Directing
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Directing
Ermione
Directing
Boris Godunov
Directing
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Self - Host
The Opera House
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Bernstein/Beethoven
Directing
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Production
Vincent in Brixton
Directing
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Directing
La Stupenda
Self
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
Production
Lulu
Directing
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Directing
Bach The Cello Suites
Directing
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Directing
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Directing
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Self (archival footage)
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Directing
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Directing
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Directing
War and Peace
Directing
Antonio Gaudí
Production
Elgar
Production
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Self
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Directing
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Directing
Rodelinda
Directing
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Directing
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Self
Candide
Directing
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Directing
The Making Of West Side Story
Production
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Directing
Ode to Freedom
Directing
The Story of Pantomime
Self
Conversations with Glenn Gould
Interviewer
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)
Directing
New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
Presenter
Rostropovich Life & Art
Directing
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Directing
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Directing
Mozart Requiem
Directing
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Directing
Bach: St. John Passion
Directing
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Self
Eugene Onegin
Directing
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Directing
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
Directing
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Directing
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Directing
Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)
Directing
Manon Lescaut
Directing
Prince Igor
Directing
Gordon Jacob
Commentator
Verdi: Requiem
Directing
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Directing
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Directing
Trouble in Tahiti
Production
Brahms The Piano Concertos
Directing
The Golden Ring
Himself - Narrator
The Marriage of Figaro
Production
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Directing
Marevna and Marika
Himself
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Directing
Mozart: Requiem
Directing
Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
Directing
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Directing
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Directing
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Directing
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Production
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Directing
Liszt Annees de Pelerinage
Directing
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
Directing
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Self
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Directing
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987
Directing
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Directing
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Directing
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Directing
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Directing
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Directing
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Directing
Pelléas and Mélisande
Directing
Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7
Directing
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Directing
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
Directing
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Directing
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Directing
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Directing
Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred Brendel
Directing
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Directing