BBC Four - The Prince and the Composer: A Film about Hubert Parry by HRH The Prince of Wales

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Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Sir Hubert Parry is simultaneously one of Britain's best-known and least-known composers. Jerusalem is almost a national song, regularly performed at rugby grounds, schools, Women's Institute meetings and the Last Night of the Proms, while Dear Lord and Father of Mankind is one of Britain's best-loved hymns. Everyone knows the tunes, yet hardly anyone knows much about the man who wrote them.

In this film, HRH The Prince of Wales, a longstanding enthusiast of Parry's work, sets out to discover more about the complex character behind it, with the help of members of Parry's family, scholars and performers. This feature-length documentary by the award-winning director John Bridcut offers fresh insight into the life and work of Hubert Parry through the unique perspective of HRH The Prince of Wales.

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Sat 11 Feb 2012 03:00 BBC Four

Aled Jones Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Choir of Westminster Abbey Laudate Dominum
Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill Jerusalem
BBC Philharmonic Mixed Parry Symphony No 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC singers and audience Jerusalem
Choir and Orchestra at Abbey Anthem 'I Was Glad'
Westminster Abbey Choristers I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me
Hiroaki Takenouchi Shulbrede Tunes Dolly
Hiroaki Takenouchi Bogies and Sprites
Westminster Abbey Choristers At The Round Earth's Imagined Corners
London Symphony Orchestra Lady Radnor's Suite II Allemande
Hiroaki Takenouchi Father Playmate
Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Hill Long Since in Egypt's Plenteous Land
Peter Jacobs Hands Across the Centuries The Whirling Jig
BBC Philharmonic Parry Symphony No 5 Stress
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus Blest Pair of Sirens
Hiroaki Takenouchi Hands Across the Centuries Suite for Piano Quasi Sarabande
BBC Philharmonic Parry Symphony No 5 II Love
BBC Philharmonic Parry Symphony No 5 III Play
BBC Philharmonic Parry Symphony No 5 IV Play
Schola Cantorum, I Carta Orchestra Magnificat
Choir of Westminster Abbey Lord Let Me Know Mine End

Prince Charles and Jerusalem's composer Hubert Parry

Director John Bridcut on the Prince of Wales' passion for Parry: "He felt Parry was a neglected figure who had written five marvellous symphonies, which hardly anyone has ever heard, with a quintessentially English flavour."
Read and comment on John's post on the BBC TV blog

Presenter: HRH Prince of Wales

Director: John Bridcut

Producer: John Bridcut

Executive Producer: Peter Dale

BBC FourFri 27 May 2011 19:30 BBC Four
BBC HDSat 28 May 2011 01:25 BBC HD
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