Person
Humphrey Burton
Directing · 1931–2025 · 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
Omnibus
Self - Presenter
BBC Young Musician
Self - Host
The Story of Pantomime
Self
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Director
Andrea Chénier
Director
Bach: St. John Passion
Director
Boris Godunov
Director
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Director
Bernstein/Beethoven
Director
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
Consulting Producer
Filmography
- 2022How the BBC BeganSelf
- 2017The Opera HouseSelf - BBC Arts Reporter
- 2014Karajan's Magic and MythSelf
- 2010Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener PhilharmonikerDirector
- 2009Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)Director
- 2009Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn GouldSelf (archival footage)
- 2008Bernstein conducts BernsteinDirector
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5Director
- 2008Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7Director
- 2008Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard BernsteinDirector
- 2008Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the ScreenSelf
- 2008Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred OvertureDirector
- 2007Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 3 (Wagner - Richard Strauss)Director
- 2007Sir Georg Solti The Maestro Vol. 1 (Rossini - Mendelssohn)Director
- 2007Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2Director
- 2007Bach The Cello SuitesDirector
- 2007Rostropovich Life & ArtDirector
- 2007Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5Director
- 2007Mozart: RequiemDirector
- 2006Schubert Final Three Piano Sonatas D958, D959, D960 - Alfred BrendelDirector
- 2006Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate JubilateDirector
- 2006Glenn Gould: HereafterSelf
- 2006Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz RequiemDirector
- 2006Bernstein in London: Verdi RequiemDirector
- 2005Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der ErdeDirector
- 2003Vincent in BrixtonDirector
- 2002The Return of Ulysses to his HomelandDirector
- 2000FalstaffDirector
- 1998A Gala Christmas in ViennaDirector
- 1998RodelindaDirector
- 1997Manon LescautDirector
- 1996Merry Christmas from ViennaDirector
- 1996LuluDirector
- 1995ErmioneDirector
- 1994Eugene OneginDirector
- 1991CandideDirector
- 1991La StupendaSelf
- 1991The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe MeekProducer
- 1991War and PeaceDirector
- 1991Mozart RequiemDirector
- 1990Boris GodunovDirector
- 1990Prince IgorDirector
- 1990Charles Mingus: EpitaphDirector
- 1989Ode to FreedomDirector
- 1989Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - CandideDirector
- 1988CandideDirector
- 1987Die Entführung aus dem SerailDirector
- 1987Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/SchubertDirector
- 1987Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987Director
- 1987Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987Director
- 1987Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, BeethovenDirector
- 1986Liszt Annees de PelerinageDirector
- 1985The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard BernsteinDirector
- 1985Bach: St. John PassionDirector
- 1985The Making Of West Side StoryProducer
- 1985Andrea ChénierDirector
- 1984Brahms The Piano ConcertosDirector
- 1984Die FledermausDirector
- 1984Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belliDirector
- 1984Bernstein Brahms SymphoniesDirector
- 1983Carlos Kleiber: Beethoven - Symphonies 4 & 7Director
- 1982Verdi: RequiemDirector
- 1982Bernstein/BeethovenDirector
- 1978Bernstein Beethoven OverturesDirector
- 1978Marevna and MarikaHimself
- 1978BBC Young MusicianSelf - Host
- 1977Beethoven Symphony No. 9Director
- 1977Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & BachDirector
- 1977Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2Director
- 1976The Story of PantomimeSelf
- 1976New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go ByPresenter
- 1976Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German CinemaSelf - Host
- 1976Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6Director
- 1976Bernstein Mahler RehearsalDirector
- 1976The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century CrisisDirector
- 1976The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of EarthDirector
- 1976The Unanswered Question I : Musical PhonologyDirector
- 1976The Unanswered Question II : Musical SyntaxDirector
- 1976The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of AmbiguityDirector
- 1976The Unanswered Question III : Musical SemanticsDirector
- 1976The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard BernsteinConsulting Producer
- 1976Bernstein Gerhswin & IvesDirector
- 1975Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8Director
- 1975Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5Director
- 1974The Marriage of FigaroProducer
- 1973Trouble in TahitiExecutive Producer
- 1973Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely CathedralDirector
- 1973Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3Director
- 1972Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal IntroductionDirector
- 1971Elton John: Mr. SuperfunkSelf
- 1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinWriter
- 1970Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth SymphonyDirector
- 1967Benjamin Britten and His FestivalExecutive Producer
- 1967OmnibusSelf - Presenter
- 1966Conversations with Glenn GouldInterviewer
- 1965The Golden RingHimself - Narrator
- 1962ElgarProducer
- 1961Antonio GaudíProducer
- 1959Gordon JacobCommentator
- —Pelléas and MélisandeDirector
- —Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der ErdeDirector
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