对女王和英国皇室行事作风充满赞扬的片子，据说拍摄公司 RDF 做了一年的工作，才得到皇室信任，准许出入皇室内部，贴身拍摄。片名原来叫 A Year with the Queen (《女王的一年》)，现在改为 Monarchy: The Royal Family At Work (《工作中的皇室》)，强调皇室作为名义上的国家元首，其实也是公务繁忙，女王兢兢业业，手下精明干练，既坚持传统－－皇家厨房中还在用刻着 V.R. (维多利亚女王)的大锅，又与时俱进－－女王在美国的演讲特意提到最近发生的维吉尼亚校园枪杀案。受采访者从布希总统夫妇到旁观游客，个个表达钦佩赞美之情。
As Hampton Court Palace celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2015, BBC Two brings a key event from the iconic building’s history vividly to life - the christening of Henry’s son and heir Prince Edward, the future Edward VI.
With so few surviving buildings left associated with events from this period of British history and the reign of Henry VIII, Lucy Worsley and David Starkey offer audiences an unprecedented insight into Henry VIII’s world. Focusing on the events of 15 October 1537, A Night At Hampton Court Palace will recreate the occasion that was a culmination of nearly three decades of Henry’s rule - the birth of a male heir. As Lucy and David eavesdrop across time, they reveal how Henry’s household came together to create an event that would have been perceived as almost magical by those who witnessed it.
They will recreate the 90-person grand procession that would have transported baby Edward to his torch-lit christening service. This was the best recorded occasion staged at Hampton Court during Henry's VIII's reign, and the detailed records allow Lucy and David to show how this great celebration used every part of the palace, from the royal apartments to the kitchens to the Chapel Royal.
Offering a unique opportunity to reveal how the many elements of court life would have been brought together, from art to architecture, religion and music, A Night At Hampton Court Palace will capture a pageant that was deeply political but also carefully stage-managed piece of performance art.
“The Silence before Bach” is an approach to music and the trades and subjects that surround it through Bach’s works.
A look at the profound dramaturgic relationship between image and music where the latter is not merely conceived as subsidiary to the image but as a subject of the narration in its own right.
The film springs from a previously defined musical structure. The soundtrack feeds on works by J.S Bach and two of Felix Mendelssohn’s sonatas to create an architectural vault beneath which the story of the film unfolds ; a promenade through the XVIIIth, XIXth and XXIth centuries led by the hand of J.S. Bach.
由韦伯亲自监制的音乐剧DVD作品目前只有三部，它们分别是《猫》、《万世巨星》和这部《约瑟夫与神奇彩衣》。该剧是韦伯的处女作，1968年起在伦敦上演，当时韦伯仅仅20岁。正是这部戏开始了韦伯的音乐剧传奇。约瑟夫的故事完全取材于《圣经创世纪》，讲述受父亲特别宠爱的约瑟夫被他十一个兄弟嫉妒、出卖到埃及，最终衣锦还乡，手足交好的故事。饰演男主角约瑟夫的是70年代青春偶像唐尼奥斯门(Donny Osmond)，奥斯门原先是摇滚歌手，在事业举步维艰之时加入韦伯王国而重获新生（他在《韦伯50周年音乐会》中也曾出场）。他在该剧中演唱的《无路可走》(Close Every Door to Me)逼真地刻画了约瑟夫被陷害后的心情，十分苍凉感人。该剧布景豪华，歌舞场面目不暇接，音乐元素十分丰富，是一部老少咸宜的剧目。
