Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Denis Rattle OM CBE (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018. He is currently principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
as SelfThe London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July 2012. Titled 'Isles...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2011
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2004
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageRhythm is it!
as HimselfRHYTHM IS IT! records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra...
Movie pageKarajan: Beauty As I See It
as SelfWith a career that includes a 35-year tenure as composer of the Berlin Philharmonic and record...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2009
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2014
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageBeethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle
as ConductorThere is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos....
Movie pageBerliner Philharmoniker in Singapur - A Musical Journey in 3D
as ConductorRecorded live at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore, 22 & 23 November 2010 The...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2016
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageAnton Bruckner - A Giant in the Making
as HimselfUnderestimated by his contemporaries, but today acclaimed as one of the greatest and imaginative...
Movie pageSol Gabetta, Berliner Philharmoniker
as uncreditedArgentinian cellist Sol Gabetta made her Philharmoniker debut at the 2014 Easter Festival in...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2002
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2008
as uncreditedThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageBach: St. John Passion
as Self – ConductorJohann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle...
Movie pageBach: St. Matthew Passion
as uncreditedSir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2015
as Self - ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2007
as ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageMahler: Symphony No. 8 'Symphony of a Thousand' - Sir Simon Rattle
as uncreditedSir Simon Rattle conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and massed choirs in...
Movie pageThis is Rattle
as uncreditedThis film captures Rattle's very first performance as Music Director; a programme in which...
Movie pageBerliner Philharmoniker - Mozart Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, 41
as uncreditedWaldbühne 2015 | Lights, Camera, Action!
as ConductorThe Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European...
Movie pageTrip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
as HimselfJourney with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a...
Movie pagePelleas et Melisande
as ConductorThriller, intimate play, relationship drama: Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande is all that and much...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2015 from Athens
as HimselfGioacchino Rossini: “Semiramide” Overture Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 ...
Movie pageIn rehearsal: Simon Rattle conducts 6 Berlin school orchestras
as uncreditedThe School Orchestra Extravaganzas of the Berliner Philharmoniker's education programme are...
Movie pageDances and Dreams Gala from Berlin - Sylvesterconzert 2011
as ConductorThe New Year’s Gala Concert is a tradition for the Berliner Philharmoniker and its music...
Movie pageEuropa Konzert 2011 from Madrid
as ConductorRodrigo / Chabrier / Rachmaninov / Cañizares / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle
Movie pageSibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
as SelfSimon Rattle is one of the most distinguished Sibelius conductors of our time. Consequently, his...
Movie pageTo Play and to Fight
as Self - Interviewee / ConductorThe captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of...
Movie pageBeethoven - Symphonies 1-9 (Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle)
as HimselfRecordings of all the Beethoven symphonies with their chief conductor are always a milestone in...
Movie pageWonderful Town
as ConductorThe classic musical by Bernstein, Comden and Green is performed live in concert in Berlin,...
Movie pageConducting Mahler
as Self - ConductorDocuments the interpretations of Gustav Mahler's compositions by conductors Bernard Haitink,...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2004 from Athens
as ConductorBrahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 15; Piano Quartet No. 1 arranged for orchestra by A. Schoenberg
Movie pageLondon Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky
as uncreditedSir Simon Rattle is joined by virtuosic soprano Barbara Hannigan for a modernist programme that...
Movie pageWaldbühne 2009 | Russian Rhythms
as ConductorEvery year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright,...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2008 from Moscow
as Self - ConductorThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s European Concert, held each year on 1 May, is invariably an...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2016 from Røros
as ConductorFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony...
Movie pageSir Simon Rattle at the BBC
as SelfA compilation of Sir Simon Rattle's finest performances from the BBC archive that features his...
Movie pageLondon Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner & Messiaen
as uncreditedSir Simon Rattle and the LSO are joined by revered French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard in a...
Movie pageColin Davis: The Man and His Music
as HimselfIn 2012, just a year before his passing, Sir Colin Davis—president of the London Symphony...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2011 from Madrid
as ConductorEmmanuel Chabrier: España Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony...
Movie pageLeaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
as uncreditedWritten and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2013 from Prague
as ConductorRalph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Antonín Dvořák: Biblical Songs op....
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2007 from Berlin
as ConductorLive from the Kabelwerk Oberspree in Berlin, Simon Rattle is conductor to the Berlin...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2005 from Budapest
as ConductorHector Berlioz: Le Corsaire: Ouverture Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Igor Stravinsky: The...
Movie pageWaldbühne 2007 - Rhapsodies
as Self - ConductorThe Waldbühne in Berlin is one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres, with over 20.000 in...
Movie pageMahler Symphony No. 5 & Ades Asyla
as uncreditedSir Simon rattle conducts the Berliner Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 5 i The...
Movie pageimagine…
as SelfThe biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets...
TV Show pageThe Culture Show
as SelfA weekly BBC Two magazine programme focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news,...
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