Heinrich Schiff

Synopsis

Heinrich Schiff is one of today's top ranking cellists. In an interview recorded at his home in Austria, he talks about his musicianship, his celebrated career as a performer, to his move towards conducting in becoming the director of England's Northern Sinfonia, with whom he is seen rehearsing Beethoven and Bartók. Performance extracts include Schiff playing Bach sonatas and Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Op. 126.

Additional Info

• No: R0557
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Dimitri Schostakowitsch
• Production year: 1991
• Run time: 00:52:00
• Director: Alan Benson
• Producers: RM Arts/LWT South Bank Show
• Format: HDTV