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At the Haunted End of the Day (1981)
Directed by Tony Palmer
Documentary · 1h 39m
A documentary by Tony Palmer on English composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983), made shortly before his death. The film includes the only full-length interview ever recorded with Walton. Filmed at his home on Ischia and in Oxford, London & Oldham, it includes contributions from Laurence Olivier, Sacheverell Sitwell and Lady Susana Walton. Specially performed extracts of his music are conducted by Simon Rattle in his first substantial contribution to television when he was in his early 20s, with Simon Preston, Julian Bream, Yvonne Kenny, Yehudi Menuhin, Iona Brown, John Shirley-Quirk, Elgar Howarth & Ralph Kirshbaum, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford & Los Paraguayos.
Cast
William Walton
Laurence Olivier
Crew
- Director
- Tony Palmer
Details
- Release date
- 1981-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English