The only extant video of Sir John's work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, this February 3, 1959, telecast from Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, finds the conductor in exemplary form, leading performances of Brahms's Symphony No. 2, Walton's Partita for Orchestra, Delius's The Walk to the Paradise Garden (from A Village Romeo and Juliet), and Barbirolli's own arrangement of selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, entitled An Elizabethan Suite. Special Audio Feature: Option to select an alternate stereo soundtrack taken from the Symphony Hall broadcast recorded three days earlier.
B&W, Stereo/Mono, 94 minutes, 4:3, All regions
Actors: Sir John Barbirolli, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Format: Black & White, Classical, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Video Artists Int'l
DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
Run Time: 94 minutes