影片叙述了俄国伟大的作曲家格林卡自1828年起，在沙皇尼古拉一世黑暗的统治下的创作活动。由于格林卡不断的战斗并与人民密切联系，因而创作出富有民族形式的音乐，给俄国音乐开辟了一条宽阔胜利的道路。为俄国民族音乐奠下巩固的基础。被人民尊敬的称为俄国音乐之父。影片还表现了格林卡与俄国当代伟大的艺术家诗人普希金，作家果戈里之间的亲密友谊。

1978 年的巴黎，在男性主导的音乐产业中，安娜借助新型电子设备争取发声机会，创造出一种将影响未来数十年的全新声音：这便是未来的音乐。

"Rosa", with a libretto by Peter Greenaway and score by Louis Andriessen, is the first in a projected series of 10 operas, each dealing with the death of a famous composer - some real, others fictional. "Rosa" falls into the latter category; it tells the story of Juan Manuel de Rosa, a Brazilian who went to study music in America but spent most of his time in the cinema instead, becoming particularly entranced by Westerns. Now 32 years old and residing in an abandoned Uruguayan slaughterhouse, Rosa has become one of Hollywood's foremost composers, specialising in Westerns. He also has a beautiful 19-year-old fiancee, Esmeralda, but he pays her little heed, instead lavishing his attentions on a black mare named Bola. One day, a group of men attired as cowboys arrive at the abattoir and kill both Rosa and Bola; an investigation is conducted, with particular suspicion!

A silly-looking composer attempts to compose. He then falls asleep, and dreams of all manner of bizarre nonsense.

林卡，汉语意译为野餐。林卡是拉萨夏日的一种生活习俗。扎西想找人去过林卡，可是找了一圈都没有找到人一起和他过林卡，扎西决定一个人去过林卡，而这个时候他遇见了另一群人，似乎进入了另一个时空。

1963年，肯·拉塞尔(《恋爱中的女人》《马勒传》)执导音乐电视纪录片，荣获当年全英剧作家协会最佳纪录片剧本奖。导演以此片打破了BBC纪录片的惯有模式，首次尝试了在非虚构类影片中采用演员表演的方式。前提是这些演员仅仅是模特，而不能出声。此片预示了肯·拉塞尔之后一系列音乐家纪录片的风格脉络。导演在02年重新翻拍了埃尔加纪录片《Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle》，足见他对此题材的钟爱。 BBC出品.记录英国最著名作曲家爱德华·威廉(Elgar, Edward William 1857-1934)生平。父为伍斯特的音乐书商及管风琴师。埃尔加未受正规音乐教育,但学习过管风琴、小提琴和大管.他有志成为专业小提琴独奏家,在伦敦从阿道夫·波利策上过几次课,但后来放弃了这一想法。他作为浪漫派作曲家终身不渝,虽然成熟时期茂盛的风华凝聚为老年人的深思和怀旧。他喜爱色彩变化,对乐队的驾双在当时无出其右.作品的充沛感情驳斥了某些人认为英国音乐应当稳重、含蓄的看法。但对更多的人来说,他那丰富的人道主义精神犹如新的觉醒.他所创造的风格和音乐语言极为个性化,赢得了"埃尔加式"的美称。

《BBC 伟大的作曲家》第一集：巴赫 《BBC 伟大的作曲家》第二集：贝多芬 《BBC 伟大的作曲家》第三集：柴可夫斯基 《BBC 伟大的作曲家》第四集：瓦格纳 《BBC 伟大的作曲家》第五集：普契尼 《BBC 伟大的作曲家》第六集：莫扎特 《BBC 伟大的作曲家》第七集：马勒

This is a 4 pieces documentary that follow 4 different contemporary composers performing/creating/building theirs shows. Peter Greenaway lead us, with a great sense of balance between the performances and the interviews, through the creative process of 4 very different composers in style (sound and noise, repetition and discipline, vocal experimentation, poetry and musical freedom) who are all framed under the same musical genre. Contemporary music. Great way to get introduce to this music and get to understand how much of it it's intelectual or playful.