This film explores Emil Nolde's "St. Mary of Egypt" housed in the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

This film explores Paul Nash's "Landscape from a Dream" housed in the Tate Gallery.

This episode of Masterworks presents Adolph von Menzel's "The Flute Concert" (1849-52). Hear analysis of this work by an art historian and see this painting and other paintings by the artist. The narrator presents the works of other artists for comparison and to help the viewer gain deeper insight in to this masterpiece of painting.

In September 1998 the S©Þchsische Staatskapelle Dresden performed a gala concert to celebrate its 450th anniversary. The programme includes pieces that were first performed by this orchestra. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto per l'orchestra di Dresda - Carl Maria von Weber, Jubelouvert©ơre, op. 59 - Richard Wagner, Ouvert©ơre zu Rienzi - Richard Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64.

Enjoy an All-Mozart programme at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, a reduced ensemble of the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra brings to life the music's manifold characteristics through the translucency of the part-writing. Whether light-heartedness, song-like lyricism, drama or inspired polyphonic writing, everything breathes the spirit of Mozart. Time and again, critics have praised the orchestra's stylistic assurance,...

This episode of Masterworks presents Carl Larsson's 1885 pastel, "Studio Idyll." Hear analysis of this work by an art historian and see this painting and other paintings by the artist. The narrator presents the works of other artists for comparison and to help the viewer gain deeper insight in to this masterpiece.

This film explores Francis Picabia's "Very Rare Picture on the Earth" housed in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

This film explores Georgia O'Keeffe's "The White Calico Flower" housed in the Whitney Museum of American Art.

During the years when Bach was in the service of the courts of Prince Leopold in Kothen, he had his own orchestra and was contracted to compose a great deal of instrumental music. This gave him an opportunity to try new techniques and to develop his own instrumental style. The six Brandenburg Concertos belongs to these masterpieces that he composed for a small ensemble. The joyously infectious performance of these masterpieces by the Freiburg Baroque...

This episode of Masterworks presents Yves Tanguy's 1929 painting, "At 4 O'Clock in the Summer, Hope." Hear analysis of this work by an art historian and see this painting and other paintings by the artist. The narrator presents the works of other artists for comparison and to help the viewer gain deeper insight in to this masterpiece of painting.