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Tchaikovsky
The love theme from Tchaikovsky's 'Romeo and Juliet' played by the Mariinsky Young Philharmonic in St Petersberg September 2006
Ibert
Ibert's 'Divertissement' played by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms 2006
How Pop songs work
Charles muses on John Lennon's 'Imagine' for the BBC4 film 'How Pop Songs Work'

 

 

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'Music on television has been transformed by Charles Hazlewood's charisma and analytical energy.' Sunday Times
 
Charles Hazlewood's number-one priority has always been to engage the maximum number of people with great music, and he has successfully harnessed television to achieve this. Numerous films, all of which he has authored and conducted the music for, have been broadcast in recent years:Vivaldi Unmasked (BBC1 2002), The Genius of Mozart (3 films BBC2 2004),Mozart Uncovered (3 films BBC4 2004),Beethoven (3 films BBC2 2005),Beethoven Uncovered (BBC4 2005),Tchaikovsky (2 films BBC2 2007),Tchaikovsky Uncovered (2 films BBC4 2007). His latest landmark series, The Birth of British Music, was received to high acclaim on BBC2 in 2009
  
In 2007 Charles was a judge on the BBC's musical talent contest Classical Star, and authored/presented the warmly received and oft repeated How Pop Songs Work (BBC4). He made a film with Damon Gough (aka Badly Drawn Boy) Stripping Pop (BBC3 2003).

He is the face of the BBC Proms on television, making history as the first conductor ever to both present and conduct his own Proms performances!


Upcoming TV Projects


'Come Clog Dancing' (BBC4, 2010) and 'Come Bell Ringing' (BBC4, 9.00 pm Wed 7th Dec): two in an occasional series where Charles explores and celebrates ancient British folk traditions.

'Scrapheap Orchestra' (BBC4, 9.30 pm Sun 11th Dec), Charles on a mission to create an entire orchestra of instruments made entirely from scrap, culminating in performances at the 2011 BBC Proms.

'DANCE, The Most Incredible Thing about Contemporary Dance' (BBC4, June 2011), Charles reignites his old passion for contemporary dance.



'Charles Hazlewood is a major proselytizing force in classical music. His energy and enthusiasm are infectious'. The Guardian

'Hazlewood is buoyant, vivacious and Tiggerishly enthusing...an unnatural amount of energy and reserves of invigorating sentimentality: a mixture of Lord Kitchener and a Thai massage parlour'. AA Gill, Sunday Times

'Charles Hazlewood’s terrific music documentaries are among the many reasons to be grateful for BBC4' The Guardian

'Charles Hazlewood - a man who has never been afraid of ruffling the feathers of classical purists.' Time Out