Publisher's Synopsis
Four films by Tony Palmer about the English composer Benjamin Britten. The collection includes: 'A Time There Was' (1979), which chronicles Britten's life; 'Benjamin Britten and His Festival' (1967), which looks behind the scenes at the Aldeburgh Festival; 'Death in Venice' (1981), a film version of the opera of the same name; and 'The Burning Fiery Furnace' (1967), which oversees the recording made for the BBC and contains the longest continuous piece of footage of Britten at work.
