Music can be a wonderful shorthand in introducing and reminding us of an emotion, a character or a picture. The more thought, the writer gives to it, the more the director has to build upon. It can swing you instantaneously from one mood to another. It can - as subtly as a raised eyebrow - give to a phrase an extra, and possibly contradictory, level of meaning. It can provide unity, where unity may otherwise be difficult to achieve.

As a director I have particularly found classical and movie music helpful in this regard; and it has been a great joy and privilege to employ such music.

The Life and Music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach is frequently referred to as the Fifth Evangelist for his devoted interpretation of Biblical sources. In 1929 the Swedish bishop Nathan Söderblom called Bach's cantatas the Fifth Gospel..

Music was never just music to Bach. Nearly three-fourths of his 1,000 compositions were written for use in worship.

Part 1: Eisenach and Ohrdruf: 1685-1700

Part 2: Lüneburg, Weimar, Arnstadt, Mühlhausen 1700 - 1708

Part 3: Weimar and Cðthen 1708 - 1723

Part 4: Leipzig 1723 - 1750

"The aim and final end of all music should be the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. Where this is not observed there will be no music, but only a devilish hubbub."Bach

The Life and Music of Ludwig van Beethoven

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus, who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.." Beethoven

Part 1: Background and Early Life. 1770 - 1792

Part 2: Taking Vienna by storm. 1792 - 1803

Part 3: The Heroic Years. 1803 - 1811

Part 4: The Last Years. 1812 - 1827

"He opens the realms of the colossal and immeasurable. Radiant beams shoot through the deep night. His music evokes terror and pain, and awakens that endless longing that is the essence of romanticism." Ernst Hoffmann

The Life and Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius.

Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius." Mozart

Part 1: Family and Early Years. 1756 - 1762

Part 3: The early Vienna Years 1779 - 1786

Part 2: Italy, Salzburg and Paris 1769 - 1779

Part 4: Later Vienna Years, Illness and Death 1786 - 1791

"If I had to marry all the women I've laughed with, I'd have at least 200 wives.." Mozart

Part 1: His Early Life 1840 – 1867

Part 2: The Women in His Life 1867 – 1877

Part 3: The Years of Wandering 1877 - 1885

Part 4: The Final Years 1885 - 1893

"Truly there would be reason to go mad, were it not for music." Tchaikovsky

The Life and Music of Gabriel Saint-Saens

"The artist who does not feel competely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music."

Part 1: His Brilliant Early Years 1835 – 1878

Part 2: Some of His Most Popular Works 1878 – 1921

"I produce music as an apple tree produces apples." Saint-Saens