Contrasts

1967 · 1 Season · 24 Episodes · 0.0

This show deals with various music & poetry discussions.

Episodes

E11. Graduation Ball1967-10-15The Royal Danish Ballet performs 'Graduation Ball' in the first of a new series of music and arts features.E22. Ted1967-10-22Ted Chapman is a potter who lives in North Wales where nature gives him peace and the materials for his craft.E33. McLuhan Tutorial1967-10-29John Duncan reads an essay on Marshall McLuhan and McLuhan comments.E44. Music of India1967-11-05 E55. The Man Behind the Book, Part 1: The Writers of the Twenties1967-11-12Alexander Frere talks to Margaret Lane in the first of two conversations.E66. Julius Katchen1967-11-19Julius Katchen plays Brahms' 'Variation and Fugue on a theme of Handel, Op. 24'.E77. Concepts of Freedom1967-11-26A live studio discussion on the freedom of writers and artists and their role in Russian and British societies between Alexander Chakovsky and Malcolm Muggeridge.E88. Romeo and Juliet1967-12-03A presentation of the East German film of 'Romeo und Juliet', the Tchaikovsky ballet,choreographed by Juan Corelli.E99. The Scriblerus Club1967-12-10A reconstruction of the 1714 All Fools' Day Scriblerus Club dinner party to mark the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift's birth.E1010. The Pre-Raphaelites1967-12-17The story of a group of young Mid-Victorian painters who revolted against the established order and banded together under the leadership of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.E1111. Dan Leno, Hys Book1968-01-03A recreation of the music hall artist Dan Leno's semi-imaginary autobiography.E1212. Take on Craig1968-01-10Edward Gordon Craig influenced the course of European theatre, yet his work is hardly acknowledged in England.E1313. The Vegh Quartet1968-01-17The Vegh Quartet plays Bartok's 'String Quartet No. 1, in A minor '.E1414. The Sunshine1968-01-24Jeremy James reports on the oldest established event of its kind -The All-England Sunshine Dancing Competition for Children.E1515. Marble Arch to Edgware1968-01-31The poet John Betjeman journeys from Marble Arch to Edgeware, reciting specially-written poems and pointing out areas of interest.E1616. Famous Gossips: The Years with Mother1968-02-21Alan Bennett, portraying the English writer Augustus Hare, recollects stories about Jenny Lind, Sam Johnson, Lord Nelson, Oscar Wilde and more. Adapted from Hare's autobiography. Originally broadcast in 1965.E1717. Episode 171968-02-28Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, the Israeli duo pianist duo, play pieces by Saint-Saens, Milhaud, and Lutoslawski.E1818. Who Is Ahead of Whom?1968-03-06John Berger and Alexander Cockburn discuss extremism in the arts.E1919. The Knight Has Been Unruly1968-03-20A memorial for actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, CBE.E2020. Small Wonder1968-03-27Robin Ray discusses some of the problems which face musical prodigies.E2121. Bold Nash1968-04-03How John Nash planned London.E2222. Simon Preston1968-04-10Simon Preston plays Liszt's 'Organ Fantasy and Fugue'.E2323. A Writer and His Sword1968-04-17A film about Yukio Mishima, Japan's best-selling novelist,E2424. The Green Table1968-04-24A re-presentation of Kurt Jooss' antiwar dance drama.

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