Monitor S05E11 · Episode 11

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Friso Ten Holt The Dutch painter whose first British exhibition opened at the New London Gallery last week talking with John Berger. 'Suddenly the painting begins to talk, to ask its own questions. And you have to respond to that question, otherwise you are never a painter'.

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1. 1 1. Gian-Carlo Menotti1961-09-24Gian-Carlo Menotti Composer of 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' and 'The Consul', filmed at his Festival of Two Worlds at Spoleto in Italy. 'I never really finish a libretto and t
2. 2 2. The Private World of George Williams1961-10-08The Private World of George Williams Michael Ayrton with Paintings, Sculpture, and Words on The Myth of Icarus ...Icarus, who flew too close to the sun, whose wings melted, and w
3. 3 3. Ninette de Valois1961-10-22Ninette de Valois D.B.E., creator of The Royal Ballet with film taken during rehearsals for next week's BBC Television production of her ballet The Rake's Progress.
4. 4 4. Style in the Theatre and Portrait of an Experience1961-11-05Style in the Theatre and Portrait of an Experience Michel Saint-Denis now directing rehearsals of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard with the Royal Shakespeare Company talking with Pete
5. 5 5. In Cork1961-11-19Frank O'Connor, novelist, essayist, and short-story writer, revisits the provincial city where he lived for twenty-eight years and which provides the setting for many of his storie
6. 6 6. Big Soft Nellie1961-11-03With Henry Livings the author and scenes from the production of his new play now running at the Theatre Royal, Stratford.
7. 7 7. Paul Tortelier1961-12-17Paul Tortelier Portrait of a complete musician. Filmed in Paris at the Salle du Vieux Conservatoire, the Ecole Normale de Musique, and his studio. In rue Leon Cogniet with John
8. 8 8. The Lonely Shore1962-01-14The Lonely Shore A fantasy. No one is left alive in England. All that remain are the fragments of our civilisation.
9. 9 9. Episode 91962-01-28H.M.S. Pinafore Revisited Sir Tyrone Guthrie gives his views on Gilbert and Sullivan.
10. 10 10. Do My Ears Deceive Me?1962-02-11An enquiry into the music of our day from Jazz to Schoenberg. Musicians taking part include: Colin Davis with the London Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Hugh Maguire), Aaron Copland,
11. 11 11. Episode 111962-02-25Friso Ten Holt The Dutch painter whose first British exhibition opened at the New London Gallery last week talking with John Berger. 'Suddenly the painting begins to talk, to ask
12. 12 12. Episode 121962-03-11A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
13. 13 13. Pop Goes the Easel1962-03-25A fortnightly magazine of the arts. A group of four young artists, who between them have won critical acclaim, exhibition prizes, and Arts Council awards, are among those who have
14. 14 14. What Makes a Tenor?1962-04-08What Makes a Tenor? Last week the National Federation of Music Societies held a Tenor Competition in London to find promising young singers. Bernard Keeffe of the Royal Opera Hous
15. 15 15. Episode 151962-05-06Commercial Art A sidelong glance at the world of advertising. Peter Ustinov in the studio.
16. 16 16. Vincent Van Gogh1962-05-20The Preservation Man, with Professor Bruce Lacey, A.R.C.A. actor, theatrical property-maker, and collector of the past, from stuffed camels to Victorian families, from Victrola voi
17. 17 17. Julian Bream1962-06-03Julian Bream A film profile with George Malcolm and the Julian Bream Consort. The Death of Patroclus Christopher Logue talks about his new adaptation of Book XVI of Homer's Ilia
18. 18 18. Dial for Plato1962-06-12In America, as in this country, education is suffering from a shortage of text-books, classroom space, and, above all, of teachers. Sol Cornberg talks to Huw Wheldon about his cur
19. 19 19. Marcel Duchamp1962-06-17A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced by Huw Wheldon. Marcel Duchamp The legendary French artist whose paintings and theories have radically affected modern art - he mi
20. 20 20. Stratford-on-the-Subway1962-07-01A Monitor film made in New York's Central Park, where every summer there is a season of free open-air Shakespeare performances with Joe Papp, the director and members of the New Yo
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