A ballet to celebrate the centenary of the painter L. S. Lowry
Music composed by CARL DAVIS
Choreography by GILLIAN LYNNE starring
Christopher Gable Moira Shearer with Northern Ballet Theatre and members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis This new television ballet tells the story of a man who is seen by many as one of the greatest British artists of the 20th century, L. S. Lowry. It deals with his struggle for recognition and with the search for his subjects. Born in Manchester in 1887, Lowry declared his ambition was not to be a painter but was 'to put the industrial landscape on the map'.
The landscape he often chose was that around Salford. It was the City of Salford that first commissioned this evening's work. The programme is introduced by a man who has admired
Lowry's paintings for many years, Salford-born actor Albert Finney.
Costume designer TIM GOODCHILD Lighting director ROBIN EMPSALL Designer DAVID WILSON Produced by IAN SQUIRES
Directed by GILLIAN LYNNE BBC North West
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