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The monthly feature about the making of music.

In this programme the distinguished French composer talks about his life and music and conducts a performance of his Improvisation No. 2 on Mallarme.
With Halina Lukomska (soprano)
and The New Music Ensemble: Elizabeth Fletcher (harp), Susan Bradshaw (celesta), Patricia Brady (vibraphone), Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Eric Allen (bells), Gilbert Webster, Terence Emery, Jack Lees Jr., and Tristan Fry (percussion)

(Boulez at the Proms, next week on Radio; and conducting 'The Rite of Spring' September 11 on BBC-1)

Contributors

Interviewee/conductor/composer:
Pierre Boulez
Soprano:
Halina Lukomska
Harpist:
Elizabeth Fletcher
Celesta:
Susan Bradshaw
Vibraphonist:
Patricia Brady
Pianist:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Bells:
Eric Allen
Percussionist:
Gilbert Webster
Percussionist:
Terence Emery
Percussionist:
Jack Lees Jr.
Percussionist:
Tristan Fry
Narrator and interviewer:
Basil Moss
Design:
Peter Seddon
Producer and director:
Barrie Gavin

Written by David Rayfiel.
A series of outstanding film dramas.
This week starring John Cassavetes, Carol Lynley, Chester Morris.
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Contributors

Writer:
David Rayfiel
Director:
Sidney Pollack
Producer:
Dick Berg
Sgt. Lee Harmon:
John Cassavetes
Irene Ayers:
Carol Lynley
Major Whitman:
Chester Morris
Boz:
Alfred Ryder
Sgt. Walter Matthew:
Tom Simcox
Sgt. Harry King:
Dabney Coleman
Aimee:
Roxane Berard
Landrain:
Anatol Winogradoff
Chaplain:
Albert D'Arno
Sister:
Lilyan Chauvin
New flier:
Robert Pine
Desk Corporal:
Maurice McEndree

by Tom Stoppard.
A series of six interlinked plays and documentaries about the Pursuit of Happiness.

Some people seem to retreat from life by deliberately escaping into small, self-contained worlds of their own making. Is it a secret of happiness or an admission of defeat?
"I want to do nothing and have nothing expected of me. It's not possible out there in the world, it worries people. They want to know what you're at."

Contributors

Writer:
Tom Stoppard
Devised by:
John Wilson
Designer:
Austin Ruddy
Producer (Documentary):
Philip Donnellan
Director (Documentary):
Christopher Martin
Producer (Play):
Ronald Mason
Director (Play):
Alan Gibson
Brown:
Peter Jeffrey
Maggie:
Hannah Gordon
Doctor:
Ronald Hines
Matron:
Elizabeth Begley
Nurse in Reception:
Eileen Colgan
Nurse Jones:
Diana Payan

A last look around the world of television.
Criticism, Discussion, Diversion with Denis Tuohy, Joan Bakewell, Michael Dean, Tony Bilbow and tonight's guests.

Contributors

Presenter:
Denis Tuohy
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow

BBC Two England

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