Written and produced by Robin Whitworth.
The story of the re-building of Coventry Cathedral and of the many people who helped build and adorn it.
Including Sir Basil Spence, Sir Jacob Epstein, John Hutton, John Piper, Graham Sutherland, Lawrence Lee, Geoffrey Clarke and Keith New.
Section of the BBC Northern Orchestra
Leader, Reginald Stead
Choir of Coventry Cathedral
Organist and Choirmaster, David Lepine
A shortened version of the programme first shown on the eve of the consecration of the Cathedral
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for the deaf and hard of hearing.
by Haroun Tazieff.
A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the creatures that live on it.
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(Colour)
Starring The Mitchell Minstrels
with John Boulter, Dai Francis, Tony Mercer
also starring Margaret Savage, The Television Toppers, Delia Wicks, Don Cleaver, Penny Jewkes, Les Rawlings, Sheila Bernette
(The Black and White Minstrel Show is appearing at the Victoria Palace, London, and at the Grand Theatre, Leeds)
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(Colour)
Robert Erskine dispenses Water, Wine, and Wisdom at a drinking party which took place 2,500 years ago, to which you are invited, celebrating the first of his series of twenty-six programmes about the past.
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(Colour)
A monthly report from the world of music.
Including:
The Sleeping Beauty
The enchanting story of a tiny opera house, forgotten and disused for over a century, then restored in every detail to its original state. The Drottningholm Court Theatre, near Stockholm, celebrates this year its 200th anniversary. Elisabeth Soderstrom, the Swedish soprano, describes it to John Amis and appears in an excerpt from Gluck's opera "Iphigenie en Aulide".
Harpsichord or Piano?
Rosalyn Tureck discusses with Kenneth van Barthold different interpretations of Bach's keyboard music and plays the Chromatic Fantasia in D minor.
Aaron Copland
The famous composer-conductor talks to Alan Jefferson about his ideas on modern American music.
Lionel Rogg
The new Flentrop organ has recently been installed in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. The distinguished young Swiss organist, a Professor at Geneva Conservatoire, tries it out.
Introduced by Bernard Keeffe.
(Colour)
A sensational show from the girl whose name is Barbra.
Barbra Streisand
A dazzling star in a glittering setting shines in a series of contrasting musical numbers presented in her own inimitable style.
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(Colour)
Noel Picarda reflects on this week's television with the Line-Up team and tonight's guests.
(Colour)