The Unanswered Question
Continuing this series of six lectures by Leonard Bernstein
5: The Twentieth-Century Crisis
As music became more and more ' unmanageable and unwieldy composers divided into two schools: those with complete confidence in the continuation of the old order and those who were moving towards its upheaval. This programme includes:
11.46* Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
12.13* Ives The Unanswered Question, played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
1.25* Mahler Adagio from Symphony No 9, played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Seeing Leonard Bernstein at work .. is exactly like watching a magician ... he is as much a conjurer with words as with notes. (THE GUARDIAN) An Amberson Video Production recorded by WGBH, Boston
(Tomorrow: The Poetry of Earth and music by Stravinsky)
Starring and narrated by Spencer Tracy
The epic story of the great American adventure, the conquest of the West, is mirrored in the fortunes of one pioneer family.
Screenplay by JAMES R. WEBB
Produced by BERNARD SMITH
The Civil War directed by JOHN FORD
The Railroad directed by GEORGE MARSHALL
The Rivers, The Plain, The Outlaws directed by HENRY HATHAWAY
Films: pages 16-17
The Luck of the Game starring Brian Cant in an entertainment of comedy and music, with Julie Stevens
Tony Robinson , Anita Dobson Jonathan Cohen and the Play Away Band
Guest Robert Lindsay
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE Producer ANN REAY
Director JUDY WHITFIELD
A tribute to the master of comedy
The Kid
Starring Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin described The Kid as a mixture of slapstick and sentiment. Jackie Coogan co-stars as the Kid, a miniature version of the Tramp, acquired by mistake in infancy and brought up by the Tramp in a world of harshness and poverty.
(First showing on British television)
and at 5.50
The Idle Class
Starring Charlie Chaplin
In this comedy of mistaken identity, the Tramp samples the life of leisure, pleasure and passing romance.
(Black and white)
(First showing on British television)
By satellite
Australia v England from Melbourne
BOBBY SIMPSON introduces highlights of the second day's play. Commentators KEITH MILLER , FRANK TYSON
NORMAN MAY and PALL SHEAHAN
Television presentation by the AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION
Weather
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
starring
James B. Douglas , Tim Henry
Four Mounties set out in the winter of 1910 to establish a new record of 20 days for the 500 miles to the Yukon town of Dawson.
This compelling Canadian television production based on a true incident portrays their struggle for survival in the Arctic wastes.
Ex-Con Written by GEORGE R. ROBERTSON
Directed by PETER KELLY A CBC production
This week BBC2 presents three programmes featuring the great violinist Itzhak Perlman
Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Opus 77
ITZHAK PERLMAN with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster
Lighting cameraman DAVID FINDLAY Sound MICHAEL GRAY
Film editor PETER HEELAS
Directed by CHRISTOPHER NUPEN Produced by ALLEGRO FILMS
(Tomorrow evening: a documentary film - Itzhak Perlman : Virtuoso Violinist)
The second in a short season of feature films starring one of America's most versatile actors with Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
Jack Lemmon displays his gift for both comedy and compassion as Baxter, an insurance clerk who lends his apartment to his bosses for extra-marital entertaining. This shortcut to promotion proves to be a dead end when his own emotions become involved.
(Black and white). Films: pages 16-17
Part One
Highlights from the last series of The Old Grey Whistle Test featuring
Meat Loaf, The Ramones
The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads XTC, Robin Trower , Greg Kihn Bob Seger , 999, Neil Young Television, Devo, Otway and Barrett
The Rubinoos, The Heartbreakers and Southside Johnny
Introduced by Bob Harris
Directed by TOM CORCORAN
Produced by MICHAEL APPLETON (Part 2 tomorrow at 12.1 am)
