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Monitor: Season 5

21 episodes · first aired Sep 24, 1961

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  1. 1 Gian-Carlo Menotti Sep 24, 1961 Gian-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 then set it…
  2. 2 The Private World of George Williams Oct 8, 1961 The 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 who fell to…
  3. 3 Ninette de Valois Oct 22, 1961 Ninette 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 Style in the Theatre and Portrait of an Experience Nov 5, 1961 Style 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 Peter…
  5. 5 In Cork Nov 19, 1961 Frank 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 stories. 'I…
  6. 6 Big Soft Nellie Nov 3, 1961 With Henry Livings the author and scenes from the production of his new play now running at the Theatre Royal, Stratford.
  7. 7 Paul Tortelier Dec 17, 1961 Paul 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 Amis and…
  8. 8 The Lonely Shore Jan 14, 1962 The Lonely Shore A fantasy. No one is left alive in England. All that remain are the fragments of our civilisation.
  9. 9 Episode 9 Jan 28, 1962 H.M.S. Pinafore Revisited Sir Tyrone Guthrie gives his views on Gilbert and Sullivan.
  10. 10 Do My Ears Deceive Me? Feb 11, 1962 An 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, Michael…
  11. 11 Episode 11 Feb 25, 1962 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…
  12. 12 Episode 12 Mar 11, 1962 A fortnightly magazine of the arts. Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
  13. 13 Pop Goes the Easel Mar 25, 1962 A 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 turned…
  14. 14 What Makes a Tenor? Apr 8, 1962 What 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 House, Covent…
  15. 15 Episode 15 May 6, 1962 Commercial Art A sidelong glance at the world of advertising. Peter Ustinov in the studio.
  16. 16 Vincent Van Gogh May 20, 1962 The 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 voices to…
  17. 17 Julian Bream Jun 3, 1962 Julian 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 Iliad and reads…
  18. 18 Dial for Plato Jun 12, 1962 In 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 current…
  19. 19 Marcel Duchamp Jun 17, 1962 A 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 might be said…
  20. 20 Stratford-on-the-Subway Jul 1, 1962 A 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 York…
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