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Artsworld
2002-06-12 · Wednesday · 12 listings
14:00
A concert recreating the Paris premiere of Berlioz’s symphonic masterpiece, with John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique on authentic period instruments
15:00
The Great Director
Second in a three-part documentary series exploring the remarkable career of Charlie Chaplin, offering insights into his working methods. This edition takes up the story from late 1917, when Chaplin became independent and built his own studio
15:55
Short film, choreographed by Mitchell Rose, exploring the theme of movement
16:00
Classic 1964 black comedy by Jean-Luc Godard, a witty tale of a naive young French woman who falls in with a pair of incompetent crooks intent on robbing her aunt. Things, however, do not go according to plan. Based on the novel ‘Fools’ Gold’ by Dolores Hitchens
17:35
Looking at the life of the Renaissance painter, poet and sculptor. The programme uses extracts from his diaries and poems to show how and why he ended up living a life of ascetic simplicity
19:00
Christopher Frayling interviews leading figures in the arts about their work. Featuring award-winning actress Miranda Richardson, whose diverse roles have included Ruth Ellis in the film ‘Dance with a Stranger’ and Queenie in ‘Blackadder’
20:00
Series of short films based on Dante’s Renaissance masterpiece ‘Inferno’, by Peter Greenaway, Tom Phillips and Raul Ruiz
20:15
A traditional interpretation of Adolphe Adam’s classic tragedy - Giselle is known as the Hamlet of ballet - perfomed by the world-famous Kirov Ballet, now known by their pre-revolutionary name, the Mariinsky Ballet. Choreography is by Oleg Vinogradov and the title role is danced by Galina Mezentseva, one of the great ballerinas of the Kirov
22:00
Profile of the life and work of socialist revolutionary artist Alexander Rodchenko, who gave up painting for photography in 1922 and formed the hugely influential LEF Group
22:40
Franco Zeffirelli’s film production of Mascagni’s one-act opera telling a story of jealousy and infidelity in a Sicilian village. Starring Elena Obraztsova, mezzo (Santuzza), Placido Domingo, tenor (Turiddu), Renato Bruson, baritone (Alfio), Axelle Goll, soprano (Lola), Fedora Barbieri, mezzo (Mamma Lucia). Georges Pretre conducts the orchestra and chorus of La Scala, Milan
23:50
Short film by Joe Tunmer, telling a family’s story through 50 years of telephone calls