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Artsworld
2002-09-11 · Wednesday · 13 listings
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Series profiling some of the world’s supreme artists. This edition focuses on the paintings of the troubled genius Caravaggio, regarded as the true founder of the ‘still life’ genre, which opened up a whole new field in art and contained characters never seen before
14:35
The celebrated pianist plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 31
15:00
Profile of the Belgian surrealist painter Paul Delvaux, with interviews, archive footage and some extraordinary shots of the Spitzner Museum
16:00
Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama, telling the story of a woman who, bored with her life, craves the power to influence the life of another. The arrival of an ex-lover gives her the chance that she has been waiting for
17:30
Documentary looking at Frank Lloyd Wright’s House on Falling Water and the development of organic architecture. The house, which lies by a river in southwestern Pennsylvania, represents functional living in harmony with the natural surroundings
18:00
The series of performances by the great orchestra and conductor features Prokofiev’s Symphony No 1 in D (Classical) and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, with the brilliant Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin
19:00
A look at one of the largest exhibitions of Henry Moore’s works ever assembled, on a tour of China in 2000. The show was hailed by Chinese experts as the most important presentation of Western art in the country since the Communists took power in 1949
19:50
Five artists and the different art forms they use to express themselves
20:00
Acclaimed choreographer Boris Kochno’s ballet set to the music of Sergei Prokofiev
20:40
Profile of the late dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, a pioneer of modern dance. Made only a few months before her death in 1991, this studio production shows Graham at work with her own company, performing Errand into the Maze, Acts of Light and Rite of Spring, three ballets choreographed by herself
22:05
Superstar tenor Jose Carreras sings classical and religious favourites by Bach, Schubert, Mozart and Bizet in an Easter 1998 concert at the Vatican
22:50
A low-budget film-noir classic about a man at the mercy of forces beyond his control, whose only objective is to hitchhike to Los Angeles to join his fiancee. But his luck turns sour when a driver who has picked him up, complaining about a female attacker, ends up dead. The hitchhiker fears being blamed, so he dumps the body and drives off towards Reno, inadvertently picking up the same woman hitchhiker as his dead host