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Mario Prizek
Born March 22, 1922 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died February 5, 2012 · aged 89
No biography available.
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South · 1959South
★ 1.01959
MovieDrama
A made-for-television play about an exiled Polish Army lieutenant faced with his darkest secret.
The Question of Instrument · 1983The Question of Instrument
1983
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Part I of the series "Glenn Gould Plays Bach" is devoted to Bach's "Art of Fugue." Gould's performance is followed by a lively repartee with Monsaingeon, in which the pianist provides dazzling insights illustrated by music examples. He explains, for example, why he plays some pieces extremely slowly, and bemoans the "musicological overkill" of scholars who insist that Bach's keyboard music should only be played on a harpsichord.
An Art of the Fugue · 1983An Art of the Fugue
1983
MovieDocumentaryMusic
In Part II of the series "Glenn Gould Plays Bach", Gould concentrates on the fugal form in Bach's works, showing us how Bach uses keys like stops on an organ, and how they give him ideas and colours. He performs various fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier and reveals why he feels the "Art of Fugue" is the work that summed up Bach's life.
The Goldberg Variations · 2007The Goldberg Variations
★ 4.22007
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Part III in the series "Glenn Gould Plays Bach" spotlights Gould recording Bach's "Goldberg Variations" in a sound studio. In a brief introduction, he reminisces about his first recording of the pieces and explains why he wanted to record them again now, a quarter of a century later. It was to be his last recording of the "Goldberg Variations" and perhaps the last time he played the work: Glenn Gould died the year after the recording was made.
The Wednesday Play · 1964The Wednesday Play
★ 5.21964
SeriesDrama
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
ITV Play of the Week · 1955ITV Play of the Week
★ 4.01955
SeriesDramaComedy
A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.
On Trial · 1960On Trial
1960
SeriesCrimeDrama
A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.
Conversations with Glenn Gould · 1966Conversations with Glenn Gould
1966
Series
Four informal programmes in which the controversial Canadian pianist talks and plays to Humphrey Burton
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