Stravinsky
Documentary
7.7/10
|CAUS
|en
|49 min
Release Date: 1966-01-01
Overview - This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure with a long and alert memory for people and events in music, literature and art, Stravinsky is depicted here conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra in a recording of his Symphony of Psalms.
Production Companies
CBCONF | NFB
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
There's a lovely few minutes at the start of this documentary that features Julian Bream playing on the lute. Not an instrument I've heard often but it was clear this artist's skill captivated Igor Stravinsky as he sat in a theatre stall and watched. This gives us an early indication as to just how profound this man's interest in music and it's instruments was. For the next fifty minutes we follow...
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