A Stravinsky Portrait (1967)

8.0/10 • 55 min • TV Movie Documentary Music

Overview

This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra rehearsal. Includes conversations with a variety of friends and musical collaborators. Includes footage of Stravinsky and Balanchine discussing the Variations (in memoriam Aldous Huxley) and rehearsing their ballet Apollo with Suzanne Farrell.

Cast

Igor Stravinsky

Pierre Boulez

Jacques d'Amboise

Self

Christopher Isherwood

Nicolas Nabokov

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