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A Stravinsky Portrait (1967)

A Stravinsky Portrait (1967)

Music TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 1967, May 16
Directors: Richard Leacock, Rolf Liebermann
Countries: United States of America
Production: NDR, Leacock-Pennebaker
Cast: Pierre Boulez, Jacques d'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Robert Craft, Gloria Govrin, Gerald Heard, Nicolas Nabokov, Vera de Bosset

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.