Stravinsky

The versatility of this musical genius and the charm of his personality are woven together in a fine mosaic by this film biography. Perceptive narration by Charles Kuralt is alternated with interview vignettes, ballet and concert performances of Stravinsky works, and casual poses of himself and his wife at home and traveling. Among the most impressive of the latter is the scene of the couple with Pope Paul VI at the Rome performance of Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms." The film is superbly done--"portrait of a man doing what he does best.", Follows composer Igor Stravinsky as he records his Symphony of Psalms with the CBC Symphony Orchestra. Includes scenes of Stravinsky and his wife aboard a ship en route to Hamburg and in their hotel suite, where he reminisces with an old friend, Nicholas Nabikov.
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