Stravinsky (1965)
Directed by Wolf Koenig / Roman Kroitor
Genres - Music |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Concerts, Instrumental Music |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - Canada |
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan
The life and career of Russian composer/conductor Igor Stravinsky is explored in this profile originally produced for the National Film Board of Canada and featuring a then eighty-year-old Stravinsky reflecting on his rich and varied musical career. In addition to offering a firsthand account of a musical legend, this release captures Stravinsky's creativity in action as he conducts the CBC Symphony Orchestra and the Festival Singers of Toronto in a special recording of "Symphony of Psalms".
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career-retrospective, classical-music, composer, conductor [music], orchestra, reminiscence