A Stravinsky Portrait (1967)

A Stravinsky Portrait

1967

TV Movie Documentary Music

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Richard Leacock

Rolf Liebermann

Cast

Christopher Isherwood as Self

George Balanchine as Self

Gerald Heard as Self

Gloria Govrin as Self

Igor Stravinsky as Self

Jacques d'Amboise as Self

Nicolas Nabokov as Self