Research Catalog

Title

A Stravinsky portrait [videorecording]

Publication

1972.

Details

Additional Authors

• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Craft, Robert.
• Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016.
• Balanchine, George
• Balanchine, George.
• Farrell, Suzanne, 1945-
• D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021
• Govrin, Gloria
• Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978.
• Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
• Leacock, Richard.
• Liebermann, Rolf, 1910-1999.
• Hudson, Sarah.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

• 1 streaming video file (58 min., 16 sec.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
• 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., b&w ;

Summary

Film clips of Igor Stravinsky at his home in Hollywood, California, in London, and in Hamburg with various friends and associates, including his wife Vera Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Pierre Boulez, Nicolas Nabokov, George Balanchine, Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise, Gloria Govrin, Gerald Heard and Christopher Isherwood. Of particular dance interest are several brief conversations between Stravinsky and Balanchine regarding tempo, pulse and time; and a brief clip of Balanchine in Hamburg rehearsing Apollon musagète for a performance on German TV by Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise, Gloria Govrin and the New York City Ballet to a new recording of the music conducted by Stravinsky.

Genre/Form

Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Telecast on WNET-TV, June 11, 1972. Film photographed and edited by Richard Leacock. Producer: Rolf Liebermann for Norddeutscher Rundfunk by Leacock Pennebaker, Inc. Sound recording by Sarah Hudson.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 8929

OCLC

NYPY797071075-F

Title

A Stravinsky portrait [videorecording]

Imprint

1972.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1019.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Television. A Stravinsky portrait.

Added Author

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Depicted

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Speaker

Craft, Robert. Depicted

Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016. Depicted

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Balanchine, George. Depicted

Balanchine, George, speaker.

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- dancer.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, dancer.

Govrin, Gloria, dancer.

Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978. Depicted

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Depicted

Leacock, Richard. Cinematographer

Leacock, Richard. Film editor

Liebermann, Rolf, 1910-1999. Producer

Hudson, Sarah.

New York City Ballet.

Balanchine, George. Apollo

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 8929