The first of two programmes in which Simon Rattle conducts and explores musical masterpieces of the 20th century.
A Symphony in Time of War Exiled to Hollywood,
Stravinsky spent the years of the Second World War writing a symphony.
It was a specific response to shattering world events. The completed work -
The Symphony in Three
Movements - proved to be a masterly addition to the modern repertoire. Simon Rattle and Oliver Knussen tell the story of the work's creation.
The words of Stravinsky are spoken by Brewster Mason Simon Ratttle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a complete performance of the symphony. Assistant producer ANN HUMMEL
Executive producer KENNETH CORDEN
Director BARRIE GAVIN
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