Six programmes to mark the centenary of the composer's birth, introduced by John Drummond. 5: Apollo
Tonight's ballet marks the end of one era and the start of another. It was the last work Stravinsky composed for Diaghilev and the first time that he collaborated with the choreographer GEORGE BALANCHINE. The programme, made in 1967 by North German Television, includes scenes showing Stravinsky and Balanchine recreating their masterpiece for a television performance by leading dancers of Balanchine's
New York City Ballet Company Igor Stravinsky conducting the NDR Symphony Orchestra
Production ROLF LIEDERMANN and RICHARD LEACOCK
Presented for BBCtv by JAMILA PATTEN
(Symphony of Psalms: tomorrow at 9.30)