'a mad little marriage'
Music by IGOR STRAVINSKY conducted by Leonard Bernstein and the ballet based on that music danced by The Royal Ballet Choreography by BRONISLAVA NIJINSKA
A special programme in which Stravinsky's rarely-heard masterpiece, the inspiration for one of the Diaghilev company's greatest ballets, is heard both as a concert piece and to accompany the filmed performance of the ballet.
Leonard Bernstein, Nicolas Nabokov and Sir Frederick Ashton discuss the history of the music and the choreography.
Devised and presented by John Drummond performed by Anny Mory (soprano)
Patricia Parker (mezzo soprano) John Mitchinson (tenor) Paul Hudson (bass) Martha Argerich
Homero Francesch Cyprien Katsaris
Krystian Zimerman (pianos) with THE LONDON PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE and THE ENGLISH BACH FESTIVAL CHORUS chorus-master NICHOLAS CLEOBURYÃ
The ballet designed by NATALIA GONTCHAROVA and performed by artists of the Royal Ballet including Vergie Derman, Anthony Dowell, Leslie Edwards, Romayne Grigorova, Gerd Larsen, Christopher Newton, Georgina Parkinson, Derek Rencher
Film lighting JOHN WYATT
Studio lighting PETER CATLETT Studio sound ALAN EDMONDS Designed for television by CHRISTINE RUSCOE
Ballet director BOB LOCKYER
Music producer RODNEY GREENBERG Produced by JOHN SELWYN GILBERT
