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Music on 2: Counterpoint: Stravinsky Remembered (died 6 April 1971)

on BBC Two England

Introduced and edited by John Amis

A conversation and music piece about the man who was the most famous living composer for nearly 60 years
with Vera Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Nicolas Nabokov, Georges Balanchine, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen
with excerpts from "The Rite of Spring" and other works

Anne Shasby and Richard McMahon, Levon Chilingirian and Clifford Benson
Cantores in Ecclesia directed by Michael Howard
and a telerecording of Igor Stravinsky conducting 'Firebird' at his last London concert
"My God, there was always a fireball in the room when you met Stravinsky" (Stockhausen)

Contributors

Presenter/Editor:
John Amis
Interviewee:
Vera Stravinsky
Interviewee:
Robert Craft
Interviewee:
Nicolas Nabokov
Interviewee:
Georges Balanchine
Interviewee:
Pierre Boulez
Interviewee:
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Pianist:
Anne Shasby
Pianist:
Richard McMahon
Violinist:
Levon Chilingirian
Pianist:
Clifford Benson
Singers:
Cantores in Ecclesia
Choral Director:
Michael Howard
Film Cameraman:
Tom Ingle
Director:
Ron Isted
Director:
Roy Tipping

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