The last of six programmes adapted by Mike Steer from autobiographical writings of 20th-century composers
6: 'Herr Stravinsky , I'm an American Composer' with Gary Waldhorn as George Antheil
When George Antheil met
Stravinsky in Berlin in 1922, he was as young as the century and unknown. Against the odds, the self-exiled Russian struck up a friendship with this irrepressible young American admirer.
Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS