| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 19 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color |
| Playing Time |
011958 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Performer |
Michel Béroff, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra ; the English Bach Chorus ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1972 April 8 Royal Albert Hall, London, Great Britain. |
| Summary |
This memorial concert took place at the Royal Albert Hall in April 1972 on the first anniversary of the death of Igor Stravinsky, "the last great father-figure of Western music," according to Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein was a regular visitor to the UK, performing with a number of London orchestras, but this glamorous concert -- a memorial tribute to Stravinsky given in the presence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Edward Heath -- was a particularly special event. Bernstein called it an homage to Stravinsky's universality and chose the three featured masterpieces for their suggestion of "the extraordinary range of his art." Leonard Bernstein was renowned for his passion for Stravinsky's music, having first conducted The Rite of Spring with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitsky in 1947, the only time Koussevitsky ever allowed a guest conductor to appear with his orchestra in that city -- it was an indication of the success that was to follow for the young Bernstein. The performance on this video takes place twenty-five years later, with the virtuosic London Symphony Orchestra on peak form, filmed in colour. Humphrey Burton, an eminent broadcaster, biographer and director, enjoyed a twenty-year association with Bernstein, during which he directed over 170 concerts and documentaries. He also produced and directed the Homage to Stravinsky for television. He recently described the performance of The Rite as "the most stunning reportage of Leonard Bernstein's conducting that I have ever seen." Michel Béroff is the stunning soloist in Stravinsky's Capriccio for piano and orchestra. At this time he was already making an international name for himself as an advocate of Stravinsky's music, amongst other contemporary composers, having won the Messiaen competition five years prior to this performance. Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms is the final work of the programme, a work that Bernstein felt revealed the "devotional Stravinsky, the true believer." He called it "undeniably the greatest musical celebration of the religious spirit to have been written in our century." |
| Contents |
Rite of spring -- Capriccio for piano and orchestra -- Symphony of Psalms / Igor Stravinsky. |
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Ballets.
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Ballets. |
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Piano with orchestra.
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Piano with orchestra. |
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Piano with orchestra.
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Symphonies.
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Symphonies. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra. |
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Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Burton, Humphrey, 1931- film director.
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Béroff, Michel, 1950- instrumentalist.
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Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, conductor.
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Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Vesna svi͡ashchennai͡a.
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Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Capriccio, piano, orchestra.
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Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Symphonie de Psaumes.
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ITN Source (Firm), production company.
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International Classical Artists, Ltd., production company.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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English Bach Festival. Chorus, singer.
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| Added Title |
Tribute to Stravinsky with Michel Béroff |
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Historic Stravinsky memorial concert, 8 April 1972 |
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