07.05.07

Masterworks: The Stravinsky Podcast Episode 3

Posted in Classical, Stravinsky at 8:42 am by Masterworks Podmaster

IGOR STRAVINSKY AND THE ART OF THE MINIATURE (16’15): throughout his long career, Stravinsky wrote a surprising number of orchestral works that are typically impractical for “normal” concert programs. In this episode of Stravinsky at 1-2-5, independent producer Jackson Braider explores these overlooked gems from the composer’s catalog. John McClure discusses the problem of scheduling [...]

 
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06.26.07

Masterworks: The Stravinsky Podcast Episode 2

Posted in Classical, Stravinsky at 10:50 am by Masterworks Podmaster

2. THE RITE OF SPRING OR WHEN LENNY MET IGOR (13’20)
The story of Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), and Stravinsky legendary introduction to Leonard Bernstein.
If ever anything deserved to be called a bolt from the blue, then surely it’s The Rite of Spring. At its premiere in Paris in 1913, [...]

 
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06.18.07

Masterworks: The Stravinsky Podcast Episode 1

Posted in Classical, Stravinsky at 8:03 am by Masterworks Podmaster

Listen to the fascinating story of how the first complete version of Stravinsky conducting Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale came to be.
Features interviews with Stravinsky’s producer John McClure, reissue Executive Producer Warren Wernick, 1961 session musicians and more.
Hosted and produced by Jackson Braider.

Igor Stravinsky, Jeremy Irons, Columbia Chamber Ensemble, Robert Craft
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale (Histoire du [...]

 
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