Movies: Igor Stravinsky

Black-and-white film projections by Bill Morrison, using archival footage of frigid Arctic scenes....

Sir Simon Rattle is joined by virtuosic soprano Barbara Hannigan for a modernist programme that showcases the immense capabilities of the London Symphony Orchestra. At the heart of this concert is The Rite of Spring. Once decried, it is now a corner...

A filmed performance of Stravinsky's ballet Les Noces (The Wedding), depicting a bleakly cynical interpretation of the marriage ritual....

An animated short of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petroushka...

Characters from Haitian folklore come to life telling their story of ritual, ceremony and celebration. All wait to be overcome by the female spirit Erzuli. Who will be chosen?...

The Joffrey Ballet's 1987 production of Vaslav Nijinsky and Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring used reconstructions the original sets, costumes, and choreography from the 1913 production....

Pulcinella finds himself in New York and not Naples: from stockbroker to semi-naked banker in the midst of Wall Street. Actualization of Igor Stravinsky's ballet composed as a tribute to Italian music....

Animation adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov. A government clerk sneezes on a department general. Although the department general immediately dismisses the incident, the clerk cannot let it go....

Iolanta is a one act lyric opera, sung in Russian, by Tchaikovsky. Performed in the style of a nineteenth-century Italian melodrama, the scenes have a recitative introduction followed by a single arioso, aria, duet or chorus. Persephone is a three a...

The life of tuna fishermen and their families during the fishing season on Pumpkin Island in Tavira (Algarve). The documentary depicts their fishing methods and their return home after fishing. This was the last activity of "frame" or "almadraba" tun...

Hamburg, May 1945, English troops occupy the city. The gates of the concentration camps open. The Germans speak of collapse and take care of everyday life. Only a few feel liberated and think of a new beginning. At the end there is a poem by Ingeborg...

The film is about the horrors of war. It tells the fate of the tailor John Bottom who during the war against the Germans lost an arm and died, but he was buried with the arm of a carpenter. John's earthly suffering continues after his death ... John'...

Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings with the French Radio Orchestra in a sensual programme celebrating the city of lights: gay Paris. Mezzo-soprano Julia Dawson, tenor Ziad Nehme and bass-baritone Douglas Williams also...

An innovative short documentary that uses new editing techniques to complement Stravinsky’s violin concerto with some unique choreography from George Balanchine....

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With Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, accordionist Martynas Levickis reveals the thousand and one facets of an instrument rarely given pride of place in concert halls. The NDR Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Delyana Lazarova are the perfect partners...