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The Creative Performer (1960)
Directed by William A. Graham
Music · 1h 00m
Leornard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, first with pianist Glenn Gould performing Bach's Keyboard Concerto #1 in D minor and then with soprano Eileen Farrell singing the "Suicidio!" aria from Amilcare Ponchielli 's opera "La Gioconda". Finally, composer Igor Stravinsky takes over the podium, conducting the last three scenes from his ballet "The Firebird". Bernstein also gives an opening talk on the vagaries of musical score notation and introduces each of the three guest performers. Originally aired on January 31, 1960 on CBS Television as part of its Ford Presents series.
Cast
Leonard Bernstein
Glenn Gould
Eileen Farrell
Igor Stravinsky
Crew
- Director
- William A. Graham
- Writer
- Leonard Bernstein
- Producer
- Robert Saudek
Details
- Release date
- 1960-01-31
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- CBS