That may be. It is hard to say from where the extract was copied. I have not seen the NFB Stravinsky film for more than 30 years. The episode was in the film when I saw it (in the late 1960s) as a student at McGill. I do not remember any Japanese(?) subtitles (as in the online version), though they can have been added at any point. I suspect the Bream DVD extracted the scene from the CBC/NFB production.
I think the encounter was not contrived, or at leat not much. If I remember correctly (and I may not have remembered all or even most), Bream happened to be preparing for a recital in Toronto at the same time as Stravinsky was "conducting" the Symphony of Psalms. The Symphony of Psalms was being recorded in a concert hall, probably because there was no studio large enough for the ensemble, or for suitable acoustics (the CBC was a relatively early adherent to the idea of using appropriate acoustical contexts). It may have been the same concert hall where Bream was to perform. (I also remember seeing/hearing Bream perform on lute and guitar in Montreal about the same time.) I write 'Stravinsky "conducting",' because in the film one gets the impression that Stravinsky is concentrating on the score and beating time and cueing, but paying no attention whatsoever to the sounds emitting from the choir and orchestra. Every now and then things go askew, and the voice of Robert Craft (who is following the score, probably as producer) booms over the speakers from the recording booth, halting the performers. Even after they stop, Stravinsky bravely soldiers on for a moment, then looks around as if wondering where the voice is coming from. (But then, it was a long time ago; I may have the sequence out of context.) Gordon J Callon School of Music Acadia University Wolfville Nova Scotia Canada B4P 2R6 http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/site-map.htm -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Kenyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 6/13/2007 6:34 PM To: Gordon Callon Cc: Howard Posner; [email protected] Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Strawinsky, Bream and a Lute The snippet of film is on the Bream DVD and I assumed that was the immediate source. SK Gordon Callon wrote: >If I remember correctly, this is taken from the 1966 film by the National Film >Board of Canada, about Igor Stravinsky travelling to North America, and >conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra in a recording of his Symphony of Psalms >in Toronto. > > > > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
