Stravinsky: Once at a Border - Director: Tony Palmer (1982)

[@mikemcmahon5741]

The man who wrote some of the most complex and beautiful music approached it in a simple way"for me it is the rhythm,,and the intervals'---Huge impact on me and how I approach music now.

[@mikemcmahon5741]

Robert Craft's love for the maestro and his wife is quite evident in his voice-great guy.

[@tim.timothy.brennan]

Great documentary and what a story, this man & his music is incredible!!

[@carlsmith8815]

Marvellous ....superb. such wonderful gift to just open this and be immediately in the company of those who knew Stravinsky and the great man himself...

[@OrKestrAlan]

Amazing video thanks for share this greatest composer 👌

[@RanBlakePiano]

Thank you for this historical post

[@Barbapippo]

Wonderful documentary, thanks for uploading.

[@prototropo]

Amazing footage and interviews. I wish I had seen this years ago. I never realized, for example, how humble but quirky Stravinsky was, and how much a part of his life was Robert Craft. I only wish Stravinsky had come to live in San Francisco (a real city) instead of Los Angeles.

[@josephmarcello7481]

Wonderful retrospective, full of fascinating and delightful details.... Well it is a marvel to see how deeply active and and immersed in his art. He was to the very end, there is no doubt, that despite the various amazements and astonishments that feel all of his works, even the neoclassical and the late. Cereal, but we still come out sounding like hardcore Stravinsky, he lost his muses and relied heavily upon ingenuity and strategy. Being one who was not gifted with the gift of melody, but who kept huge diaries of Russian folk tunes from which he drew endlessly throughout his career, it is not surprising that once his iconic Russian works of the early. Had been created, and he moved on, that. He was at something of a deficit with regard to creating compelling lines and developments thereof. But whatever the presents or lack of substance in his music, there was always a clear and certain brilliance to his sonorities, textures, inspirations and impact.

[@malcolmnicoll1165]

No wonder he was Rimsky-Korsakov’s favourite. Stravinsky: Greatest of All Time.

[@Raul-vlc-86]

Took me a really long time to catch-up with this doc. I think it was Tony Palmer (or maybe someone related?) who uploaded the whole thing one year ago (aside from many of his other docs)...then his channel got cancelled. It's just too long (166 minutes!) but the "Hollywood" section and late years are the best parts in my view and I never get tired of rewatching them (what you are sharing here), thanks mostly to the input of Robert Craft and Vera Stravinsky. Pity it takes a small eternity to reach this section, and I also felt annoyed previously by a narrator who's trying to imitate Stravinsky's voice and accent (am I right? fuzzy memories right now). Anyway, a must-see for fans!.

[@Deech72]

The whole 3 hrs is on Amazon Prime!

[@SuperMelvyn]

... only now as a DVD to buy for over £20,,,,,So I came here and enjoyed what I got!

[@rubenmolino1480]

history has very good musicians ..... but Stravinsky .... he was a God .... and these geniuses are counted on the fingers of one hand and no more ...

[@finosuilleabhain7781]

Thank you for this, Joabe. (Good luck too with your own composing.)

[@joabeguilherme]

Tanks!

[@lukapisacic7707]

Not that long ago, there was a documentary with the same name, but one day it just disappeared. It starts with a scene of winter Russia with the music of Stravinskys Firebird in the background. Does anybody knows where can I find it?

[@arjanterveen9534]

netflix?

[@miguelperez.fagott]

Thanks for the video! Could you write also by who the film is made?

[@joabeguilherme]

👍🏽

[@joabeguilherme]

Director: Tony Palmer (1982)

[@errolmichaelphillips7763]

"I think, here we can get a bottle of Scotch".

[@davidchampion1758]

My guy!!!!

[@arjanterveen9534]

@@davidchampion1758 Water is for feet washing,not for drinking..!

[@xzedumar1]

Sabre du Printe

[@dcvao]

Who’s the gentleman talking at 31:12? As they are having lunch?

[@inharmonik]

David Champion Balanchine

[@dcvao]

@@inharmonik many thanks

[@oleglukashev8104]

Balanchin

[@Jack-vy6uo]

Tony Palmer director also worked on Frank Zappa 200 moteis

[@lylealburo8244]

I didn't know Abraham Lincoln was a timpanist

[@paradoxstudios6639]

6:22 anyone see the flying rod humming bird ?

[@SirWickMusic]

Isn't this the same producer that did West Side Story in the 80's with Bernstein?

[@littleJack61st]

Tony Palmer also worked on Frank Zappa 's 200 Motels

[@thomastereszkiewicz2241]

are you thinking of Jerome Robbins from the 1950's?

[@Fan-Tomas]

ciekawe czy Strawiński był dumny z tego że z pochodzenia był Polakiem?

[@Fan-Tomas]

tak samo Szostakowicz

[@Fan-Tomas]

wstyd że Polska odradzająca się nie chciała nadać mu obywatelstwa

[@iancu_de_hunedoara]

He hated polish

[@fusionhar]

He related to GaGa?

[@douglaskelly1394]

3:13 "...very much in need of a feeling of a security to compose..." right, tell that to Shostakovich! the difference between Stravinsky and Shostakovich is that Shostakovich composed music for art's sake. Despite living in a pig shack meanwhile being hunted down by Stalin. Igor on the other hand, wanted to compose to make money while basking under the sun on the Santa Monica beach.

[@jovesheerwater]

Hilarious. You are comparing a mouse to a god.

[@jwinder2]

@@jovesheerwater They both are considered major composers of the 20th Century. That we consider Stravinsky to be one of the icons shouldn't diminish the accomplishments of Shostakovich; let's keep it sane.

[@thomastereszkiewicz2241]

He still composed amazing stuff in that environment.

[@mayankprajapat4591]

Shostakovich is not someone to be compared with any composer, he was the best.