Stravinsky's sound, Stravinsky's style, Stravinsky's farewell: no single hour, however authoritative, could convey a detailed biography of the man or a deep measure of his work. In Stravinsky @ 125: Three Glances at the Composer's Mirror, independent producer Jackson Braider follows three threads in the Stravinsky story: the unusual location where he recorded so much of his music, his persistent use of large musical forces to play short musical works, and his Requiem Canticles -- a work dedicated to the memory of a rich Texas widow, but one that saw Stravinsky himself off to his eternal rest. Among the people interviewed for these stories: John McClure, Stravinsky's longtime producer at Columbia Masterworks; Gregg Smith, the choirmaster behind many of Stravinsky's recordings, including the Requiem Canticles; and John Heiss of New England Conservatory, a gifted composer and theoretician deeply connected with the work of Igor Stravinsky.

Stravinsky's sound, Stravinsky's style, Stravinsky's farewell: no single hour, however authoritative, could convey a detailed biography of the man or a deep measure of his work. In Stravinsky @ 125: Three Glances at the Composer's Mirror, independent producer Jackson Braider follows three threads in the Stravinsky story: the unusual location where he recorded so much of his music, his persistent use of large musical forces to play short musical works, and his Requiem Canticles -- a work dedicated to the memory of a rich Texas widow, but one that saw Stravinsky himself off to his eternal rest. Among the people interviewed for these stories: John McClure, Stravinsky's longtime producer at Columbia Masterworks; Gregg Smith, the choirmaster behind many of Stravinsky's recordings, including the Requiem Canticles; and John Heiss of New England Conservatory, a gifted composer and theoretician deeply connected with the work of Igor Stravinsky.