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Pacifica Radio Archives’ “From the Vault”
Each week the Pacifica Radio Archives chooses a program "From the Vault" of broadcasts in a half-hour program.
In December 1971, Pacifica radio station WBAI paid tribute to one of the great composers of our time Igor Stravinsky who had died earlier that year in April. With a great body of work to choose from, including Firebird, Patrushka and Rite of Spring, The Music Department chose Stravinsky’s theatrical work L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) (1918).
It was performed live in front of the typical in studio audience at WBAI’s Free Music Store on December 18, 1971.
This part contains a performance of Stravinsky’s theatrical work L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) (1918).
Cast includes Tim Jerome, narrator; Arthur Miller, a soldier; and Pat Shea, the Devil. Musicians include Jeanne Benjamin, violin; Richard Fredrickson, bass; Paul Gallo, clarinet; Charles Nussbaum, bassoon; James Stubbs, trumpet; Lawrence Benz, trombone; and Howard van Hyning, percussion. Orchestra is conducted by Henry Schuman.
Credits:
Produced and recorded in stereo by WBAI’s Music Department. -English version of text translated by Sheldon Harnick.
