The old man's 80th birthday was June 17. And last week, the extravagant tributes to Igor Stravinsky reached a fortissimo as CBS broadcast the world premiere of Stravinsky's only composition written expressly for television.
Noah and the Flood, a dance drama costing about $200,000 to produce, floated into view with strings shimmering, cymbals clanging, horns blaring dissonantly.
The show was endowed with the New York City Ballet dancers, Narrator Laurence Harvey, and an impressive cast headed by Sebastian Cabot and Elsa Lanchester. But the main reason that Noah proved to be seeworthy was...
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