Adieu, Robert Schumann
- Title
- Adieu, Robert Schumann [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced and directed by Norman Campbell ; choreography by Brian Macdonald ; music by Robert Schumann and R. Murray Schafer.
- Published by
- Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1980.
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Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | FormatMoving image | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZIA 4-3300 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Ballet about the composer Robert Schumann, whose last years were afflicted by insanity, and his wife Clara, whose experiences are interpreted by three artists. Preceding the ballet itself, choreographer Brian Macdonald discusses the Schumanns with the performers, and Denise Massé plays Schumann's Introduction and allegro in G major for piano and orchestra, op. 92, with the CBC Symphony, conducted by Vladimir Jelinek.
- Uniform title
- Adieu Robert Schumann (Choreographic work : Macdonald)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Call number
- *MGZIA 4-3300
- Credits (note)
- Scenery, James E. Jones ; costumes, François Barbeau.
- Performer (note)
- Performed by dancers Vincent Warren (as the composer Robert Schumann), Annette av Paul (as the young Clara Schumann), Maureen Forrester, contralto (as the widow Clara Schumann), and Denise Massé, pianist (as the pianist Clara Schumann).
- Title
- Adieu, Robert Schumann [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced and directed by Norman Campbell ; choreography by Brian Macdonald ; music by Robert Schumann and R. Murray Schafer.
- Imprint
- Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1980.
- Country of producing entity
- Canada.
- Credits
- Scenery, James E. Jones ; costumes, François Barbeau.
- Performer
- Performed by dancers Vincent Warren (as the composer Robert Schumann), Annette av Paul (as the young Clara Schumann), Maureen Forrester, contralto (as the widow Clara Schumann), and Denise Massé, pianist (as the pianist Clara Schumann).
- Local subject
- Ballet in television. Adieu, Robert Schumann.
- Added author
- Warren, Vincent, 1938-2017, dancer.
- Paul, Annette av, dancer.
- Forrester, Maureen. Singer
- Massé, Denise. Instrumentalist
- Macdonald, Brian, choreographer. Commentator
- Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Composer
- Schafer, R. Murray. Composer
- Barbeau, François. Costume designer
- Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004, producer.
- Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004, director.
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- DHCA.
- Added title
- Adieu Robert Schumann (Choreographic work : Macdonald)
- Research call number
- *MGZIA 4-3300