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Six Saturdays, discussions, performances and candids.

Title
Six Saturdays, 1980-07-12 [videorecording] : discussions, performances and candids.
Publication
1980.

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Additional Authors
  • Clauser, John.
  • Fletcher, Rachel.
  • Giroux, Maureen.
  • Peltzer, Dwight.
  • Saxon, David.
  • Neuman, Maxine.
  • Luck, Wendy.
  • Herz, Allison.
  • Thome, Joel.
  • Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987.
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
  • Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.
  • Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
  • Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
  • Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts.
  • Orchestra of Our Time. prf
Found In
nnpc Yellow Springs Institute records (RLIN)NYPG05-A10085
Description
3 videodiscs (65 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Disc 1: Rachel Fletcher shares her views on geometry and its use in temple architecture. Includes shots of geometric drawings. John Clauser and Joel Thome in a discussion. Disc 2: Orchestra of Our Time performance, with music by J. S. Bach, Alban Berg, and Henry Cowell. Some musical works are cut abruptly. Disc 3: Concert continues with selections 19-21 of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. The next scene features Joseph Campbell answering questions for audience members. The third scene is shot outside in the dark. The last scene is a nude dance scene on stage accompanied by synthesized music, suggestively moving as one unit.
Series Statement
  • Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
  • Six Saturdays series.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Donor's inventory number: V3-800712.
  • Audio and video erratic.
  • Disc 1: 22 min., 32 sec. Disc 2: 22 min., 10 sec. Disc 3: 20 min., 1 sec.
  • Part of Six Saturdays "The Pathway" ; "4th in a series "--Program.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, Pa., on July 12, 1980.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for papers see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Contents
Disc 1. Rachel Fletcher & John talking about drawings (7:20) ; Stills of geometric drawings (0:48) ; John Clauser and Joel Thome talk outside (13:34) -- Disc 2. Introduction / John's intro [and] Joel's intro (4:32) ; Orchestra of Our Time performance [part 1]. Aria from the cantata no. 187 (Gott versorget alles leben) (3:09) [ends abruptly] ; Aria from the cantata no. 21 (Seufzer tränen Kummer, Not) (3:34) / J.S. Bach ; Sonata, op. 1 [partial] / Alban Berg (1:44) ; Suite for violin and piano / Henry Cowell (9:10). Disc 3. Orchestra of Our Time performance [part 2]. Pierrot lunaire, sections 19-21 / Arnold Schoenberg (5:17) ; Questions and answers with Campbell / Joseph Campbell with audience members (10:56) ; Outside at night, clicking noises (0:56) ; Unnamed dancing troupe in nude on stage (2:48).
Call Number
*LDV 1639
OCLC
NYPG06-F492
Title
Six Saturdays, 1980-07-12 [videorecording] : discussions, performances and candids.
Imprint
1980.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Playing Time
002232 002210 002001
Series
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Six Saturdays series. Pathway
Performer
Disc 1. John Clauser, director (1st-2nd work) ; Rachel Fletcher, theater designer (1st work) ; Joel Thome, conductor (2nd work). Disc 2. John Clauser, director ; Joel Thome, conductor ; Maureen Giroux, mezzo soprano (1st-2nd works) ; Charles Kuskin, oboe (1st-2nd works) ; Dwight Peltzer, piano (1st-4th works) ; David Saxon, violin (4th work). Disc 3. Orchestra of Our Time (Maureen Giroux, mezzo soprano ; David Saxon, violin and viola ; Maxine Neuman, violoncello ; Wendy Luck, flute ; Allison Herz, clarinet ; Dwight Peltzer, piano) (1st work) ; Joseph Campbell, lecturer with audience members (2nd work) ; various dancers (4th work).
Event
Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, Pa., on July 12, 1980.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for papers see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Local Note
House program available through the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
A sound recording of the entire Orchestra of our time performance and the entire Joseph Campbell lecture can be found in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound under classmarks *LT-10-A 2426-7 and *LT-7-A 1710.
Added Author
Clauser, John. Commentator
Fletcher, Rachel. Commentator
Giroux, Maureen. voc
Peltzer, Dwight. Instrumentalist
Saxon, David. Instrumentalist
Neuman, Maxine. Instrumentalist
Luck, Wendy. Instrumentalist
Herz, Allison. Instrumentalist
Thome, Joel. Conductor
Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987. Commentator
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Es wartet alles auf dich. Gott versorget alles Leben.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis. Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not.
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Sonata, piano, op. 1.
Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Suites, violin, piano.
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Pierrot lunaire. Selections.
Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts.
Orchestra of Our Time. Performer
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ph 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498. OID=WPRC; CIN=CCM
Found In:
nnpc Yellow Springs Institute records (RLIN)NYPG05-A10085
Research Call Number
*LDV 1639
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