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Celebrating Les Murray Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Celebrating Les Murray [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Murray, Les A., 1938-2019
  • Peterson, Wayne, 1927-2021
  • Farnum, Elizabeth
  • Kolor, Thomas
  • Eckardt, Jason
  • Nessinger, Mary
  • Nonken, Marilyn
  • Kondō, Jō, 1947-
  • Macomber, Curtis
  • Wuorinen, Charles
  • MacPherson, Ryan
  • Gordon, Ricky Ian
  • Peterson, Wayne
  • Sherry, Fred
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Group for Contemporary Music.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (72 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program includes a panel discussion with Australian poet Les Murray and several composers who wrote musical settings to his work. Performances of the settings and readings by the poet are interspersed with the discussion. Murray talks about the use of animals and their sounds in his work, the influence of the Australian landscape, and his process, which begins with the poem's rhythmic principle. The composers discuss their setting techniques in terms of rhythm, pitch, and vocal line, and also explain the elements that attracted them to Murray's poetry.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 190
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
  • Readings.
Credits (note)
  • Poems by Les Murray.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 2 and 3, 2002. (Viewer copy is June 2, 2002.)
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Contents
Tympan Alley / setting by Wayne Peterson ; sung by Elizabeth Farnum ; percussion, Thomas Kolor -- Performance / setting by Jason Eckardt ; sung by Mary Nessinger ; piano, Marilyn Nonken -- Lotus Dam / setting by Jō Kondō ; sung by Elizabeth Farnum ; violin, Curtis Macomber -- Machine portraits with pendant spaceman [excerpt] / setting by Charles Wuorinen ; sung by Ryan MacPherson ; piano, Marilyn Nonken -- Midnight lake / setting and performance by Ricky Ian Gordon.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1193
OCLC
86084513
Title
Celebrating Les Murray [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2002.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 190
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Poems by Les Murray.
Performer
Musical settings performed by Elizabeth Farnum, Thomas Kolor, Mary Nessinger, Marilyn Nonken, Ryan MacPherson, Curtis Macomber, and Ricky Ian Gordon. Panelists: Les Murray, Ricky Ian Gordon, Charles Wuorinen, Jason Eckardt, and Wayne Peterson. Moderator: Fred Sherry.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on June 2 and 3, 2002. (Viewer copy is June 2, 2002.)
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Murray, Les A., 1938-2019, interviewee.
Murray, Les A., 1938-2019, speaker.
Peterson, Wayne, 1927-2021, composer (expression)
Farnum, Elizabeth, vocalist.
Kolor, Thomas, instrumentalist.
Eckardt, Jason, composer (expression)
Nessinger, Mary, vocalist.
Nonken, Marilyn, instrumentalist.
Kondō, Jō, 1947- composer (exrpression)
Macomber, Curtis, instrumentalist.
Wuorinen, Charles, composer (expression)
MacPherson, Ryan, vocalist.
Gordon, Ricky Ian, composer (expression)
Gordon, Ricky Ian, performer.
Gordon, Ricky Ian, interviewee.
Wuorinen, Charles, interviewee.
Eckardt, Jason, interviewee.
Peterson, Wayne, interviewee.
Sherry, Fred, moderator.
Cronson, Mary Sharp, film producer.
Group for Contemporary Music.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1193
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