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Darkling Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Darkling [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2005.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIDVD 5-2922Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Jarden, Charles.
  • Weisman, Stefan B.
  • Rabinowitz, Anna, 1933-
  • Comlish, Michael.
  • Hamilton, Tom, 1946-
  • Teague, David.
  • Chinn, Hai-Ting.
  • Czyzewska, Elzbieta, 1938-2010.
  • DeLoach, Marcus.
  • Garrison, Jon.
  • Hoiby, Lee.
  • Sheinbaum, Jody.
  • Spector, Hillary.
  • Uhlemann, Mark.
  • Williams, Sid.
  • Flux Quartet.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (82 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Charles Jarden moderates a panel discussion about the American Opera Projects new opera Darkling, composed by Stefan Weisman and based on poetry by Anna Rabinowitz. Panelists include Anna Rabinowitz ; composer Stefan Weisman ; composer, Lee Hoiby ; director, Michael Comlish, who also adapted the poem into a theatre piece ; vocal soundscapes, Tom Hamilton ; and video projectionist, David Teague. Rabinowtiz reads selections from her poetry, describes the plot of the opera, gives her take on the themes of the Holocaust, World War II, and separation and alienation, and describes her personal Holocaust story. Composer Stefan Weisman discusses what attracted him to this work, the structural elements in the music, and the acrostic of the poem, in which is contained the text to Darkling thrush, a poem by Thomas Hardy. Composer Lee Hoiby describes how he writes a song. Michael Comlish discusses how he decided to take on such a complex poem. Tom Hamilton describes the process of creating a soundscape. David Teague describes how he feels about his films being used in live theatre as well as techniques used to project the films. Comlish and Rabinowitz discuss the opera music theatre art form and the impact of this work.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 279
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 13, 2005.
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
Music content: Darkling, a poem : excerpts / reader and text, Anna Rabinowitz -- They will not ask / music, Stefan Weisman ; text, Anna Rabinowitz ; vocalist, Hai-Ting Chinn and quartet -- The darkling thrush / music, Lee Hoiby ; vocalist, Marcus DeLoach ; text, Thomas Hardy -- There's been a slippage : as if a pen's breathprint / music, Stefan Weisman ; text, Anna Rabinowitz ; performed by vocal ensemble and quartet -- A single hope / music, Stefan Weisman ; text, Anna Rabinowitz ; vocalist, Jon Garrison and vocal ensemble and quartet.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2922
OCLC
156991813
Title
Darkling [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2005.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 279
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Host, Mary Sharp Cronson ; performers: Hai-Ting Chinn, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Marcus DeLoach, Jon Garrison, Lee Hoiby, Jody Sheinbaum, Hillary Spector, Mark Uhlemann, Sid Williams, and members of the FLUX Quartet.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 13, 2005.
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
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Jarden, Charles. Interviewer
Weisman, Stefan B. Darkling.
Weisman, Stefan B. Interviewee
Rabinowitz, Anna, 1933- Author of dialog
Rabinowitz, Anna, 1933- Interviewee
Comlish, Michael. Director
Comlish, Michael. Interviewee
Hamilton, Tom, 1946- Interviewee
Teague, David. Videographer
Teague, David. Interviewee
Chinn, Hai-Ting. Singer
Czyzewska, Elzbieta, 1938-2010. Performer
DeLoach, Marcus. Singer
Garrison, Jon. Singer
Hoiby, Lee. Interviewee
Hoiby, Lee. Composer
Sheinbaum, Jody. Performer
Spector, Hillary. Performer
Uhlemann, Mark. Performer
Williams, Sid. Performer
Flux Quartet.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2922
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