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Wuorinen at 70 Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Wuorinen at 70 [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Wuorinen, Charles.
  • Wuorinen, Charles
  • Curran, Sean
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021
  • Rothenberg, Sarah
  • Williams, Leon (Baritone)
  • Amory, Misha
  • Canin, Serena
  • Hall, Linda
  • Lee, Nina Maria
  • Pugh, Jim
  • Steinberg, Mark, 1967-
  • Watkins, Howard, (Pianist)
  • Ashbery, John, 1927-2017
  • Brown, Winston Dynamite
  • Rocha, Jenny
  • Girón, Elizabeth Coker
  • Copeland, Evan
  • Bellamy, Marcus
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program celebrates the career of composer Charles Wuorinen on the occasion of his 70th birthday. During the first panel discussion, Wuorinen and Sean Curran discuss the music and choreography for The mission of Virgil, inspired by episodes from Dante's Inferno and William Blake's illustrations of the Inferno. In the second discussion, Wuorinen and James Levine discuss their working relationship and aspects of music in performance, including the role of musicians in preserving music; Levine comments on the qualities of Wuorinen's music, and they speak about John Ashbery's poetry and the challenges of setting text to music. A video of Ashbery reading his poems precedes the performance of Ashberyana.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
  • Mission of Virgil (Choreographic work : Curran)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
Wuorinen at seventy
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Credits (note)
  • All music by Charles Wuorinen.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 2, 2008.
Contents
Praegustatum for James Levine / performed by Charles Wuorinen (piano) -- Discussion / Wuorinen, Curran -- The mission of Virgil / choreography by Sean Curran; performed by Sean Curran Dance Company; music performed by Linda Hall, Howard Watkins -- Discussion / Wuorinen, Levine -- Ashberyana / sung by Leon Williams.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4703
OCLC
312753194
Title
Wuorinen at 70 [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2008.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
All music by Charles Wuorinen.
Performer
Panel: Charles Wuorinen, Sean Curran, James Levine. Moderator: Sarah Rothenberg.
Performers: James Levine (conductor), Leon Williams (baritone), Misha Amory (viola), Serena Canin (violin), Linda Hall (piano), Nina Lee (cello), James Pugh (trombone), Sarah Rothenberg (piano), Mark Steinberg (violin), Howard Watkins (piano), and the Sean Curran Dance Company: Rebecca Arends, Marcus Bellamy, Dwayne Brown, Evan Copeland, Elizabeth Coker Giron, Winston Dynamite Brown, Jenny Rocha, Aaron Walter.
Host, Mary Sharp Cronson.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 2, 2008.
Local Note
For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].
Added Author
Wuorinen, Charles. Mission of Virgil.
Wuorinen, Charles. Ashberyana.
Wuorinen, Charles. Praegustatum for James Levine.
Wuorinen, Charles, instrumentalist.
Wuorinen, Charles, interviewee.
Curran, Sean, choreographer.
Curran, Sean, interviewee.
Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.
Levine, James, 1943-2021, interviewee.
Rothenberg, Sarah, moderator.
Rothenberg, Sarah, instrumentalist.
Williams, Leon (Baritone), vocalist.
Amory, Misha, instrumentalist.
Canin, Serena, instrumentalist.
Hall, Linda, instrumentalist.
Lee, Nina Maria, instrumentalist.
Pugh, Jim, instrumentalist.
Steinberg, Mark, 1967- interviewee.
Watkins, Howard, (Pianist), instrumentalist.
Ashbery, John, 1927-2017, author.
Brown, Winston Dynamite, dancer.
Rocha, Jenny, dancer.
Girón, Elizabeth Coker, dancer.
Copeland, Evan, dancer.
Bellamy, Marcus, dancer.
Cronson, Mary Sharp, producer.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Mission of Virgil (Choreographic work : Curran)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4703
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