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A celebration of Derek Walcott Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
A celebration of Derek Walcott [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2002.

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Additional Authors
  • León, Tania.
  • Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011.
  • Rands, Bernard.
  • Wuorinen, Charles.
  • MacDermot, Galt.
  • Farnum, Elizabeth.
  • Kolor, Thomas.
  • Bettina, Judith.
  • Goldsworthy, James.
  • Nessinger, Mary.
  • Sherry, Fred.
  • Ferguson, William (Tenor)
  • Han, June.
  • Kirk, Keith Byron.
  • Walcott, Derek
  • Sieger, Gary.
  • MacDermot, Galt
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (69 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program includes a discussion of Derek Walcott's life and poetry, interspersed with readings by the poet and performances of musical settings to four of his works, as well as a song from O Babylon, a Galt MacDermot musical with lyrics by Walcott. Walcott talks about his Caribbean roots, his love of travel and painting, his embrace of poetry's past and traditions, and the need for more public performances of poetry. The composers each explain their approach to working with Walcott's words.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 198
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subject
  • Walcott, Derek > Musical settings
  • Poetry
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
  • Readings.
Credits (note)
  • Poems and lyrics by Derek Walcott.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 10 and 11, 2002. (Viewer copy is Nov. 11, 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
Love after love / setting by Tania León ; sung by Elizabeth Farnum ; marimba, Tom Kolor -- Now evening after evening / setting by Milton Babbitt ; sung by Judith Bettina ; piano, James Goldsworthy -- The fist / setting by Bernard Rands ; sung by Mary Nessinger ; cello, Fred Sherry -- Pentecost / setting by Charles Wuorinen ; sung by William Ferguson ; harp, June Han -- In my youth [excerpt from O, Babylon] / music by Galt MacDermot ; sung by Keith Byron Kirk ; guitar, Gary Sieger ; piano, Galt MacDermot.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1201
OCLC
85763060
Title
A celebration of Derek Walcott [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 ; 198
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Poems and lyrics by Derek Walcott.
Performer
Musical settings and songs performed by vocalists Elizabeth Farnum, Judith Bettina, Mary Nessinger, William Ferguson, and Keith Byron Kirk, and by instrumentalists Tom Kolor, James Goldsworthy, Fred Sherry, June Han, Gary Sieger, and Galt MacDermot. Panelists: Derek Walcott, Tania León, Galt MacDermot, Milton Babbitt, Charles Wuorinen, and Bernard Rands. Moderator: Fred Sherry.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 10 and 11, 2002. (Viewer copy is Nov. 11, 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
León, Tania. Composer
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Composer
Rands, Bernard. Composer
Wuorinen, Charles. Composer
MacDermot, Galt. Composer
MacDermot, Galt. Instrumentalist
Farnum, Elizabeth. voc
Kolor, Thomas. Instrumentalist
Bettina, Judith. voc
Goldsworthy, James. Instrumentalist
Nessinger, Mary. voc
Sherry, Fred. Instrumentalist
Ferguson, William (Tenor) voc
Han, June. Instrumentalist
Kirk, Keith Byron. voc
Walcott, Derek, interviewee.
León, Tania. Interviewee
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Interviewee
Rands, Bernard. Interviewee
Sieger, Gary. Instrumentalist
Wuorinen, Charles. Interviewee
MacDermot, Galt, interviewee.
Sherry, Fred. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1201
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