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Denis Johnson & Richard Festinger Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Denis Johnson & Richard Festinger [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Festinger, Richard.
  • Johnson, Denis, 1949-2017.
  • Burton, Amy (Soprano)
  • Rudich, Rachel.
  • Kay, Alan R.
  • Macomber, Curtis.
  • Amory, Misha.
  • Hesselink, Gregory.
  • Morkoski, Molly.
  • Lubman, Brad.
  • Sherry, Fred.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Group for Contemporary Music.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (69 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program includes a world premiere performance of The coming of age, a song cycle by Richard Festinger to poems by Denis Johnson, as well as a panel discussion of the piece. The panelists discuss their influences and work process, and talk about the time-oriented nature of both poetry and music composition. The program also includes a poetry reading by Johnson.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 216
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
Coming of age
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
  • Readings.
Credits (note)
  • Texts: Denis Johnson. Music: Richard Festinger.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 18 and 19, 2003. (Viewer copy is May 19, 2003.)
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.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1219
OCLC
85763968
Title
Denis Johnson & Richard Festinger [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 216
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Texts: Denis Johnson. Music: Richard Festinger.
Performer
Musical settings sung by Amy Burton and played by The Group for Contemporary Music, including Rachel Rudich (flute) ; Alan R. Kay (clarinet) ; Curtis Macomber (violin) ; Misha Amory (viola) ; Gregory Hesselink (cello) ; and Molly Morkoski (piano). Conductor: Bradley Lubman. Panelists: Richard Festinger and Denis Johnson. Moderator: Fred Sherry.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 18 and 19, 2003. (Viewer copy is May 19, 2003.)
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
Festinger, Richard. Composer
Johnson, Denis, 1949-2017.
Burton, Amy (Soprano) voc
Rudich, Rachel. Instrumentalist
Kay, Alan R. Instrumentalist
Macomber, Curtis. Instrumentalist
Amory, Misha. Instrumentalist
Hesselink, Gregory. Instrumentalist
Morkoski, Molly. Instrumentalist
Lubman, Brad. Conductor
Festinger, Richard. Interviewee
Johnson, Denis, 1949-2017. Interviewee
Sherry, Fred. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Group for Contemporary Music.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1219
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