Research Catalog

Title

Bernard Rands [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rands, Bernard
• Pearce, Judith
• Leclair, Jacqueline
• Gythfeldt, Marianne
• Jolles, Renée.
• St. John, Scott
• Amory, Misha
• Sherry, Fred
• Jolles, Susan
• Cronson, Mary Sharp
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program includes performances of four musical works by Bernard Rands, interspersed with a conversation with the composer. Rands discusses his musical background and influences, his compositional process, and his experiences as composer-in-residence at the Philadelphia Orchestra and as professor of music at Harvard University. He also talks about Belladonna, a new chamber opera for the Aspen Festival, and offers his perspective on the future of contemporary classical music.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 115.

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subjects

• Rands, Bernard
• Video
• Music
• Composition (Music)

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Music.

Credits (note)

• Music: Bernard Rands.

Event (note)

• Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 18 and 19, 1999. (Viewer copy is April 18, 1999.)

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

--in the receding mist-- / played by Judith Pearce (flute), Renée Jolles (violin), Scott St. John (violin), Fred Sherry (cello), and Susan Jolles (harp) ; conducted by Bernard Rands -- Memo 4 / played by Judith Pearce (flute) -- String quartet no. 2 / played by Renée Jolles (violin), Scott St. John (violin), Misha Amory (viola), and Fred Sherry (cello) -- Concertino / played by Jacquline Leclair (oboe), Judith Pearce (flute), Marianne Gythfeldt (clarinet), Renée Jolles (violin), Scott St. John (violin), Misha Amory (viola), Fred Sherry (cello), and Susan Jolles (harp) ; conducted by Bernard Rands.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1116

OCLC

85893721

Title

Bernard Rands [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1999.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 115.

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

Music: Bernard Rands.

Performer

Music performed by Judith Pearce, Jacqueline Leclair, Marianne Gythfeldt, Renée Jolles, Scott St. John, Misha Amory, Fred Sherry, and Susan Jolles. Conductor: Bernard Rands. Interviewee: Bernard Rands. Interviewer: Fred Sherry.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on April 18 and 19, 1999. (Viewer copy is April 18, 1999.)

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

Rands, Bernard. --in the receding mist--

Rands, Bernard. Memo, no. 4.

Rands, Bernard. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2.

Rands, Bernard. Concertino, oboe, instrumental ensemble.

Pearce, Judith. Instrumentalist

Leclair, Jacqueline. Instrumentalist

Gythfeldt, Marianne. Instrumentalist

Jolles, Renée. Instrumentalist

St. John, Scott. Instrumentalist

Amory, Misha. Instrumentalist

Sherry, Fred. Instrumentalist

Jolles, Susan. Instrumentalist

Rands, Bernard. Conductor

Rands, Bernard. Interviewee

Sherry, Fred. Interviewer

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1116