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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title: Sir Richard Rodney Bennett [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication: 2001.

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Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (83 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program provides a snapshot of the range of Richard Rodney Bennett's musical activities, from classical composer to writer of film scores to cabaret artist. The first part of the program includes a performance of Claudie Debussy's composition Syrinx, for flute, viola, and harp, followed by a performance of Bennett's Sonata after Syrinx, composed for the same instruments. The second part includes a program of popular songs about New York written during the 1920s and 1930s, with Bennett accompanying singer Mary Cleere Haran on piano and sometimes partnering her vocally. Haren also introduces the songs, emphasizing the contributions of the songs' lyricists. During a conversation with Bennett between the two musical offerings, the composer discusses his upbringing and musical training in Great Britiain after the Second World War, and his work in various genres. An extended film clip from the film Murder on the Orient Express, with music by Bennett, is screened.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 177.

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 Dec. 2 and 3, 2001. (Viewer copy is Dec. 2, 2001.)

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

Syrinx / music by Claude Debussy ; played by Laura Gilbert (flute), Mary Hammann (viola), and Stacey Shames (harp) -- Sonata after Syrinx / music by Richard Rodney Bennett ; played by Laura Gilbert (flute), Mary Hammann (viola), and Stacey Shames (harp)
Discussion with Richard Rodney Bennett.
Sidewalks of New York / music and lyrics by James W. Blake and Charles B. Lawlor ; sung by Mary Cleere Haran ; played by Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) and Linc Milliman (bass) -- Manhattan / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; sung by Mary Cleere Haran ; played by Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) and Linc Milliman (bass) -- Crazy rhythm/Runnin' wild / music by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn/A. Harrington Gibbs ; lyrics by Irving Caesar/Leo Wood and Joe Grey ; sung by Richard Rodney Bennett and Mary Cleere Haran ; played by Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) and Linc Milliman (bass) -- Autumn in New York / music and lyrics by Vernon Duke ; sung by Richard Rodney Bennett ; played by Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) and Linc Milliman (bass) -- Night in Manhattan/Forty-second street / music by Ralph Rainger/Harry Warren ; lyrics by Leo Robin/Al Dubin ; sung by Mary Cleere Haran ; played by Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) and Linc Milliman (bass) -- Harlem on my mind / music and lyrics by Irving Berlin ; sung by Mary Cleere Haran ; played by Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) and Linc Milliman (bass) -- Lullaby of Broadway / music by Harry Warren ; lyrics by Al Dubin ; sung by Mary Cleere Haran and Richard Rodney Bennett ; played by Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) and Linc Milliman (bass)

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1180

OCLC

86085023

Title

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

2001.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 177.

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

Musical selections in the first part of the program played by the Auréole Trio, consisting of Laura Gilbert, Mary Hammann, and Stacey Shames. Musical selections in the second part played by Richard Rodney Bennett and Linc Milliman and sung by Mary Cleere Haran and Richard Rodney Bennett. Interviewee: Richard Rodney Bennett. Interviewer: Fred Sherry.

Event

Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Dec. 2 and 3, 2001. (Viewer copy is Dec. 2, 2001.)

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

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Syrinx.

Gilbert, Laura (Flutist) Instrumentalist

Hammann, Mary. Instrumentalist

Shames, Stacey. Instrumentalist

Bennett, Richard Rodney, composer.

Blake, J. W. (James W.), 1862-1935. Composer

Lawlor, Charles B, 1852-1925. Composer

Haran, Mary Cleere, performer.

Bennett, Richard Rodney, instrumentalist.

Milliman, Linc. Instrumentalist

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Garrick gaieties (1925). Manhattan.

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943. Lyricist

Meyer, Joseph, 1894-1987. Composer

Kahn, Roger Wolfe, 1907-1962. Composer

Gibbs, A. Harrington (Arthur Harrington), 1895-1956. Composer

Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996. Lyricist

Wood, Leo, 1882-1929. Lyricist

Grey, Joe, 1879-1956. Lyricist

Bennett, Richard Rodney, singer.

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Autumn in New York.

Rainger, Ralph, 1901-1942. Composer

Warren, Harry, 1893-1981. 42nd Street. Forty Second Street.

Robin, Leo. Lyricist

Dubin, Al. Lyricist

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Composer

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Lyricist

Warren, Harry, 1893-1981. Gold diggers of 1935. Lullaby of Broadway.

Bennett, Richard Rodney, interviewee.

Sherry, Fred. Interviewer

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Auréole (Musical group)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1180

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