Research Catalog

Title

Gala performance [sound recording]. March 30 and April 6, 1976 / American Ballet Theatre.

Publication

1976.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
• Minkus, L., 1826-1917.
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
• Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
• Lamb, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1887-1960.
• Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.
• American Ballet Theatre

Description

2 sound discs (ca. 98 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

• New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
• Oral History Archive.

Subject

• Side show (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
• Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)
• Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
• Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Push comes to shove (Choreographic work : Tharp)

Note

• Recording of excerpts of gala performances by American Ballet Theatre and guest artists at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., on March 30 and April 6, 1976 and of a class rehearsal presumably led by Mikhail Baryshnikov followed by brief interviews with several unidentified dancers, at the Center, on March 31, 1976 (disc 1, track 2).
• The sound quality overall is fair to good, but the sound quality of the very few directions given by the instructor (disc 1, track 2) is poor. In addition, the sound quality of the questions put to the dancers interviewed on disc 1 is often poor or not audible at all. The recording is interrupted regularly by technical comments and directions.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Source (note)

• Pam Hill;

Contents

• Disc 1, track 1 (ca. 25 min.), 04/04/76. Recording of excerpts from gala performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., including: Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (choreography, Frederick Ashton ; music, Johannes Brahms) -- Side show (choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Igor Stravinsky) -- Grand pas de deux from Don Quixote ( choreography after Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus) -- Romeo and Juliet (choreography, MacMillan ; music, Serge Prokofiev).
• Disc 1, track 2 (ca. 28 min.), 03/31/76. Audio recording of class or rehearsal, presumably with Mikhail Baryshnikov [recording is mainly of the musical accompaniment and to a lesser extent the sound of the dancers' feet; the sound quality of the very few directions given by the instructor is poor]; at ca. 15 min. after the recording begins, brief interviews, frequently interrupted, are conducted with an unidentified female dancer and two unidentified male dancers, for the most part on the general subject of a career in dancing; the sound quality of the questions is often poor, and they are not always audible.
• Disc 2 (ca. 45 min.), 03/30/76. Audio recording of excerpt from gala performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., including: Push comes to shove (tr. 1, ca. 27 min., choreography, Twyla Tharp; music, Joseph Haydn and Joseph Lamb, arr. by David E. Bourne) -- excerpts from other ballets performed at the gala (tr. 2, ca. 18 min., beginning with the final ca. 30 sec. of the Rose adagio from The sleeping beauty (choreography, Anton Dolin after Petipa ; music, Peter Illich Tchaikovsky).

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2210

OCLC

138335297

Title

Gala performance [sound recording]. March 30 and April 6, 1976 / American Ballet Theatre.

Imprint

1976.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

A videorecording of excerpts of the gala performance of April 6, 1976 is cataloged in the Library's collection as *MGZIDVD5-1860.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2210 nos. 1-4

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-2210 nos. 1-4

Archive original: *MGZTO 7-2210 reels 1-4

Source

Gift; Pam Hill; 1977.

Added Author

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Waltzes, piano, 4 hands, op. 39. No. 15-16.

Minkus, L., 1826-1917. Composer

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Composer

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer

Lamb, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1887-1960. Composer

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Symphonies, H. I, 82, C major.

American Ballet Theatre.

Hill, Pam. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2210 [sound disc]