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Additional authors

1. Cronson, Mary Sharp
2. Bookspan, Martin
3. Heggie, Jake, 1961-
4. Garner, David
5. Getty, Gordon
6. Cao, Zheng (Soprano)
7. Delan, Lisa
8. Haimovitz, Matt, 1970-
9. Harms, Dawn
10. Pankonin, Kristin
11. Zukerman, Eugenia
12. Von Stade, Frederica
13. Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988.
14. McNally, Terrence
15. Prejean, Helen
16. Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586.
17. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
18. Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von, 1797-1848.
19. Angelou, Maya
20. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (109 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Martin Bookspan moderates a panel discussion with composers who have set poetry to their compositions. Bookspan talks with Jake Heggie about the process Heggie used to set the movement titled Simple, from his work Times of day, as a waltz. Heggie also talks about how he chose to create an opera from the book Dead Man Walking, as well as his association with Frederica von Stade. Bookspan talks with composer Gordon Getty about what drew him to the poetry of Emily Dickinson in his song cycle, The white election; his opera Plump Jack, based on Falstaff by William Shakespeare; and his purely instrumental compositions. Bookspan also talks with composer David Garner about what he looks for when he sets prose to music and about the poets, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff and Maya Angelou, whose works are performed in this program.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 267

Uniform title

1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Video
2. Music > Poetry
3. Music in literature
4. Poetry

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Music.

Contents

1. Times of day. The minuet ; Simple ; The best time of the day / composer, Jake Heggie ; poetry, Raymond Carver ; mezzo-soprano, Zhen Cao ; violin, Dawn Harms ; cello, Matt Haimovitz ; piano, Jake Heggie -- Dead man walking. I am a mother / composer, Jake Heggie ; libretto, Terrence McNally ; mezzo-soprano, Frederica von Stade ; piano, Jake Heggie -- The deepest desire. The call ; Primary colors / composer, Jake Heggie ; text, Sister Helen Prejean ; mezzo-soprano, Frederica von Stade ; flute, Eugenia Zuckerman ; piano, Jake Heggie -- My true love hath my heart / composer, Jake Heggie ; poetry, Sir Philip Sidney ; soprano, Lisa Delan ; mezzo-soprano, Frederica von Stade ; cello, Matt Haimovitz ; piano, Jake Heggie -- The White Election : selections from the song cycle. I sing to use the waiting : major setting (vocalist, Zheng Cao) ; If she had been the mistletoe (vocalist, Zheng Cao) ; She bore it (vocalist, Lisa Delan) ; I taste liquor never brewed (vocalist, Lisa Delan) ; The first day's night had come (vocalist, Frederica von Stade) ; The going from a world we know (vocalist, Frederica von Stade) ; Beauty crowds me (vocalist, Zheng Cao) ; I sing to use the waiting : minor setting (vocalist, Lisa Delan) / composer, Gordon Getty ; poetry, Emily Dickinson ; piano, Kristin Pankonin -- The ballad of poor Peter (World premiere) ; Where is my lady (World premiere) / composer, Gordon Getty ; soprano, Lisa Delan ; piano, Kristin Pankonin -- Plump Jack. "Hostess" aria / composer, Gordon Getty ; libretto, Gordon Getty ; mezzo-soprano, Zheng Cao ; piano, Kristin Pankonin -- Annettes Lieder. Im Grase (In the meadow) ; Am turm (On the tower) ; Der Weiher (The weir) / composer, David Garner ; poetry, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff ; soprano, Lisa Delan ; cello, Matt Haimovitz ; piano, Kristin Pankonin -- Phenomenal woman. Call letters, Mrs. V. B. (vocalist, Frederica von Stade) ; The Gamut (vocalist, Zheng Cao) ; Phenomenal woman (vocalists, Lisa Delan, Zheng Cao, Frederica von Stade) ; piano, Kristin Pankonin.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2911

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 2, 2005.

Funding (note)

1. 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.

Title

1. Songs for the poets [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2005.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 267
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. Host, Mary Sharp Cronson.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 2, 2005.

Funding

1. 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

1. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
2. Bookspan, Martin. Interviewer
3. Heggie, Jake, 1961- Interviewee
4. Heggie, Jake, 1961- Composer
5. Garner, David. Interviewee
6. Garner, David. Composer
7. Getty, Gordon. Interviewee
8. Getty, Gordon. Composer
9. Getty, Gordon. Librettist
10. Cao, Zheng (Soprano) Singer
11. Delan, Lisa. Singer
12. Haimovitz, Matt, 1970- Instrumentalist
13. Harms, Dawn. Instrumentalist
14. Pankonin, Kristin. Instrumentalist
15. Zukerman, Eugenia. Instrumentalist
16. Von Stade, Frederica. Singer
17. Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Author of dialog
18. McNally, Terrence. Author of dialog
19. Prejean, Helen. Dead man walking.
20. Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586. Author of dialog
21. Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Author of dialog
22. Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von, 1797-1848. Author of dialog
23. Angelou, Maya, author of dialogue.
24. Heggie, Jake, 1961- Some times of day.
25. Heggie, Jake, 1961- Deepest desire.
26. Heggie, Jake, 1961- My true love hath my heart.
27. Getty, Gordon. White election.
28. Getty, Gordon. Ballad of poor Peter.
29. Getty, Gordon. Where is my lady.
30. Getty, Gordon. Plump Jack.
31. Garner, David. Annettes Lieder.
32. Garner, David. Phenomenal woman.
33. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2911