Creative Arts Television: Filmed and videotaped arts footage from 1950 to date.
Concert of avant-garde songs by George Crumb. Mezzo Jan DeGaetani with the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble directed by Arthur Weisberg. Songs with video imagery created by Ron Hays on the Paik-Abe Video Synthesizer at WGBH in Boston. Texts from Spanish poet Garcia-Lorca. Composer Crumb and DeGaetani explain the piece. Lorca's subjects are "life, death, the smell of earth, sound of wind and sea…His poetry burns the blood like powdered glass…" "The Little Boy Looking For His Voice." "Dances of the Ancient Earth." "I Have Lost Myself In The Sea Many Times." "Dance of the Sacred Life Cycle." "Each Afternoon in Granada a Child Dies." "Ghost Dance." "My Heart of Silk is Filled with Lights." "I will ask the Lord to give me back the soul of a child." 1973. |
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| Title: George Crumb “Ancient Voices of Children”, performance with mezzo Jan DeGaetani and explanation by Crumb | |
Reference: 731226 |
Categories: "MODERN MUSIC, AVANT GARDE MUSIC, LIEDER, SINGERS, SOPRANOS" |
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