Boulez on Varèse. Part I, Offrandes / Camera Three presents ; produced and directed by Merrill Brockway.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Brockway, Merrill, producer, director.

Steinberg, Michael, 1928-2009, interviewer.

Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016, interviewee, conductor.

DeGaetani, Jan, singer.

Camera Three Productions, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Offrandes.

Varèse, Edgard.

Songs (High voice) with chamber orchestra.

Genre:

Television programs.

Filmed performances.

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 minutes)

Other Title:

Pierre Boulez on Edgard Varèse : 'Offrandes,' performance and analysis

Offrandes

Place of Publication:

Kent, CT : Creative Arts Television, 1971.

Language Note:

Interview in English, performance sung in French.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Pierre Boulez rehearses the 1920's composition "Offrandes" by Edgard Varese, and discusses the piece with music critic Michael Steinberg. The piece is then performed again. This is Part I of a two-part series using this technique and the music of Varese. Boulez' intention, as stated in his remarks, is to have the audience familiar with "the vocabulary" of the piece, and to close the gap between contemporary audiences and contemporary music. Varese, who was born in 1885, moved to America as a young man. He died in 1966. In the early days of the century Varese anticipated a great deal of what later. understood as "modern music."

Participant:

Jan De Gaetani, soprano ; CBS Chamber Orchestra ; Pierre Boulez, conductor.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed July 26, 2016).

Contains:

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Offrandes.

OCLC:

959236146