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The Haroun songbook Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
The Haroun songbook [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Wuorinen, Charles.
  • Fenton, James, 1949-
  • Chioldi, Michael.
  • Farnum, Elizabeth.
  • Golden, Emily.
  • Schaffner, James.
  • Bush, Phillip.
  • Rushdie, Salman.
  • Lamos, Mark.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • New York City Opera.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (84 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program features a performance of The Haroun songbook, a song cycle drawn from the forthcoming opera Haroun and the sea of stories. The performance is presented in two parts, with a panel discussion between them. Rushdie talks about the novel's genesis in bath-time stories he told his son, and about the stories that informed his own childhood. Wuroinen discusses why Rushdie's work interested him as source material for an opera, and Fenton discusses his decision to compose the entire libretto in verse.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 195.
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Credits (note)
  • Music: Charles Wuorinen. Libretto: James Fenton, based on a novel by Salman Rushdie.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 13 and 14, 2002. (Viewer copy is Oct. 14, 2002.)
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.
Biography (note)
  • New York City Opera debuted Haroun and the sea of stories on Nov. 1, 2004.
Contents
  • Performance content: Part I. Zembla, Zenda, Xanadu / sung by Emily Golden and Elizabeth Farnum -- My father noticed none of this / sung by Elizabeth Farnum -- Oh I am the ocean of notions / sung by Michael Chioldi -- Excuse me if I mention / sung by James Schaffner -- If I could catch those words / sung by Elizabeth Farnum -- Tell us a story / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- Well, what's the use? / sung by Michael Chioldi -- I'm Empowered / sung by Emily Golden -- We are two men / sung by Michael Chioldi and James Schaffner -- My fault again / sung by Elizabeth Farnum -- Get on the bus / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- Soldiers everywhere / sung by Michael Chioldi and Elizabeth Farnum -- All the people will vote for me / sung by James Schaffner -- The moody land / sung by Elizabeth Farnum -- Now means now / sung by James Schaffner and Elizabeth Farnum -- A person may choose / sung by James Schaffner -- I wish / sung by Elizabeth Farnum / -- An outlandish knight / sung by Emily Golden and Elizabeth Farnum -- On the far side of the moon / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- Now the lagoon is blue / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- War! / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum.
  • Panel discussion.
  • Performance content: Part II. It's a princess rescue story / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- What a chattering clattering quarrelling crew / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- Heart shadow / sung by Michael Chioldi and James Schaffner -- Hush for a moment / sung by sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- To the South Pole / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- Brave machine / sung by Elizabeth Farnum -- Spies/You can't chop me / sung by James Schaffner and Michael Chioldi -- I wish / sung by Elizabeth Farnum -- War! / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- Batcheat's song / sung by Emily Golden and James Schaffner -- It's a princess rescue story / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- It's a party / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum -- Back home / sung by Michael Chioldi, James Schaffner, Emily Golden, and Elizabeth Farnum.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1198
OCLC
86084486
Title
The Haroun songbook [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2002.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 195.
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Music: Charles Wuorinen. Libretto: James Fenton, based on a novel by Salman Rushdie.
Performer
Sung by Michael Chioldi (baritone), Elizabeth Farnum (soprano), Emily Golden (mezzo-soprano), and James Schaffner (tenor). Pianist: Phillip Bush. Narration read by James Fenton. Panelists: James Fenton, Salman Rushdie, and Charles Wuorinen. Moderator: Mark Lamos.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 13 and 14, 2002. (Viewer copy is Oct. 14, 2002.)
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.
Biography
New York City Opera debuted Haroun and the sea of stories on Nov. 1, 2004.
Added Author
Wuorinen, Charles. Haroun songbook.
Fenton, James, 1949- Librettist
Chioldi, Michael. voc
Farnum, Elizabeth. voc
Golden, Emily. voc
Schaffner, James. voc
Bush, Phillip. Instrumentalist
Fenton, James, 1949- Narrator
Fenton, James, 1949- Interviewee
Rushdie, Salman. Interviewee
Wuorinen, Charles. Interviewee
Lamos, Mark. Moderator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Opera.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1198
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