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The Ensemble Alternance Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
The Ensemble Alternance [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Manoury, Philippe.
  • Schœller, Philippe, 1957-
  • Descharmes, Alexis, 1977-
  • Berrod, Philippe, 1965-
  • Gottlieb, Jay.
  • Ghestem, Jacques.
  • Xuereb, Pierre-Henri.
  • Menet, Jean-Luc.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Ensemble Alternance.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (91 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program opens with remarks by French composer Philippe Manoury, followed by performances by Ensemble Alternance of two Manoury works. Video excerpts of Manoury's opera K... are then presented, interspersed with commentary by the composer. Philippe Schoeller then provides an introduction to a performance by Ensemble Alternance of one of his compositions.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 208.
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
Double portrait, Philippe Manoury and Philippe Schoeller and the Ensemble Alternance
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Note
  • The title is mistyped as The Ensemble Alterance in the opening credits.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 9 and 10, 2003. (Viewer copy is March 10, 2003.)
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)
  • This program was presented as part of Sounds French, a festival of new music from France.
  • K... video excerpts are from the March 2001 production at Opéra Bastille in Paris.
Contents
  • Ultima / music by Philippe Manoury ; played by Alexis Descharmes (cello), Philippe Berrod (clarinet), and Jay Gottlieb (piano) -- Gestes / music by Philippe Manoury ; played by Jacques Ghestem (violin), Pierre-Henri Xueteb (viola), and Alexis Descharmes (cello).
  • Video excerpts of the opera K..., based on Franz Kafka's The trial, with commentary by composer Philippe Manoury.
  • Incantations / music by Philippe Schoeller ; played by Jacques Ghestem (violin), Pierre-Henri Xuereb (viola), Alexis Descharmes (cello), Jean-Luc Menet (flute), Philippe Berrod (clarinet), and Jay Gottlieb (piano).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1211
OCLC
100899834
Title
The Ensemble Alternance [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 208.
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Music played by members of Ensemble Alternance, including Jacques Ghestem (violin), Pierre-Henri Xuereb (viola), Alexis Descharmes (cello), Jean-Luc Menet (flute), Philippe Berrod (clarinet), and Jay Gottlieb (piano). Commentators: Philippe Manoury, Philippe Schoeller.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on March 9 and 10, 2003. (Viewer copy is March 10, 2003.)
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
This program was presented as part of Sounds French, a festival of new music from France.
K... video excerpts are from the March 2001 production at Opéra Bastille in Paris.
Added Author
Manoury, Philippe. Composer
Schœller, Philippe, 1957- Composer
Descharmes, Alexis, 1977- Instrumentalist
Berrod, Philippe, 1965- Instrumentalist
Gottlieb, Jay. Instrumentalist
Ghestem, Jacques. Instrumentalist
Xuereb, Pierre-Henri. Instrumentalist
Menet, Jean-Luc. Instrumentalist
Manoury, Philippe. Commentator
Schœller, Philippe, 1957- Commentator
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Ensemble Alternance.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1211
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