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The cave

Title: The cave [videorecording] / Brooklyn Academy of Music, in association with Wiener Festwohen, The Holland Festival, Hebbel Theater (Berlin), Festival d'automne a Paris, Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels), Serious Speakout / The South Bank Center (London) presents ; conceived and developed by Steve Reich, Beryl Korot ; music, Steve Reich ; producer, Renée Levine ; The Reich Music Foundation, Inc.
Publication: 1993.

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Description

3 videodiscs (DVD) (136 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Documentary video opera investigates the roots of Christianity, Judaism and Islam through the story of Abraham. Prerecorded interviews with men and women of the faiths involved were shown on an array of multi channel screens, together with location footage shot in the Middle East, while an ensemble of instrumentalists and vocalists provided musical counterpoint and commentary, the speech patterns of the interviewees providing the starting point for much of the score.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Music videos.
Documentary films.

Access (note)

Access restricted. Written permission from the Brooklyn Academy of Music required for viewing.

Credits (note)

Multi-channel video and screen design, Beryl Korot ; stage direction, Carey Perloff ; lighting design, Richard Nelson ; stage design, John Arnone ; costumes, Donna Zakowska ; conductor, Paul Hiller ; technical director, Steven Ehrenberg ; technical designer, Ben Rubin.

Performer (note)

Performed by The Steve Reich Ensemble ; Cheryl Bensman Rowe, Marion Beckenstein, lyric soprano ; James Bassi, tenor ; Hugo Munday, baritone ; Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad, Tad Wheeler, percussion ; Nurit Tilles, Edmund Niemann, Philip Bush, pianos and keyboards ; Elizabeth Lim, Todd Reynolds, violin ; Scott Rawls, viola ; Jeanne LeBlanc, cello ; Leslie Scott, Kenneth Dybisz, flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet and bass clarinet.

Event (note)

Recorded, Oct. 15, 1993, at Carey Playhouse, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of Next Wave Festival.

Source (note)

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: Brooklyn Academy of Music collection.

Call Number

*LDV 1620

OCLC

748592348

Title

The cave [videorecording] / Brooklyn Academy of Music, in association with Wiener Festwohen, The Holland Festival, Hebbel Theater (Berlin), Festival d'automne a Paris, Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels), Serious Speakout / The South Bank Center (London) presents ; conceived and developed by Steve Reich, Beryl Korot ; music, Steve Reich ; producer, Renée Levine ; The Reich Music Foundation, Inc.

Imprint

1993.

Credits

Multi-channel video and screen design, Beryl Korot ; stage direction, Carey Perloff ; lighting design, Richard Nelson ; stage design, John Arnone ; costumes, Donna Zakowska ; conductor, Paul Hiller ; technical director, Steven Ehrenberg ; technical designer, Ben Rubin.

Cast

Performed by The Steve Reich Ensemble ; Cheryl Bensman Rowe, Marion Beckenstein, lyric soprano ; James Bassi, tenor ; Hugo Munday, baritone ; Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad, Tad Wheeler, percussion ; Nurit Tilles, Edmund Niemann, Philip Bush, pianos and keyboards ; Elizabeth Lim, Todd Reynolds, violin ; Scott Rawls, viola ; Jeanne LeBlanc, cello ; Leslie Scott, Kenneth Dybisz, flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet and bass clarinet.

Event

Recorded, Oct. 15, 1993, at Carey Playhouse, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of Next Wave Festival.

Access

Access restricted. Written permission from the Brooklyn Academy of Music required for viewing.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Brooklyn Academy of Music collection.

Local Note

Archival master located in the Dance Collection.

Viewing copies cataloged and serviced by RHA.

Source

Gift ; Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Added Author

Reich, Steve, 1936- Cave.

Korot, Beryl. Director

Levine Packer, Renée, 1940- Producer

Perloff, Carey, set designer.

Nelson, Richard, 1938-1996, lighting designer.

Arnone, John, set designer.

Zakowska, Donna, 1954- costume designer.

Hiller, Paul. Conductor

Ehrenberg, Steven. Technical director

Rubin, Ben. Designer

Rowe, Cheryl Bensman. Performer

Beckenstein, Marion. Performer

Bassi, James. Performer

Munday, Hugo. Performer

Becker, Bob, 1947- Performer

Hartenberger, Russell. Performer

Kvistad, Garry. Performer

Wheeler, Tad. Performer

Tilles, Nurit. Performer

Niemann, Edmund. Performer

Bush, Phillip. Performer

Lim, Elizabeth. Performer

Reynolds, Todd. Performer

Rawls, Scott. Performer

LeBlanc, Jeanne. Performer

Scott, Leslie. Performer

Dybisz, Kenneth. Performer

Wiener Festwochen. Producer

Holland Festival. Producer

Hebbel-Theater (Berlin, Germany) Producer

Festival d'automne à Paris. Producer

Théâtre royal de la Monnaie. Producer

Serious Speakout. Producer

South Bank Centre. Producer

Steve Reich Ensemble. Performer

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Producer

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival.

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Donor

Research Call Number

*LDV 1620

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