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Meredith Monk (1984)

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Revel Guest

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses Meredith Monk’s achievements as singer, dancer, performance artist, composer and filmmaker. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales (1996 Radio)

Gordon Downie conducts the Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales in a programme which includes Stravinsky’s Three Songs from William Shakespeare.

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Viewfinder 90

Date

23 Jul 2013, 14:21

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Page

Viewfinder 90 was published in March 2013. Contents of this issue: MENTAL HEALTH TV Mental Health TV is a resource producing educational programmes for students, junior doctors, health workers and the...

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Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick

Subject

Music

Pierre Boulez was one of the most significant figures in classical music of the late 20th century. Tom Service celebrates the French composer who died in January 2016:

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Last Prophet (2002)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 122 min), £17.99

A portrait of Nusrat who produced a contemporary interpretation of the qawwali, the Moslem chanting song emanating from the belief of the Sufis. It comes from Pakistan and combines traditional Persian poetic...

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Medieval World, The (2000 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

An overview of medieval history, featuring the full text in English translation of Paul Lacroix’s 1874 survey ‘Life in the Medieval World’; analysis; interactive tutorials and modern and contemporary...

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Four American Composers: John Cage, Robert Ashley, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass (1984)

aka: 4 American Composers

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Revel Guest

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 220 minutes), £32.92

A series of four programmes of performances by ‘avant-garde’ musicians from New York: John Cage, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass and Robert Ashley. The programmes are preceeded and followed by short...

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John Adams - A Portrait and Concert of American Music (2002)

aka: John Adams - American Classic - A Portrait

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £19.99

A look a the life and work of John Adams, one of America’s most frequently performed living composers who has managed to write accessible music that still surprises and challenges his listeners. Includes...

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Steve Reich: A New Musical Language (1987)

Director

Margaret Williams

Producer

Mary Jane Walsh

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £50.00

This film portrait of minimalist composer Steve Reich begins with an introduction to the man himself, revealing something of his personality and the origins of his musical ideas. Reich talks with candour...

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Carlinhos Brown, Bahia Beat (2003)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 minutes), £18.99

Carlinhos Brown is a successful musician but still lives in Candeal, Brazil where he remains deeply rooted in the street culture which has been the inspiration for his Afro-Brazilian music. He has set up and...

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