Tony Palmer's film of Hail Bop! [videorecording] : a portrait of John Adams / an Isolde Films production for NVC ARTS in association with NPS, WDR, Ovation-The Arts Channel and RAI Thematic Channels ; a film by Tony Palmer.
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor; Hail Bop Singers; Monty Green, leader; Simon Halsey, chorus master. Videodisc of the 1998 motion picture. Picture format: 16:9, widescreen, NTSC.
Contents:
Extracts include: Grand pianola music / Sepp Grotenhuis and Gerard Bouwhuis -- Century rolls / Emanuel Ax -- The British girl from The Death of Klinghoffer / Laura Aitken -- I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky / The London Sinfonietta -- The Wound-dresser and The Death of Klinghoffer / Sanford Sylvan -- Slonimsky's earbox / The Halle Orchestra ; conducted by Kent Nagano -- Gnarly buttons / The Schoenberg Ensemble, The London Sinfonietta and Michael Collins -- Violin concerto / Ernst Kovacic -- Nixon in China / James Maddelena and Trudy Ellen Craney.
Summary:
An intimate portrait of composer John Adams filmed over twelve months. Includes performances by various artists of some of his works.
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