Night waltz [videorecording] : the music of Paul Bowles : a film by Owsley Brown / produced by Brown Burke Productions ; director, Owsley Brown III

Additional Titles: Music of Paul Bowles
Published: [San Francisco?] : Owsley Brown Presents, [2002], [1999], ©1999.
[San Francisco?] : Distributed exclusively by Zeitgeist Video.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Ramey, Phillip, Brown, Owsley, Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. Selections, Eos Orchestra, Brown Burke Productions, and Zeitgeist Films

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Contents

Opening titles: Suite for small orchestra. Pastorale (EOS Orchestra) -- Introduction: Call to prayer ; Music of Morocco. Qsida midh ; The wind remains. Setting the stage (EOS Orchestra) -- Discussion: Sonata for flute and piano. Third movement (selections) (Dietmar Wiesner, flute ; Hermann Kretzschmar, piano) -- New York City: Sonata for oboe and clarinet (Catherine Milliken, oboe ; Carol Robinson, clarinet) -- Stairwell: Concerto for two pianos, winds and percussion. Scherzo (HCD Ensemble ; Hermann Kretzschmar, Olga Balakleets, piano) -- Paris: Six preludes for piano. Prelude no. 6 (Bennett Lerner, piano) ; Four miniatures for piano. Portrait of Bernard Suares ; Portrait of KMC ; Sarabande (Irene Herrmann, piano) ; Six preludes for piano. Prelude no. 1 (Bennett Lerner, piano) -- Oaxaca: Latin American pieces for piano. Orosi (Ramon Salvatore, piano) -- Pastorela. Pieza tranquila (EOS Orchestra) -- Songs: Three ; Mes de Mayo (Brian Staufenbiel, tenor ; Irene Herrmann, piano) -- Times Square neon: Music for a farce. No. 6, Allegro (HCD Ensemble) -- Tangier night: Night waltz : for two pianos (Hermann Kretzschmar, Olga Balakleets, piano) -- Lullaby (Karim Jihad Achouatte, Moroccan singer -- End credits: Pastorela. El Indio ; The wind remains. The mask & the stenographer (selections) (EOS Orchestra) ; Balada amarilla (Brian Staufenbiel, tenor ; Irene Herrmann, piano).

Summary

Paul Bowles and Phillip Ramey discuss and comment on Bowles' music. Several of Bowles' works are performed accompanied by photo montages.

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Note

Extra features: Rudy Burkhardt film with Paul Bowles (1936); interview with Jonathan Sheffer of the EOS Orchestra; music archive information.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Cinematographers, David John Golia ... [et al.] ; editor, Nathaniel Dorsky ; on-line editor, Ed Rudolph ; music consultant, Phillip Ramey.

Technical Details

DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital, stereo.

Source of Acquisition

Arts & Humanities copy: Purchased with funds from the Hastings Libraries Endowment; 20056.

Endowment Note

The Hastings Libraries Endowment

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