- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (40 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Side 1: Begins abruptly; host Michael Oliver briefly introduces Merce Cunningham; Merce Cunningham speaks about how he works with composers and designers; Oliver briefly introduces John Cage; John Cage speaks with Oliver about his use of chance operations in composing; Cunningham speaks with Oliver about how his work differs from Martha Graham's; Cunningham speaks about the kind of reaction he hopes the audience will have to his work; he speaks generally about his [Merce Cunningham Dance Company] dancers; he speaks about the premiere of his Fielding sixes (1980), including his reasons for giving it this title and the music by Cage, Improvisation IV; Brian Robertson [phonetic], New Statesman dance critic, comments on his response to the premiere of Fielding sixes; Robertson speaks about Locale (1979) and Cunningham as a performer; Robertson and Oliver discuss the audience's response to the evening's performance; Oliver and Robertson speak about the performance of Tango (1978); Oliver announces upcoming performances of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Kaleidoscope program credits; [recording break]; ca. 13:55-26:32, program on Leslie Charteris's fictional character Simon Templar "The Saint"; includes excerpted readings, commentary on the character, and commentary on Charteris; ca. 26:33-39:30, radio news and recording of a church service.
- Uniform Title
- Kaleidoscope (Radio program : BBC Radio 4)
- Alternative Title
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio news programs.
- Note
- Contains a radio segment on Merce Cunningham and John Cage hosted by Michael Oliver and produced by Richard Bannerman, for Kaleidoscope (Radio program) broadcast on BBC Radio 4; correlating to the premiere of Merce Cunningham's Fielding sixes (1980) at the Sadler's Wells Theatre. Also contains a radio segment on Leslie Charteris's fictional character Simon Templar "The Saint".
- Title, date and location provided by cataloger based on handwritten note on original cassette and audition.
- Handwritten note on original cassette: "Side 1: Kaleidoscope 1 July 1980 ; MC/JC".
- Sound quality is mostly good; there is a slight background recording hum.
- Donor's inventory number: C350.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Source (note)
- Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1186
- OCLC
- 913835615
- Title
Merce Cunningham and John Cage : on Kaleidoscope (Radio program), BBC 4 Radio; and, radio program on Leslie Charteris's character, Simon Templar "The Saint", 1980-07-01.
- Publisher
July 1, 1980.
- Playing Time
003930
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Broadcast in, London, England, 1980 July 1.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (86 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1186.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The sound quality of the file transferred from side 1 is poor and side 2 was not transferred.
Re-transferred from original analog cassette, (due to the poor sound quality and incomplete transfer), by the New York Public Library's Audio and Moving Image Preservation (PAMI) sound engineering staff at the Library for the Performing Arts on May 16, 2015; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: myh_ltca1186_v01f01_pm, and, myh_ltca1186_v01f02_pm.
- Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bannerman, Richard, radio producer.
Cage, John, interviewee.
Cunningham, Merce, interviewee.
Oliver, Michael, 1937-2002, host.
Robertson, Brian, commentator.
BBC Radio 4, broadcaster.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
- Added Title
Kaleidoscope (Radio program : BBC Radio 4)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
- Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1186