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Merce Cunningham on Stimuli (Radio program) ; and, segments on Roger Guenveur Smith, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Adrian Frisk, and Jeremy Deller

Title
Merce Cunningham on Stimuli (Radio program) ; and, segments on Roger Guenveur Smith, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Adrian Frisk, and Jeremy Deller, 1998-07-10.
Publication
July 10, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Barrow, James
  • Claypole, Jonty
  • Deller, Jeremy, 1966-
  • Frisk, Adrian
  • Hockings, David
  • Smith, Roger Guenveur
  • Vaughan, David, 1924-
  • Aphex Twin.
  • Cage, John.
  • Tricky, 1968-
  • Container of (work): Last Poets (Group). White man's got a God complex.
  • Container of (work): 808 State (Musical group). Pacific 202.
  • Williams Fairey Band.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
2 streaming audio files (58 minutes total) : digital, stereo
Summary
  • Streaming file 1, side a: Hosts James Barrow and Jonty Claypole introduce the show's contents; Roger Guenveur Smith speaks about his new production, A Huey P. Newton story, to be performed at the Barbican Centre in London, ca. 0:36-3:35; Last Poets's "White man's got a God complex" (1971), ca. 4:00-7:34; they speak about Karlheinz Stockhausen including his opera cycle Licht and an interview excerpt with percussionist David Hockings, ca. 7:35-15:06; John Cage's In a landscape (1948), ca. 15:12-18:57; segment on Merce Cunningham and John Cage, ca. 18:53-27:12; topics include: the lifelong collaboration between Cunningham and Cage, Barrow and Claypole's responses to seeing a performance of the works Windows (1995) and the Event at the Barbican Centre in London; David Vaughan speaks about Cunningham's use of LifeForms in choreography as well as Cunningham and Cage at Black Mountain College, ca. 21:18-25:21; Tricky's "She makes me wanna die" (1996); ends abruptly.
  • Streaming file 2, side b: Begins abruptly with radio commercials followed by announcements for university events, ca. 0:00-2:50; Barrow makes an announcement for Gavin Turk's Stuff Show at the South London Gallery, ca. 2:51-3:33; Aphex Twin's "Girl/Boy" (1996), ca. 2:51-8:19; Barrow speaks about Adrian Fisk's photography subjects, ca. 8:22-10:29; Frisk speaks about his chronicling of the "free party scene", ca. 10:30-14:50; they briefly speak about Frisk's documentary style photography and his current exhibition, ca. 14:51-15:55; [Disturbance produced by Even?] "Chance recordings of public noise edited to create a comment on the concept of certainty" part 2, ca. 16:11-18:35; Jeremy Deller speaks about his Acid Brass project, ca. 19:42-20:57; Williams Fairey Band performs 808 State's "Pacific 202", ca. 21:12-26:51; Barrow speaks over the end of "Pacific 202" to make announcements, 24:41-25:25; news report, ca. 25:26-27:04; ends abruptly.
Uniform Title
Stimuli (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Magazine format radio programs.
  • Popular music radio programs.
  • Radio interviews.
Note
  • Title and date provided by cataloger based on audition and handwritten notes on original container and cassette, and audition.
  • Handwritten notes on original container and cassette: "Stimuli on nare fm 7/10/98".
  • Sound quality is mostly good; the speakers are audible but at times the sound becomes distorted due to a high volume recording level.
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 1433
OCLC
913893436
Title
Merce Cunningham on Stimuli (Radio program) ; and, segments on Roger Guenveur Smith, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Adrian Frisk, and Jeremy Deller, 1998-07-10.
Publisher
July 10, 1998.
Playing Time
003107 002704
Type of Content
performed music
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Event
Broadcast in, London, England, 1998 July 10.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audio cassette (58 minutes) : analog) in *LTC-A 1433.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Local Note
Transferred from original analog cassette by George Blood Audio on March 25, 2015; two preservation files were created based on cassette sides: myh_ltca1433_v01f01_pm, and, myh_ltca1433_v01f02_pm.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
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Added Author
Barrow, James, host.
Claypole, Jonty, host.
Deller, Jeremy, 1966- interviewee.
Frisk, Adrian, interviewee.
Hockings, David, inteviewee.
Smith, Roger Guenveur, interviewee.
Vaughan, David, 1924- interviewee.
Container of (work): Aphex Twin. Girl/Boy.
Container of (work): Cage, John. In a landscape.
Container of (work): Tricky, 1968- She makes me wanna die.
Container of (work): Last Poets (Group). White man's got a God complex.
Container of (work): 808 State (Musical group). Pacific 202.
Williams Fairey Band.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Stimuli (Radio program)
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1433
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