VIDEO PROGRAM NOTES: 2006/07 Season

Mark Morris in Conversation with Robert Cole Learn more about the inner workings of the long and fruitful relationship between Mark Morris Dance Group and Cal Performances with a converation between Mark Morris and Robert Cole, Director of Cal Performances (recorded August 31, 2007). QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version: Part 1 Broadband version: Part 2 Broadband version: Part 3 Dial-up version: Part 1 Dial-up version: Part 2 Dial-up version: Part 3 RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version Frederic Rzewski: Video Program Notes Pianist Sarah Cahill plays and talks about the music of Frederic Rzewski, including his masterpiece 36 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated." (Length 6:30) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version The Tyrant: Video Program Notes Composer Paul Dresher talks about the making of his solo opera The Tyrant, written for tenor John Duykers. The interview includes excerpts from the opera. The production's West Coast premiere was presented by Cal Performances. (Length: 6:00) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version Jake Heggie: Video Program Notes Composer Jake Heggie talks about his artistic process and two of his works, At the Statue of Venus and the song cycle Here and Gone. (The West Coast premieres of both pieces was presented by Cal Performances titled Theater in Song: The Music of Jake Heggie and Rickie Ian Gordon.) The video features soprano Kristin Clayton and tenor Nicholas Phan. (Length 6:40) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version The Peony Pavilion: Video Program Notes Watch clips from the kun opera The Peony Pavilion while writer/producer Kennth Pai (Pai Hsien-yung), Professor Emeritus of Chinese literature and cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, talks about his passion for The Peony Pavilion and explains why kun opera is called "the mother of all operas." (Length 5:00) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version Cal Performances At 100 Composer Jake Heggie narrates the story of Cal Performances' origin and highlights from its 100 years featuring luminaries such as Yo-Yo Ma, Mark Morris, Dave Brubeck and Laurie Anderson. (Length: 11:00) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version Mark Morris: Video Program Notes "Dancemaker and spellbinder" (The New Yorker) Mark Morris and Cal Performances Director Robert Cole go way back. Listen and watch as they chat about their friendship and working relationship, including The Hard Nut. (Length: 4:30) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version KQED Spark segment on Robert Cole When Spark, KQED's local arts television show, wanted to highlight influential arts leaders in the Bay Area, it came to Cal Performances to see how Director Robert Cole works his magic. During his 18 years in Berkeley, Cole has turned Cal Performances into one of the country's leading arts presenters. (Length: 11:00) RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version AileyCamp! AileyCamp, the nationally acclaimed youth program, conceived by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and administrated by Cal Performances, teaches dance and life lessons to Berkeley/Oakland middle school students. Follow three Ailey campers from beginning impressions through the grand finale performance. (Length: 7:00) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version Behind the Scenes at Cal Performances The Bolshoi Ballet is opening at Zellerbach Hall in just a few hours. Watch what it takes to get great art on the stage while running a dynamic arts organization. (Length 7:00) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version © Cal Performances, U.C. Regents, 1998 - 2008 General Questions: ticketscalperfs.berkeley.edu Website Comments: wwwcalperfs.berkeley.edu