2008/09 Season

Video Program Notes: Sarah Cahill Pianist Sarah Cahill plays and talks about the music of Frederic Rzewski, including his arrangement of the anti-war song Down by the Riverside which inspired Cahill's January 25, 2009, concert A Sweeter Music. For the program, she commissioned 18 composers to write new works on the theme of peace. The concert includes a new work by Frederic Rzewski. (Length 6:30) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version RealVideo Format (Get free player here) Standard version Video Program Notes: Three Decembers Composer Jake Heggie plays excerpts from and talks about his new chamber opera Three Decembers. The opera stars mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and is about the loving but often-strained relationship between a famous actress and her two grown children. (Length: 6:30) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version Dial-up version Video Performance: Made in Catalunya with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson On October 24, 2008, performance artist Laurie Anderson (in Berkeley, California) joined musician/poet Lou Reed (in Barcelona, Spain) via the internet to perform the works of Catalan poets Brossa, Espriu, Carner and Vinyoli. The 45 minute live performance, in English, as experienced last year at the Made in Catalunya event in New York City, was presented by KOSMOPOLIS International Literature Fest; video performance, produced by Cal Performances. on the UCB YouTube site UCB Webcast site Video: Merce Cunningham's Craneway Event Watch and listen as choreographer Merce Cunningham and Cal Performances' Director Robert Cole visit Ford Point, the the former Ford assembly plant in Richmond that will serve as the venue for the Craneway Event, a new site-specific work to be performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company on Sunday, November 9. (Length: 2:00) QuickTime Format (Get free player here) Broadband version 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 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 Video Program Notes: Mark Morris "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