Welcome to Cal Performances' multimedia site where you can watch and/or listen to artists and scholars discussing their work. Segments include originally produced Video Program Notes, production clips, Sightlines pre-performance talks, lecture/demonstrations, symposia and other educational events. Comments? Email ckelloggcalperfs.berkeley.edu.

Video Program Notes Davitt Moroney and The Well-Tempered Clavier Renowned harpsichordist and UC Berkeley musicologist Davitt Moroney performs a unique weekend-long marathon of J. S. Bach's masterpiece The Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 and 2 on October 24 & 25, 2009. How does he prepare for such a Herculean effort? Watch and listen as Prof. Moroney explains. (Length: 3:00)

Video Excerpts A House in Bali View video clips from the June 2009 world premiere of A House in Bali at the outdoor Water Palace Theater at the gate of Puri Saraswati, the king's residence, in Bali. Aspects of the production viewed here will change as the American premiere will take place on the Zellerbach Hall stage, where real-time video technology will be used to create a "wider-ranging, more dream-like set," according to director Jay Scheib. Excerpt/Act 1, Scene 2 Excerpt/Act 1, Scene 4 Excerpt/Act 2, Scene 2 Excerpt/Act 2, Scene 3

Video Merce Cunningham and Robert Cole Reminisce Watch and listen as choreographer Merce Cunningham and Robert Cole, Cal Performances' former Director, tell the story of a near catastrophe that occurred on stage the first time they worked together over 50 years ago in Buffalo, New York. This segment was shot in 2008 at Ford Point in Richmond, CA., while Cunningham was making preparations for The Craneway Event commissioned by Cal Performances and performed November 9, 2008. (Length: 1:46; 2008)

Video Program Notes Matías Tarnopolsky Meet Cal Performances' new Director Matías Tarnopolsky. (recorded May 2009; length: 4:00)

Video Program Notes Three Decembers Composer Jake Heggie plays excerpts from and talks about his new chamber opera Three Decembers based on an original story by Terence McNally. 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. The 2008 West Coast premiere was co-presented by Cal Performances and the San Francisco Opera. (Length: 6:30)

Podcast Three Decembers: Jake Heggie and Frederica von Stade Interview Composer Jake Heggie and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade talk about Heggie's new chamber opera Three Decembers in which von Stade stars. The story revolves around the loving but often-strained relationship between a famous actress (sung by von Stade) and her two grown children, one of whom is a gay man whose partner is dying of AIDs and the other an alcoholic daughter in a failing marriage. Heggie and von Stade talked with California magazine writer Andrew Gilbert. (Length: 14:15)(Photo: Cristina Taccone)

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