Description:
BENJAMIN ZANDER CONDUCTS BOSTON PHILHARMONIC & COMMENTS ON BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
10/06/1983
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Description:
Saxophonist Benny Carter comments on alto player Johnny Hodges.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/13/1988
Description:
For J.S. Bach's 300th birthday, organist Berj Zamkochian plays Bach at Holy Cross Cathedral and comments.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/20/1985
Description:
Composer Bernard Rands wrote piece for the BSO in honor of 150th anniversary of BU. Symphony musicians in rehearsal. Kettle drum solo.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
02/23/1989
Description:
Interview with Beverly Sills on experiencing prejudice as woman directing an opera company and how the world is changing to allow women more opportunities. She comments on opera as expensive art form and how she tried to make quality opera that all people could afford, and that if specific opera communities are catering to the elite, she thinks the consumer can "make a lot of noise" and help to change that. She also mentions censorship in the arts and Robert Mapplethorpe. Clips of Sills singing.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
04/17/1991
Description:
Billy Joel video "We Didn't Start the Fire," filled with quick images of cultural history, will be shown in middle and high schools. Students are quizzed on name recognition of famous figures. Classroom.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/29/1990
Description:
Coverage of the annual performance of Black Nativity by Langston Hughes. The performance takes place in the Opera House in Boston. Interview with Music Director John Ross, who talks about the play. He says that the story of the nativity is told in a "black context," using traditional music. Excerpts from the performance.
1:00:08: Visual: Shots of schoolchildren entering an auditorium. V: Footage from the Black Nativity performed at the Opera House in Boston. V: Footage of John A. Ross (Music Director) saying that Langston Hughes used the Bible as a source for Black Nativity; that the story is told in a "black context." Ross says that the play relies on traditional gospel music. V: Footage from the performance of Black Nativity. V: Footage of a female African American student saying that some of her friends and former teachers were in the performance. Footage of a female African American student saying that the play shows us "how God began his life." Footage of a female white students saying that the acting is good; that the play is "pretty." Footage of a group of African American students in the lobby. One student says that he likes the music. Another student says that she likes everything. V: Footage from the performance of Black Nativity.
1:00:08: Visual: Shots of schoolchildren entering an auditorium. V: Footage from the Black Nativity performed at the Opera House in Boston. V: Footage of John A. Ross (Music Director) saying that Langston Hughes used the Bible as a source for Black Nativity; that the story is told in a "black context." Ross says that the play relies on traditional gospel music. V: Footage from the performance of Black Nativity. V: Footage of a female African American student saying that some of her friends and former teachers were in the performance. Footage of a female African American student saying that the play shows us "how God began his life." Footage of a female white students saying that the acting is good; that the play is "pretty." Footage of a group of African American students in the lobby. One student says that he likes the music. Another student says that she likes everything. V: Footage from the performance of Black Nativity.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/08/1989
Description:
Jazz, an art form whose origin and development are with black musicians, is increasingly adopted by white players and audience, and abandoned by blacks. Delfeayo Marsalis playing trombone. Berklee College.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
03/02/1988
Description:
Boston Opera. Interview with Sarah Caldwell regarding production of "Die Fledermaus."
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/31/1980
