Ancient Voices of Children
- Episode aired Dec 30, 1973
A performance of George Crumb's song cycle "Ancient Voices of Children" by the artists for whom he composed the work: the great mezzo-soprano Jan De Gaetani and the Contemporary Chamber Ense... Read allA performance of George Crumb's song cycle "Ancient Voices of Children" by the artists for whom he composed the work: the great mezzo-soprano Jan De Gaetani and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Arthur Weisberg. The texts are fragments of larger poems by Federico Ga... Read allA performance of George Crumb's song cycle "Ancient Voices of Children" by the artists for whom he composed the work: the great mezzo-soprano Jan De Gaetani and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Arthur Weisberg. The texts are fragments of larger poems by Federico García Lorca. Footage of the performance is interspersed with images created using a video s... Read all