Fwd: SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO DVD release (fwd)
Chris Allert
dvd. here's the press release she sent out:
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:04:23 -0400
From: Margaret Leng Tan
Subject: SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO DVD release
Mode Records releases Margaret Leng Tan's documentary and performance
films
together on one DVD. And to celebrate the release, all of Ms. Tan's
in-stock
releases are on sale for the month of April.
NEW ON MODE FOR APRIL:
MARGARET LENG TAN
Sorceress of the New Piano: The Artistry of Margaret Leng Tan
The Maverick Piano
Two Films by Evans Chan
Mode 194 DVD (Region 0, NTSC) Special price $16 until April 30,
$19.99
afterwards
10 years in the making, 2 films by Evans Chan trace the artist¹s life,
career and pianism.
SORCERESS OF THE NEW PIANO (2004) 92 minutes
Best Music Documentary Nominee:
Silverdocs: AFI-Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (2005)
Best Documentary Nominee:
San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival (2005)
³an exemplary documentary² ‹ 2005 TimeOut Film Guide
³an exciting work of art in itself² ‹Tim Page, The Washington Post
³a charming, very human film² ‹ John Schaefer, host of WNYC's New
Sounds/
Soundcheck
Strumming the strings of a grand piano like a harp and performing
Beethoven
on toy piano are among the surprising scenes in Evans Chan¹s
documentary,
Sorceress of the New Piano (2004). The film celebrates the trans-
cultural
career of Singapore-born, New York-based pianist Margaret Leng Tan,
hailed
by The New Yorker as ³the diva of avant-garde pianism².
€ Featured performers and critics include Joan LaBarbara, Edward
Rothstein
(The New York Times), Mark Swed (Los Angeles Times), and Joshua
Kosman (San
Francisco Chronicle) sharing their thoughts on Tan¹s artistry and
musical
lineage.
€ With additional featured appearances by composers John Cage, George
Crumb,
Raphael Mostel, Toby Twining, Lois V Vierk, Somei Satoh and Ge Gan-ru.
€ Incorporating vintage footage of Merce Cunningham¹s dance, Jasper
Johns¹
art, and a Marcel Duchamp film; Sorceress also highlights Tan¹s latest
transformation as the world's premiere toy piano virtuoso.
BONUS FILM: THE MAVERICK PIANO (2007) 50 minutes
€ The Maverick Piano is an excursion into the sonic world of the
avant-garde
piano, as Margaret Leng Tan gives complete performances of the
following 6
pieces:
John CAGE:
In a Landscape with Great Small Works
In the Name of the Holocaust
Music for Piano No. 2 featuring prints by Cage
Dream and Indeterminacy (excerpt)
GE Gan-Ru:
Gu Yue ³Pipa²
Erik SATIE:
Gymnopédie No. 3 with Great Small Works
Toby TWINING:
Satie Blues with Great Small Works
ALL MARGARET LENG TAN RELEASES ON SALE FOR $12/CD and $16/DVD
(through April
30th)
Sonic Encounters works of Cage, Crumb, Hovhaness, Ge Gan-ru, Somei
Satoh
(mode 15) $12
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/015tan.html
Cage: The Piano Works 4 (mode 106) $12
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/106cage.html
Cage: The Piano Works 7 (mode 158, CD or DVD) $12/CD, $16/DVD
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/158cage.html
Crumb: Makrokosmos 1 & 11 (mode142, CD/DVD) currently out-of-stock
http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/142crumb.html
TO PLACE ORDERS: mo...@moderecords.com
Tel: (212) 979 1027
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