Juniper Films - Out-takes from 'PG-H: a modern odyssey', about Peggy Glanville-Hicks

MLOH 547

fonds

1989-1990

456228

Sound Recording : MLOH 547/1-2

1 videodisc - DVD - 12 cm
7 video files (1 hr, 48 min.) - digital, VOB
2 video files - digital, IFO
2 video files - digital, BUP

Chapters:
1. Peggy composing Becket at home in Paddington... she discusses Teresa Stratas and Nausicaa with James Murdoch.
2. Peggy walks with Val, her carer, to the greengrocer at Five Ways Paddington... speaks with him in Greek.
3. Peggy at Seymour Centre with Nadine Amadio for Australia Ensemble rehearsal... arrives at performance with James Murdoch.
4. Peggy talks to James Murdoch about Teresa Stratas, Becket, Paul Bowles, her brain tumour, Esther Rofe.
5. Peggy discusses 'prosody' with James Murdoch and Berwick, her brother. She talks with Esther Rofe in garden of Percy Grainger Museum... attends performance of Concertino da Camera at Spoleto Melbourne Festival… Reception - John Harris, Festival President.
6. Peggy talks with Ali Akbar Khan at rehearsal, Seymour Centre.
7. Peggy walks on Opera stage at Sydney Opera House - reflects.
8. Peggy sits for portrait at Charles Blackman's studio... she comments on his portraits of various composers.
9. Peter Sculthorpe drives Peggy to his house... at the piano, they discuss her Etruscan Concerto... she talks about the legacy of her house... Peter expresses his view of Peggy's music legacy.
10. Peggy at Sydney Fish Market with Val... she tells James Murdoch about Greece and her opera, Nausicaa... talks to vendors in Greek.
11. Peggy walks in her garden at Paddington... tells story about the mural she painted on the wall.
12. Peggy's funeral at Christ Church St. Laurence Sydney, Eulogy by Kenneth Tribe AM. Field of Mars cemetery, 29 June1990.
13. Peggy plays piano on the train to Perth in 1984.

Access via appointment - Onsite access only

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy Copyright holder

Title from disc MLOH 547/1

The life and times of the Australian born composer, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, also known as PG-H, who lived and worked in America with world renowned writers, musicians and choreographers. She became a distinguished music critic for the Herald Tribune. Her compositions include concertos, sonatas and works for the theatre.
Reference:
https://www.acmi.net.au/works/83993--pg-h-a-modern-odyssey/