Duet with the Past
Daron Hagen
Composer, conductor and operatic polymath Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs. His intimate, unsparing memoir chronicles his life, from his haunted childhood in Wisconsin to the upper echelons of the music world in New York and Europe. Hagen’s vivid anecdotes about his many collaborators, friends and mentors—including Leonard Bernstein, Lukas Foss, Gian Carlo Menotti, Paul Muldoon, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson and Gore Vidal—counterpoint a cautionary tale of the sacrifices necessary to succeed in the brutally unforgiving business of classical music.
Duration - 17h 2m.
Author - Daron Hagen.
Narrator - Daron Hagen.
Published Date - Monday, 27 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2019 McFarland ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Composer, conductor and operatic polymath Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs. His intimate, unsparing memoir chronicles his life, from his haunted childhood in Wisconsin to the upper echelons of the music world in New York and Europe. Hagen’s vivid anecdotes about his many collaborators, friends and mentors—including Leonard Bernstein, Lukas Foss, Gian Carlo Menotti, Paul Muldoon, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson and Gore Vidal—counterpoint a cautionary tale of the sacrifices necessary to succeed in the brutally unforgiving business of classical music. Duration - 17h 2m. Author - Daron Hagen. Narrator - Daron Hagen. Published Date - Monday, 27 January 2025. Copyright - © 2019 McFarland ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:09
Preface
Duration:00:06:55
Prelude: Three Sunsets
Duration:00:19:00
Chapter 1: The Other Daron: 1887–1961
Duration:00:24:31
Chapter 2: The Big Cedar House: 1961–1967
Duration:00:22:27
Chapter 3: We’re Little. He’s Big: 1968
Duration:00:26:27
Chapter 4: Just Let It Go: 1969–1976
Duration:00:32:21
Chapter 5: Waking Slow: 1976–1978
Duration:00:20:45
Chapter 6: Cathedral of Dreams: 1978–1979
Duration:00:18:03
Chapter 7: Ars Longa Vita Brevis: 1979–1981
Duration:00:38:47
Chapter 8: Icarus: 1981–1982
Duration:01:01:07
Chapter 9: Subjectivity Is Boring: 1982–1984
Duration:00:46:12
Chaoter 10: Yaddo: 1984–2015
Duration:00:23:43
Chapter 11: Copland’s Tears: 1984–1985
Duration:00:28:34
Chapter 12: Other Men’s Music: 1985–1987
Duration:01:06:37
Chapter 13: Learning to Profess: 1987–1988
Duration:00:35:55
Chapter 14: Entre les Pays: 1988–1990
Duration:00:48:05
Chapter 15: The Beginning of Something: 1990–1991
Duration:00:34:14
Chapter 16: An Uncivil Union: 1991–1996
Duration:00:42:36
Chapter 17: No Fear. No Hatred. Just Love: 1996–1997
Duration:01:12:46
Chapter 18: Other, More Important Things: 1997–2001
Duration:00:42:51
Chapter 19: The Virgin Mary Question: 2001–2004
Duration:00:24:16
Chapter 20: Espina: 2004
Duration:00:24:51
Chapter 21: Pale Purple Line: 2004–2006
Duration:00:50:50
Chapter 22: Hamilton Heights: 2007–2010
Duration:00:34:05
Chapter 23: Unmerited Favor: 2010–2012
Duration:00:22:45
Chapter 24: The Deal with Fauré’s Ballade: 2012–2013
Duration:00:43:37
Chapter 25: People and Process: 2013–2015
Duration:00:31:05
Chapter 26: We’re All—All Here: 2015–2017
Duration:00:38:29
Postlude: Two Dawns
Duration:00:36:46
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:03:33
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:05