Capricorn Conversations

By: H. Paul Moon
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  • An occasional podcast series, in the after-life of the documentary film Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty, featuring more composers and artists from that 20th century American lineage, in conversation with director H. Paul Moon.
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Episodes
  • Pierre Brévignon

    Pierre Brévignon
    Nov 11 2023
    In this ninth episode, author Pierre Brévignon reflects on his biography "Samuel Barber: Un nostalgique entre deux mondes," adding to his interview in the documentary film. Recorded during Pierre's visit to New York City while writing his first fiction novel, we learn about his later books including "Le Groupe des six: Une histoire des années folles," and then speculate about Samuel Barber's personality and place in history. Pierre's definitive and acclaimed 2011 French-language biography can be found at https://amzn.to/40wJco4 and other bookstores "between two worlds."

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    54 mins
  • Tobias Picker

    Tobias Picker
    Jan 16 2022
    In this eighth episode, composer Tobias Picker reflects on his affinity for Johannes Brahms, his childhood correspondence with Gian Carlo Menotti, and his body of work including Old and Lost Rivers. He also talks about his operatic adaptation of Oliver Sacks' Awakenings and its haunting resonance with the pandemic of our own time. This Capricorn Conversation is a companion to director H. Paul Moon's concert film that includes the composer himself on piano, as seen at: https://vimeo.com/hpmoon/tobiaspicker

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    58 mins
  • Jon Deak

    Jon Deak
    Nov 6 2021
    In this seventh episode, composer Jon Deak talks about his Very Young Composers program that empowers children to create music for orchestras, his long career with the New York Philharmonic, and the endless power of orchestral music. He also reflects with director H. Paul Moon about their collaborative transformation of his concert drama The Passion of Scrooge into a film (scroogeopera.com).

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    1 hr and 24 mins

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