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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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    Imaginary Landscapes

    John Cage's sound experiments often centered around imaginary "Landscapes" that were fashioned by the artist in performance. Tonight we hear one of his first efforts in the genre for piano, "In a Landscape."

    24:33 on WNYC2: A John Cage Festival

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John Cage's "In a Landscape"

"In a Landscape" was scored in 1948 for Louise Lippold's eponymous dance piece. The piece is meditative and dreamy, using the sostenuto pedal and the damper pedal on the piano simultaneously throughout. Some have compared the piece to works by Erik Satie; it is less percussive than many of Cage's other works.

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Joan LaBarbara

Joan La Barbara

Singer Joan La Barbara talks about her work with John Cage; featured music includes "Double Music," "Atlas Eclipticalis," and "A Flower."

John Cage Festival

Operation Opera: John Cage and Leonard Lopate

Join us for 24:33, as WNYC's weekend overnight host Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of John Cage's recorded music, plus rare archival audio of interviews and live performances.

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The Playful and Playable Cage: A WNYC Festival

John Cage Festival

Kaleidoscopic Cage: Short Works

Join us for 24:33, as WNYC's weekend overnight host Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of John Cage's recorded music, plus rare archival audio of interviews and live performances.

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The Playful and Playable Cage: A WNYC Festival

John Cage Festival

Meet the Composer

Join us for 24:33, as WNYC's weekend overnight host Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of John Cage's recorded music, plus rare archival audio of interviews and live performances.

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The Playful and Playable Cage: A WNYC Festival

John Cage Festival

cAgeless Classics, Part One

Join us for 24:33, as WNYC's weekend overnight host Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of John Cage's recorded music, plus rare archival audio of interviews and live performances.

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The Playful and Playable Cage: A WNYC Festival

John Cage Festival

cAgeless Classics, Part Two

Join us for 24:33, as WNYC's weekend overnight host Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of John Cage's recorded music, plus rare archival audio of interviews and live performances.

back to 24:33 — Listen on Demand
The Playful and Playable Cage: A WNYC Festival

John Cage Festival

cAgeless Classics, Part Three

Join us for 24:33, as WNYC's weekend overnight host Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of John Cage's recorded music, plus rare archival audio of interviews and live performances.

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The Playful and Playable Cage: A WNYC Festival

John Cage Festival

The Radical Simplicity of John Cage

Join us for 24:33, as WNYC's weekend overnight host Helga Davis guides us through 24 hours and 33 minutes of John Cage's recorded music, plus rare archival audio of interviews and live performances.

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The Playful and Playable Cage: A WNYC Festival

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