Composer John Cage, the inventor of the prepared piano and an avid collector of mushrooms, is arguably most famous (or infamous) for his silent work for piano, 4'33". On this New Sounds program, we’ll listen to some of his works written for choreography. There’s his Satie-esque piece “In a landscape,” for the choreographer Louise Lippold, from the days of his Black Mountain College residency in North Carolina in the early 1950's. We'll also hear the work “Dream” in versions for solo piano and viola ensemble for a dance piece choreographed by Cage’s longtime collaborator Merce Cunningham. Those and much more.
PROGRAM # 2449, The Radical Simplicity of John Cage (First aired on Tues. 9/6/05)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Susan Allen |
New Music for Harp |
In A Landscape [9:00] |
1750 Arch #1787 Out of print. |
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John Cage |
Music for Keyboard 1935-1048 |
Dream [6:00] |
Columbia 2 LP set long out of print |
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Gamelan Pacifica |
Trance Gong |
In A Landscape [5:00] |
What Next # 0016 Info at www.gamelanpacifica.org |
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Various Artists |
The Romantic Approach |
Dream [7:30] |
Celestial Harmonies #13087** www.harmonies.com* |
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Musicworks, #52 (various artists) |
By & for John Cage |
In A Landscape [8:00] |
Musicworks#52 |
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Sap Dream Electric Guitar Quartet with Mark Stewart |
Live, 9/17/02 @ Makor |
Dream [4:00] |
Not commercially available. |
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John Cage, et al |
Private concert tape |
34’ 46.776”, excerpt [1:00] |
Not commercially available. |
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