Episode #3386
John Cage: City Circus, Program XIII
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Recent releases of works by John Cage
To mark what would have been John Cage’s 100th birthday, New Sounds and Q2 Music have been presenting a 1994 series of rare in-studio recordings and interviews with the composer - "John Cage: City Circus," what we thought to be thirteen programs worth. Except that when we went digging through the archives, we could only come up with twelve. So here, after many years, and in this John Cage centennial year, is the missing 13th installment - a new show to complete the series.
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John Cage: "City Circus"
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For this show, hear new recordings of music for prepared piano by John Cage, along with recent works dedicated to Cage and the spirit of his music. Perhaps we’ll sample from some just-issued rare concert recordings from Japan, a beautiful set of 90 pieces involving voice, electronics and theatrical action- "Song Books," and selections from a new ECM release of Cage’s prepared piano music featuring pianist Alexei Lubimov.
PROGRAM #3386, John Cage: City Circus XIII (First aired on 10/10/2012)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Alexei Lubimov |
As It Is |
John Cage: Dream, excerpt [2:19] |
ECM 2268 |
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Danny Holt |
Fast Jump |
David Lang : Memory Piece No. 1 (Cage) [5:57] |
Innova 734 |
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Alexei Lubimov, Natalia Pschenitschnikova |
As It Is |
John Cage: The Unavailable Memory of [3:29] |
ECM 2268 |
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Third Coast Percussion |
The Works for Percussion 2 |
Second Construction [7:50] |
Mode 243 |
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Talujon + 60 percussionists |
Live, Lincoln Center, Aug. 3, 2012 |
Phil Kline: Dreamcitynine, excerpt [7:04] |
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Alexei Lubimov |
As It Is |
Lubimov: Dream, var. [8:22] |
See above. |
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Christina Fong, violin & viola |
Three2, Twenty-Three, Six, Twenty-Six |
John Cage: Twenty-Six, excerpt [4:50] |
OgreOgress Prod |
John Cage: City Circus, Program VI
In the sixth of these special City Circus programs, listen to a show based around Cage’s connection to Japan and fascination with things Japanese, like Haiku poetry, Zen Buddhism, and traditional Japanese instruments. Listen to a WNYC recording of a live performance on traditional Japanese instruments of Cage’s work “Ryoanji” inspired by the famous rock garden in Japan.
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Comments [1]
I wld like to hear more about what John Scaeffer means by " Cage's zen approach to music". Interesting concept tell me more...
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