To mark what would have been John Cage’s 100^th 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 13^th installment - a new show to complete the series.

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)