For this show, the fourth in the John Cage: City Circus series, listen to music from a tribute double album collection of John Cage pieces performed by friends, colleagues, and admirers called, “A Chance Operation.” Laurie Anderson tells Merce Cunningham tales, Percussionist/composer David Van Tieghem contributed “Living Room Music,” and bass player Robert Black performs a work by Larry Austin.  

Plus, hear an exclusive live performance of Cage’s Suite for Toy Piano, as performed by Margaret Leng Tan. Also, in light of the fact that John Cage introduced Morton Feldman to Mark Rothko, listen to Morton Feldman’s mysterious “Rothko Chapel,” a tribute to the American painter Mark Rothko, and a work that never really rises above a whisper.

PROGRAM #        1049, John Cage/Citycircus, Program IV  (First aired on 5/25/1994)