John Cage in Iran
This being the John Cage centennial year, I have been receiving a number of requests in my e-mail lately. A most interesting recent request was to write an essay for a music magazine in Iran.
Morton Feldman speaks with Beethoven
The latest music to migrate from the bookshelf to the piano to be worked on are pieces by Morton Feldman and Beethoven. What I’m finding is that these pieces are talking to each other—or at least Feldman is speaking to Beethoven—about voicing, weight, and sound.
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Cage lecture in Philadelphia
I’ll be giving my talk on “John Cage’s silent piece(s)” (as heard in Buenos Aires and Barcelona) on Saturday, 3 November in Philadelphia, as part of the festival “Cage: Beyond Silence”.
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October playlist
Time to post another playlist of what’s been reverberating around here (both externally and internally). Here’s what’s been going on in September/October.
John Cage in Barcelona
I just returned from Barcelona, where I participated in another John Cage centennial festival.
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New Cage recordings
There are a couple of new recordings out with some of my writing included: a complete recording of the Song Books, and a limited edition vinyl recording of the Sonatas and Interludes from the John Cage Trust.
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John Cage in Buenos Aires
I was in Buenos Aires a couple of weeks ago for a festival celebrating Cage’s 100th birthday. It was sponsored by the Teatro Colón and the Fundacion Proa.
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Barcarolle
For years I fantasized about playing the Chopin Barcarolle. Now I have and am ridiculously pleased with myself. (video)
About pagination in Feldman
An explanation of why my page numbering doesn’t match the Feldman scores now sold by Universal Edition.
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Playing with ease
Sviatoslav Richter’s Rachmaninoff has so much more of a sense of ease than mine. Where does that come from? How do I cultivate that?