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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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.
I just returned from Barcelona, where I participated in another John Cage centennial festival.
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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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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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For years I fantasized about playing the Chopin Barcarolle. Now I have and am ridiculously pleased with myself. (video)
An explanation of why my page numbering doesn’t match the Feldman scores now sold by Universal Edition.
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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?
After attaining a state of deep concentration in pages 20-22, For Bunita Marcus breaks off and scatters a bit over the next few pages. This is another section where Feldman rearranges earlier music, disorienting our memories.
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