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I was in Buenos Aires, Argentina a couple of weeks ago for a festival celebrating John Cage’s 100th birthday<\/a>. \u00a0It was sponsored by the Teatro Col\u00f3n<\/a> and the Fundaci\u00f3n Proa<\/a>. \u00a0I was invited to give a lecture on Cage at Proa as part of a colloquium<\/a> involving five other scholars and artists. \u00a0I spoke about “Cage’s silent piece(s)”, giving my latest thinking on four works: \u00a0Silent prayer<\/em>, 4′ 33″<\/em>, 0′ 00″<\/em>, and One3<\/sup><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The folks at Proa were great hosts (thanks to Juan and Aim\u00e9), and an enthusiastic and knowledgeable audience came to hear us all speak. \u00a0I had the great pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Branden Joseph (who talked about HPSCHD<\/em>) and Henning Lohner (who spoke about Cage’s film\u00a0One11<\/sup><\/em>). I was also happy to meet Pablo Gianera, who gave a beautiful talk about Cage and nature.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, September 15th, there was a big 4-hour concert at the Teatro Col\u00f3n, the major classical venue in Buenos Aires. \u00a0It is a beautiful, ornate building with a very European feel. \u00a0The concert was held in the multi-level foyer of the hall. \u00a0Aki Takahashi played the Sonatas and interludes<\/em>. \u00a0Meeting her and hearing her rendition of this masterwork (the first time she’s ever played it publicly!) were highlights of my trip. Joan LaBarbara sang from the range of Cage vocal works, percussion music resounded through the foyer, etc. \u00a0The audience found places to sit around and among the various instruments (see photo above, taken from the balcony).<\/p>\n

The final work on the concert was the absolute pinnacle of the concert and the trip: \u00a0Fifty-eight<\/em>, for 58 wind players, one of the very last works that Cage composed. \u00a0The performers were distributed throughout both levels of the foyer, out in the open and in various alcoves. \u00a0For 45 minutes, the space breathed and reverberated with the sounds of long sustained tones from the 58 performers. \u00a0It was unbelievably beautiful. \u00a0I meant to walk around the space to hear it from different vantage points, but was just too transfixed to move from my chair. I found it a deeply moving experience, as did many others who were there. \u00a0The audience wandered around a bit, but many people just lay down on the floor and soaked up the changing sonorities as they emerged and moved through the space. \u00a0Major kudos are due to Mart\u00edn Bauer for arranging this performance.<\/p>\n

The second and final stop in the (very brief) James Pritchett Cage Centennial World Tour will be Barcelona<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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