KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: John Cage: In Celebration of his 65th Birthday, 2 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1977.09.05.BProgram Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
134 minPart
2 of 2Dates
1977-09-05 | broadcast| 1977-09-05 | created
Description
John Cage was undoubtedly the 20th Century composer who did the most to change the definition of the word “music”. In this program dedicated to Cage's work, which first broadcast on Sept. 5, 1977, the composer's 65th birthday, Charles Amirkhanian presents a selection of Cage’s music in an attempt to dispel the popular notion that Cage’s philosophy of music is more interesting than the actual substance of his compositions. In the second half of the program Cage is heard answering a number of questions from a concert audience, in which he addresses the role of chance operations in his compositions as well as his opinions about the role of beauty in art.Genres
New musicElectro-Acoustic / Electronic
Musical Selections
Cartridge Music [excerpt] (1960) -- Aria with Fontana Mix [excerpt] (1958) -- Variations IV [excerpt] (1963) -- [a mix of Cage reading stories from “Indeterminacy” and David Tudor playing piano and tape] -- 4’33” (1952) -- Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse), Part VI [excerpt] (7:10) -- Song Books: I & II (1970-72) & Empty Words [text from diary of Henry David Thoreau] (1974-75) [both works performed simultaneously] (20:07) -- In a Landscape [excerpt] (1948)Performers
John Cage, electronics, etc... (Cartridge ; Variations)David Tudor, electronics, etc... (Cartridge ; Variations)
Cathy Berberian, soprano (Aria)
Gianni-Emilio Simonetti, piano (4’33”)
John Cage, narrator (Empty Words)
Schola Cantorum Stuttgart (Song Books)
Clytus Gottwald, conductor (Song Books)
Richard Bernas, piano (Landscape)
Subjects
New musicAleatory music
Composition (Music)
Electronic music
Songs (High voice) with electronics
Monologues with music
Silence in music
Literature, Experimental
Monologues with music (Chorus with electronics)
Piano music
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Schola Cantorum StuttgartAmirkhanian, Charles
Cage, John
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Tudor, David, 1926-1996
Berberian, Cathy
Simonetti, Gianni-Emilio, 1940-
Gottwald, Clytus
Bernas, Richard