John Cage
Robert Worby presents music by John Cage and Gyorgy Kurtag.
Robert Worby introduces music by John Cage, performed by Ilan Volkov with the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, recorded as part of Glasgow's Merchant City Festival in July. And from the 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Philip Thomas and Lore Lixenberg are the soloists in She Is Asleep, an early Cage work for voice, prepared piano and percussion. Plus in the latest instalment of the Hear and Now Fifty, Ivan Hewett nominates Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag's Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervanszky for string quartet. With commentary from writer Paul Griffiths.
John Cage: ear for EAR (Antiphonies); Concerto for Prepared Piano; Improvisation III
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and guest musicians
Ilan Volkov (conductor); John Tilbury (piano)
Gyorgy Kurtag: Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervanszky
Keller Quartet
John Cage: She Is Asleep
Lore Lixenberg (voice); Philip Thomas (piano)
University of Huddersfield Percussion Ensemble.
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大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
ear for EAR (Antiphonies)
Composer: John Cage Performed By: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
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大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Concerto for Prepared Piano
Composer: John Cage Performed By: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor); John Tilbury (piano)
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大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Improvisation III
Composer: John Cage Performed By: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)
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Keller Quartet
Officium Breve in memoriam Andreae Szervanszky
Composer: Gyorgy Kurtag Performed By: Keller Quartet
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University of Huddersfield Percussion Ensemble
She Is Asleep
Composer: John Cage Performed By: University of Huddersfield Percussion Ensemble, Lore Lixenberg (voice); Philip Thomas (piano)
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- Sat 15 Sep 2012 22:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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