(This program is part of the year-long 100th birthday celebration of John Cage)
MUSIC, COMPLEMENTARY TEXT, AND ‘REFRESHMENTS’
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Complementary text: Benjamin Franklin, Native Bird
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1. Benjamin Franklin String Quartet (as Originally Written for Open Strings) with Electronics by John Holland (1778 / 2012) 6:22
1. Intrada, alla breve
2. Menuetto
3. Capriccio
4. Menuetto
5. Siciliana
The Kohon Quartet
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2. Henry Purcell Music for a While for Voice and Basso Continuo (from Act III, Scene 1 of the musical drama Oedipus) (1678) 4:04
Alfred Deller – Countertenor
William Christie – Harpsichord
Wieland Kurijken – Viola da Gamba
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3. Charles Ives Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos (1924) 12:00
1. Largo
2. Allegro
3. Chorale
Donald Berman – Pianos 1 and 2
4. Jean Philippe Rameau Allemande from New Suites of Harpsichord Pieces (ca. 1728) 8:13
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Tzimon Barto – Piano
Complementary Text: John Cage, Story No. 68 from 90 Stories, with Music
5. John Cage Aria for Solo Voice (1958), Version for 7 Voices and Electronics by Paul Hiller 10:16
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Theatre of Voices ensemble directed by Paul Hiller
Andrea Fullington, Allison Zelles, Allan bennett, Shabda Owens, Terry Riley, Paul Hiller – 7 Voices
Shabda Owens – Electronics
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Summer 2012:
The Chocolate Ear 