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In friday, in british Radio3 (BBC) Symphonic BBC Orchestra will play John's Cage track called 4"33' What is unusual is that these over 4 minutes are .....completely silence. It was writen by Cage in 1952, and it was never "played" before The radio will transmit it live, and they must swich off special devices which are protecting from unsuspected silence ..... heck, i sant listen to it, shame |
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shortly after that you wil be able to see it on TV , on BBC 4 channel whole event is just one part of "Week of John Cage" on BBC |
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Oh my, I must instruct my secretary to clear my schedule |
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it sounds better than most stuff on radio 1 |
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haha |
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mmmm shall i listen to this or the kcinsu live set? *stratches head* |
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It's being played all the fucking time that piece. That's the point! |
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both at the same time |
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thanks hayakusen, that's interesting. i happen to like this piece a lot - it's clever. i think i read somewhere that some organization is performing a cage piece that will take years. anyone know about this? |
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it isnt the 1st time 4.33 has been performed. its the first uk performance by a full orchestra. one of the points of the piece is to draw attention to the elements of an orchestral performance + audience presence that are usually ignored (breathing, movement, page-turning, coughing etc).. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004 more info about the bbc performance @ /01_january/12/john_cage.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/010911_ca r40f : the cage piece is 'as slow as possible'.. details @ ge.shtml |
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oops.. messed up my cutting + pasting. 4'33" info : http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004 /01_january/12/john_cage.shtml info on 'as slow as possible' : http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/010911_ca ge.shtml |
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yeah it's been preformed several times before |
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EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) |
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another thing i read about it was : despite the fact that the piece is apparently "silent" - it isn't .. it can't be, as there is no silence. in my opinion, cage's "controversial" pieces are all very well in a chin-strokey/point-proving kind of way - but his most accomplished works are the more traditionally musical ones. |
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it isn't supposed to be completely silent. the instruments are supposed to be silent. it's all about surrounding noises - thats where there is also music. to help people take the time to actually notice this, he made 4'33". I saw parts of this BBC performance on tv and the conductor made a joke - he wiped his brow with a handkerchief, suggesting it was hard work. which to me pretty much spoiled the piece - there is to be no performance and in it's own tiny way, this was. |
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I'd rather they play "dream" or "in a landscape" which are actual Cage releases that are worth listening to. Regarding "as slowly as possible" i'd rather they speed it up as i am curious as to what this what sound like at a normal time rate. |
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i know this.. one of my earlier posts points to that. clearly. |
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Someone needs to uh...record it |
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cage was pretty far with his musical experiences as for years of his living i think |
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