John Cage: City Circus, Program II

New Sounds | Sep 10, 2012

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For this New Sounds, there's more music from the influential and infamous composer John Cage, as part of his centennial celebration. 100 years old today. Hear a 1977 performance of "Dream" by John Cage himself recorded live in Woodstock. There's also a co-composition by Lou Harrison and John Cage, music by Henry Cowell, and more.

PROGRAM # 1044, John Cage/Citycircus, Program II (First aired on 5/11/1994)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
John Cage	live, Woodstock 1977	Dream [9:00]	Not commercially available.
William Russell	Made In America	Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue [6:00] Chicago Sketches [3:30]	Mode #34 www.moderecords.com
Doris Hays	The Piano Music of Henry Cowell	Aeolian Harp [2:30] Sinister Resonance [3:00] The Banshee [3:30]	Finnadar LP #SR-9016 Reissued on Town Hall Records #48 Available at Amazon.com
New Music Consort	PULSE: Cage/ Harrison/ Cowell/ Sollberger/ Foss	Cage/Harrison: Double Music [6:30]	New World #80405 www.newworldrecords.org
Cage/Lutoslawski	String Quartets	Cage:String Quartet, excerpts [9:00]	Deutche Grammophon LP #2530735, later reissued as DDD 0289 477 7355 9 GC www.deutschegrammophon.com

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