#2063: Program #2063

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

In honor of the great American conceptual composer John Cage, who died 11 years ago today, New Sounds features works written in tribute to him after his death. These include works by Simon Jeffes of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, David Borden, director of the digital music program at Cornell, Chinese-American composer Tan Dun, and downtown percussionist Charles K. Noyes.

PROGRAM #2063 John Cage Memorial Works (First aired on 8/12/02)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
John Cage	Daughters of the Lonesome Isle - Margaret Leng Tan, pianos	Bacchanale [2:00]	New Albion #070** www.newalbion.com
Various artists	Arcane	S. Jeffes: Cage Dead [4:30]	Real World #CAROL-62348** www.realworld.co.uk
Charles K. Noyes	Full Stop	John Cage in Heaven [8:30]	Ecstatic Peace #20. http://www.smellslikerecords.com
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company	Like A Duck to Water	C-A-G-E, Pt. 2 [13:00]	Earthquack #002 1978 LP, long out of print
Margaret Leng Tan	Live	Waiting, for piano [1:00] Waiting, for prepared piano [1:00]	This particular performance not commercially available. For more info on Tan, go to www.mode.com
John Cage	The Works for Piano, Vol. 4 -Margaret Leng Tan	Totem Ancestor [2:00]	Mode #106** www.mode.com
Min Xiao-Fen	New Sounds Live, New York Guitar Festival Marathon, 1/20/02	Tan Dun: CAGE [6:00]	Available on the CD With Six Composers *. Info online at http://www.minxiaofen.myweb.nl/

*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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