John Cage at 100

John Cage at 100 By Leon Botstein Written for the concert The Cage Concert, performed on Dec 13, 2012 at Carnegie Hall. This ASO tribute to John Cage comes barely three months after what would have been the composer’s 100th birthday, and at the end of a year of Cage celebrations all over the world.…

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Old Friends, New Setting

Old Friends, New Setting By Laura Kuhn Written for the concert The Cage Concert, performed on Dec 13, 2012 at Carnegie Hall. It is a fitting finale to John Cage’s Centennial Year to bring works together into a single program by individuals to whom Cage expressed lifelong devotion: the revered Austrian composer, Anton Webern (1883–1945);…

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