COMING UP!
Thursday, october 29
john cage’s scottish circus
performed by the whistlebinkies
preston hall theater
4 ludlow drive, bard college
Join us for a film of The Whistlebinkies performing Cage’s Scottish Circus in Surround Sound, plus a conversation with Mode Records producer Brian Brandt.
Brian Brandt of Mode Records is not only the producer of the film, but the Director of a an esteemed recording label with a long association with Cage, as well a remarkable catalog of many other 20th century and living musical luminaries. We'll chat about how this film was made, working with Cage, and the current challenges to completing Mode Record's longterm project of recording all that Cage composed. Various Mode Records recordings will also be available for sale!
Scottish Circus is the first collaboration between John Cage and the famous Scottish traditional music group, The Whistlebinkies. The origins of the work begin in Edinburgh in 1984. Cage was fascinated by their instrumentation of Lowland pipes, clarsach, fiddle, wooden flute, concertina, drum and voice. This led on to the commissioning of Scottish Circus for the ensemble in 1990, a way of performing traditional Scottish music as individuals of an ensemble together.
We'll be showing a film made of a performance in 2007, the first to be recorded, showcasing Edinburgh’s historic Inverleith House as not only the recording venue, but with the acoustics of the house serving as a performer in its own right.
Saturday, October 31
Morton Feldman’s for john cage
For the Morton Feldman Centennial, the John Cage Trust and Bard Conservatory present a special concert by Darragh Morgan (violin) and Mary Dullea (piano) performing Feldman's For John Cage.
Morton Feldman (1926–1987) would be 100 this year. A great friend of John Cage's, the John Cage Trust, Bard Conservatory, and Culture Ireland present a rare opportunity to hear Feldman's rarely performed, exquisite work for violin and piano, For John Cage(1982).
Tickets: $20 (free with a Bard ID)
guided not so much by what Cage has done but, rather, by what Cage’s legacy is doing now.
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