This post is the second in a series examining each night of the 2012 Avant Music Festival through program notes, thoughts, video, sound, &c.
Saturday, February 11, 4:00/5:30/8:00 PM – Cage, Unlocked: Celebrating John Cage at 100
- The Wild Project – 195 East 3rd Street
Tickets On Sale Now – $12($8 students) discounted online presale
there are no fees for buying tickets online, tickets at the door will be $15($10)
The Avant Music Festival celebrates the 100th anniversary of John Cage’s birth with “Cage, Unlocked,” a marathon day of the composer’s music. Pianist Vicky Chow kicks off the marathon with Cage’s prepared piano masterpiece, Sonatas and Interludes (4PM) and the evening’s all-Cage program features Living Room Music, Concert for Piano and Orchestra, Ryoanji, Nocturne, and Four3 (8PM). With Loadbang, Vicky Chow, Drew Blumberg, Megan Schubert, and Randy Gibson.
The evening closes with a very special performance of Cage’s Four3 for 12 rainsticks, piano, silence, and sine wave as live musical accompaniment to the Merce Cunningham Dance film directed by Elliot Caplan, Beach Birds for Camera.
