13 February 2010

radiom.org

two nice things on radiom.org:

John Cage at the San Francisco Art Institute

John Cage reading his composition "One 7" and answering questions from a capacity audience at the theater of the San Francisco Art Institute. “One 7” is approximately 30 minutes long and consists of brief vocalizations interspersed with long periods of silence. The questions from the audience range from inquiries about the process by which Cage composes, his lack of interest in pleasing an audience, his love of mushrooms, Buddhism, chance operations, and whether Cage can stand on his head.

Speaking of Music:
Gavin Bryars, Feb. 13, 1986

The English composer Gavin Bryars is interviewed onstage in front of a live audience by Charles Amirkhanian as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium's Speaking of Music series on February 13, 1986. With his wry sense of humor and his fascination with arcane philosophical movements of the early 20th century, Bryars fashions an engrossing evening of story telling, intermixed with discussions of his latest musical achievements.

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