John Cage
The Works For Percussion 4: Music For Speaking Percussionist
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John Cage allowed some of his works to be combined and performed at the same time. On this disc percussionist Bonnie Whiting plays solo-simultaneous realizations of several of them for a "speaking percussionist".
51'15.657" for a speaking percussionist combines all of 45' for a speaker (1954) and 27'10.554" for a percussionist (1956). Music for Two (By One) comes from the series Music for___, written between 1984 and 1987, whose pieces can be performed alone or in any combination; Whiting combines a percussion version with the version for voice.
The programme is completed by two early pieces for voice and piano, The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) and A Flower (1950), in which the piano is used as a percussion instrument, knocked and slapped rather than played on the keys. As a bonus, Allen Otte of Percussion Group Cincinnati, Whiting's mentor, performs his own work for speaking pianist/percussionist, built on Cage's works and compositional methods.
A Flower (1950) (3:40)
51'15.657" for a speaking percussionist (2010) (51:22)
Music for Two (By One) (2011) (13:38)
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) (2:52)
Allen Otte, Connecting Egypt to Madison through Columbus Ohio, Cage, and the History of the American Labor Movement (2011) (7:18)
Bonnie Whiting, voice, percussion
Allen Otte, voice, prepared piano, percussion
Format
CD or Bluray. BLURAY version includes full video and 48khz/24-bit PCM audio + 73 minute video interview with Whiting and Otte, discussing Cage and his processes, the works and how they assembled them.
| 1 | A Flower (1950) | 3:40 | |
| 2 | 51' 15.657" For A Speaking Percussionist (2010) | 51:22 | |
| 3 | Music For Two (By One) (2011) | 13:38 | |
| 4 | The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs (1942) | 2:52 | |
| 5 | Connecting Egypt To Madison Through Columbus Ohio, Cage, And The History Of The American Labor Movement (2011) | 7:18 |
- Scott Levine
- Edited By
- Bonnie Whiting
- Liner Notes, Producer (5), Voice, Percussion, Piano (1 to 4)
- Steve Puntolillo
- Mastered By
- Allen Otte
- Producer (1 to 4), Voice, Piano [Prepared], Frame Drum [Frame Drums] (5)
- Brian Brandt
- Producer, Art Direction
- Joseph Kucera
- Recorded By, Edited By
