[Fredslist] John Cage Lecture on the Weather

[Joel Chadabe]

This event is so exceptional, I'd like to personally bring it to your  
attention!






John Cage
Lecture on the Weather

Friday October 24 & Saturday October 25 at 7:30pm
Pre-concert reception at 6:30 pm
$35 general admission/$25 students, seniors & EMF Subscribers

Chelsea Art Museum
556 West 22nd Street (near 11th Avenue)


Lecture on the Weather is unique in John Cage's work. It is social and  
political allegory, thoughtful, powerful, and memorable. From the  
perspective of 1975, the year in which it was composed, it conveys a  
prescient message of concern for the environment as well as for the  
social and political inclinations of this country. Commissioned by the  
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in observance of America’s  
bicentennial and based on writings by Henry David Thoreau, Cage  
conceived the work as an unconducted radio broadcast or theatrical  
performance wherein twelve individuals read excerpts from Thoreau’s  
writings, intermittently performing exquisite moments of music amidst  
a gathering storm.

The performers for these evenings are Eric Beach, Ralph Benko, Merce  
Cunningham, Mari Kimura, Garry Kvistad, Joan La Barbara, Chris Mann,  
Josh Quillin, Joan Retallack, Margarete Roeder, Agnieszka Roginska,  
Mikel Rouse, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, Jan Williams, Greg  
Zuber.  The production is directed by Laura Kuhn.

Proceeds from these performances will benefit the John Cage Trust and  
Electronic Music Foundation.  If you would like to support us further,  
purchase a pair of tickets for $250 and enjoy preferred seating and  
attendance at an intimate post-performance, meet-the-artists  
celebration, complete with champagne and nutritious delicacies  
prepared from John Cage’s own recipes!

For information/tickets/reservations, call (888)749-9998:

http://www.emfproductions.org/upcoming/lectureontheweather.html

To purchase tickets online, go to:

https://www.cdemusic.org/EMF/EMF-LotW.cfm

_____________________

Joel Chadabe
President

Electronic Music Foundation
www.emf.org
joel at emf.org

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