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SUMMARY:XENAKIS: The Complete String Quartets
DESCRIPTION:The powerhouse JACK Quartet returns to Philadelphia for a concert featuring the hypercomplex string quartets by Iannis Xenakis. A leading figure in twentieth century music\, Xenakis (1922 – 2001) was trained as a civil engineer\, then became an architect and developed revolutionary designs while working with Le Corbusier. Utilizing his technical background\, Xenakis approached composition with a curious mix of analysis and intuition\, creating works of massed orchestral textures\, dense electronics\, polyrhythmic percussion music. Taken as a whole\, the four string quartets – Tetora\, Ergma\, ST-4/1\,080262\, and Tetras – represent a remarkable overview of this composer’s development and changing approaches to sound\, complexity\, density\, and form. \nXENAKIS: The Complete String Quartets\nperformed by the JACK Quartet \nIannis Xenakis\, Tetora\nIannis Xenakis\, Ergma\nIannis Xenakis\, ST-4/1\,080262\nIannis Xenakis\, Tetras
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/xenakis-the-complete-string-quartets/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140221T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140221T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T153806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T153806Z
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SUMMARY:MEETING MOOG: The Early Electronic Music of Andrew Rudin
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present this concert portrait of the early electronic music of composer Andrew Rudin. The concert will feature Rudin’s Tragoedia performed with a live video accompaniment and Il Giuoco (1966)\, which Robert Moog said to be the first large-scale\, original\, serious composition created on his synthesizing instruments. Il Giuoco is accompanied by a film (also made by the composer). \nTHE PROGRAM \nIl Giuoco (with film\, 15:28)\nTragoedia (visuals by Peter Price\, 37:30)\nPaideia (with film\, 14:52) \nMEETING MOOG:\nThe Early Electronic Music of Andrew Rudin \nwith live video by Peter Price\nplus a Q+A with the composer moderated by Thomas Patteson
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/meeting-moog-the-early-electronic-music-of-andrew-rudin/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140117T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140117T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T153954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154019Z
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SUMMARY:TREFOIL: Fleur de Valeur
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is very excited to present Trefoil\, a trio of singer-instrumentalists that specialize in European Medieval music\, performing works by Guillaume Dufay\, Gilles Binchois\, and others from their new CD Fleur de Valeur: A Medieval Bouquet. Like poets of all ages\, medieval songwriters invoked the imagery and natural magic of flowers in the service of ideal\, feminine beauty. In many poems\, the most revered flower was the Rose\, or fleur de valeur. As a symbol of Mary the Virgin this flower stood for virtue\, but also for the more sensual desires of the flesh\, where it became an object of masculine desire. \n  \nTREFOIL \nDrew Minter\, countertenor\, harp and percussion\nMark Rimple\, countertenor\, lute\, gittern\, and citole\nMarcia Young\, soprano and harp \n  \nTrefoil is a trio long active in early music\, with experience in such ensembles as Concert Royal\, Les Arts Florissants\, New York’s Ensemble for Early Music\, Pomerium\, Clarion Music society\, Piffaro\, My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort\, and other groups. The trio debuted in New York and Philadelphia early in 2000 with a program of 14th-century French ars subtilior song. The Philadelphia Inquirer tagged the performers as “a hearty trio of medieval music specialists” and their work as “an intricate\, enigmatic vocal art.”
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/trefoil-fleur-de-valeur/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T154229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154312Z
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SUMMARY:GESUALDO: DEATH FOR FIVE VOICES
DESCRIPTION:Bowerbird is pleased to present a rare screening of Werner Herzog’s peculiar 1995 documentary film Death in Five Voices about the troubled life of eccentric sixteenth century composer Don Carol Gesualdo. Shot on location in Italy and featuring interviews with Gesualdo Consort director Gerald Pace\, Il Complesso Barocco musical director Alan Curtis. From his sexual deviance and dangerous obsessions to a shocking act of murder\, Gesualdo’s personal demons and remarkable influence are explored as never before thanks to careful research and detailed interviews with those who have dedicated their lives to studying his remarkable legacy. \nThe evening will open with an introduction on Herzog and Gesualdo by Thomas Patteson.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/gesualdo-death-for-five-voices/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T154458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154458Z
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SUMMARY:Gene Coleman and Ensemble N_JP
DESCRIPTION:International Ensemble N_JP (featuring Sho master Ko Ishikawa and live electronics from Toshimaru Nakamura) will give the Philadelphia premiere of new works by composer and director Gene Coleman. The program includes his new music and film piece “Sendai Transmissions” and “Bairo”\, a new work made in collaboration with contemporary Indian choreographer Shaily Dadiala.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/gene-coleman-and-ensemble-n_jp/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T154650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T154650Z
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SUMMARY:Claire Chase
DESCRIPTION:Flutist Claire Chase\, “the young star of the modern flute” (The New Yorker) and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow\, celebrates the release of her third solo album\, DENSITY\, featuring tour de force flute works by Steve Reich\, Alvin Lucier\, Philip Glass\, Marcos Balter\, Mario Diaz de Leon\, and the seminal 1936 flute solo Density 21.5 by Edgard Varese. Taking the concept of “density” as a springboard for sonic explorations of texture\, layering and performative virtuosity\, the record commences with 11 multi-tracked flutes and gradually whittles down to just one. Chase offers the entire disc as a 75-minute continuous solo performance in collaboration with the sound designer Levy Lorenzo. DENSITY follows Chase’s critically other acclaimed solo albums\, Aliento (2009) and Terrestre (2012)\, and completes a three-part trilogy of records dedicated to the expansion and documentation of 20th and 21st century flute repertory.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/claire-chase/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130621T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130621T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T154839Z
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SUMMARY:JACK Quartet performing Lutoslawski\, Lachenmann\, Berenson
DESCRIPTION:The internationally acclaimed JACK Quartet returns for a concert featuring masterworks by Witold Lutoslawski\, Helmut Lachenman\, and the world premiere of Philadelphia based composer Adam Berenson’s String Quartet No. 3. In addition to the new work\, JACK will perform Lachenmann’s own String Quartet No. 1 “Gran Torso” (1972)\, and Lutoslawski’s radical aleatoric contribution to the genre. \n*An earlier version of this program included Luigi Nono’s Fragmente-Stille\, an Diotima. Due to unforsee circumstances JACK will perform Lutoslawski’s String Quartet instead.*
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/jack-quartet-performing-lutoslawski-lachenmann-berenson/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130517T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130517T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T155040Z
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SUMMARY:IAN NAGOSKI's "The Widow's Joy"
DESCRIPTION:THE WIDOW’S JOY listening & talk with Ian Nagoski \nJoin us for Ian Nagoski’s new lecture\, titled The Widow’s Joy: Pride\, Genius\, Grief & Lies from International 78rpm Recordings\, seamlessly presents recordings from the the mid-1910s to 1950 across a wide geographic area. Musicians\, famous and obscure\, “classical” and “folk” alike are presented side-by-side as Nagoski describes one life after another of a creative person whose biography was marked by displacement\, tragic circumstance\, great opportunity\, and forces of history beyond their control. In the process\, Nagoski shares rarely-heard and deeply touching performances\, some joyous and some heartbreaking\, while asking questions about the value of life and meaning of music. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nRecord producer\, music researcher\, and writer Ian Nagoski specializes in early 20th century recordings in languages other than English. In the past five years\, he has produced collections for the Dust-to-Digital\, Tompkins Square\, Important\, and Em record labels\, as well as his own Canary imprint (manufactured and distributed by Mississippi Records of Portland\, OR). In the past 12 months\, he has produced six new LPs of music from India\, Anatoalia\, Greece\, the Levant\, and Eastern Europe\, as well as a “global view of the rise of rock n roll\, 1942-61.”
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ian-nagoskis-the-widows-joy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130419T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130419T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T155249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155249Z
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SUMMARY:SOUND POETRY EFFECTS CATALOG
DESCRIPTION:SOUND POETRY EFFECTS CATALOG\ncurated by Danny Snelson\, \nwith live performances by Caleb Beckwith\, Mark Johnson\, Timothy Leonido\, Kate McGuire\, John Paetsch\, and Danny Snelson \nJoin Bowerbird for its first event exploring sound poetry\, an artistic form that bridges literary and musical composition. \nAs Joan La Barbara reminds us\, voice is the original instrument. Already in 1641\, Ben Jonson writes: “Others there are that have no composition at all but a kind of tuning and rhyming fall in what they write. It runs and slides\, and only makes a sound.” While Jonson here criticizes the mindless poetry of his contemporaries\, what might occur if we take this statement seriously? What emerges when the vocal apparatus goes beyond sense? This evening of sound poetry considers these questions alongside the tradition of sound poetry as conceived by a diverse constellation of poets including Kurt Schwitters\, Henri Chopin\, Steve McCaffery\, chris cheek\, Adachi Tomomi\, and Jaap Blonk\, among others. \nA program for the uninitiated and the more seasoned prosodic travelers\, writer and editor Danny Snelson has assembled a survey of texts\, micro-lectures\, and instantaneous digital publications to be performed by a cast of emerging sound poets. Testing the “catalog of effects” at play in the practice of sound poetry\, this event queries a broad database of historical forms to consider potentials for the contemporary application of poetic performance at the very limits of the human voice.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/sound-poetry-effects-catalog/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130215T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130215T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T155444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155512Z
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SUMMARY:ALASH ENSEMBLE
DESCRIPTION:ALASH ENSEMBLE\nwth beat boxer Shodekeh\,\ndouble bassist Garth Stevenson\,\nand vocalist/guitarist Annie Lynch \n  \nALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing\, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing\, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture. At the same time\, they are fans of western music. Believing that traditional music must constantly evolve\, the musicians subtly infuse their songs with western elements\, creating their own unique style that is fresh and new\, yet true to their Tuvan musical heritage. For their spring 2013 tour\, Alahs is joined by Baltimore based beat boxer Shodekeh and NYC based composer/performers Garth Stevenson and Annie Lynch.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/alash-ensemble-3/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T155817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T155817Z
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SUMMARY:Cage's Thirteen
DESCRIPTION:The PRISM saxophone quartet and the Curtis Institute of Musics 20/21 Ensemble join forces for a program that includes a selection of Freeman Etudes for solo violin (1977-80)\, Sonata for Two Voices (1933)\, Music for Nine (1984-87)\, Four5 for saxophone quartet (1991)\, and to close the festival Thirteen (1992)\, Cages final composition.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cages-thirteen/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130119T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T160142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T160142Z
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SUMMARY:Rob Haskins and Laurel Karlik Sheehan perform Cage's Two2
DESCRIPTION:Laurel Karlik Sheehan gave the Canadian premiere of Two2 with Jack Behrens in 1990. Rob Haskins is a respected Cage expert and scholar. Together they bring an authority and expertise to this performance of Two2.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/rob-haskins-and-laurel-karlik-sheehan-perform-cages-two2/
LOCATION:Curtis Institute of Music\, 1726 Locust St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130118T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130118T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T160347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T160455Z
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SUMMARY:John Cage's Percussion Works
DESCRIPTION:Curtis 20/21 and the Curtis Percussion Studio present a portrait of John Cage. The program will focus exclusively on his percussion works from the 1940s\, including Third Construction\, Amores\, Living Room Music\, In a Landscape\, and arrangements of his Sonatas and Interludes\, interspersed with video recorded interview segments with the composer himself.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/john-cages-percussion-works/
LOCATION:Curtis Institute of Music\, 1726 Locust St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130116T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T161210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T161341Z
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SUMMARY:Extended Lullabies: Either / OR performs Cage
DESCRIPTION:New Yorks Either / OR performs three of Cages final works\, Four3 (scored for one or two pianos\, twelve rain sticks\, violin or oscillator and silence) and Two6 (for violin and piano)\, both based on a chance-derived score called Extended Lullaby\, based on Erik Saties Vexations\, as well as One5 for solo piano. Periodic performances of Cunninghams choreography will illuminate these compositions.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/extended-lullabies-either-or-performs-cage/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130113T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130113T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T161641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190508T214729Z
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SUMMARY:Meetings: Pauline Oliveros\, Christian Wolff\, Keith Rowe\, and Michael Pisaro
DESCRIPTION:A once in a lifetime event. Four preeminent post-Cagean composer-performers join together on the stage for a performance of Cages Four6 (1992)\, a work dedicated to musician and composer Pauline Oliveros on the occasion of her sixtieth birthday. Scored for a quartet with any way of producing sounds\, Four6 is perhaps the most open of Cages Number Pieces. Offering no other directives than a series of time brackets\, Four6 invites its players to individually choose and number 12 sounds that they are willing to make\, and to begin and end them sometime during a set of fixed durations. As each performer has no knowledge of the others sounds beforehand\, the result is unexpected and magical. \nIn addition to this quartet\, Rowe and Wolff will perform a rare duo and Michael Pisaro will be joined by Philadelphian’s Jesse Kudler\, Ian Fraser\, and Reed Rosenberg to perform various “miniatures” by Cage.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/meetings-pauline-oliveros-christian-wolff-keith-rowe-and-michael-pisaro/
LOCATION:International House\, 3701 Chestnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T162114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T162149Z
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SUMMARY:JACK Quartet performs Cage
DESCRIPTION:The internationally acclaimed JACK Quartet performs three of Cages late works for string quartet\, Music for Four (1984)\, Four (1989) and the exceptionally rarely heard Five3 (1991) for string quartet and trombone. Unlike the chaotic\, multi-centered works of the 1960s and 70s\, these pieces reflect a more restrained and nuanced aspect of Cage’s compositional voice\, using microtones and near stasis to evoke a quiet and Zen-like quality.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/jack-quartet-performs-cage/
LOCATION:Crane Arts\, 1400 N American St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T162540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T162540Z
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SUMMARY:Cage's Number Pieces with Christian Wolff\, Keith Rowe\, and Michael Pisaro
DESCRIPTION:“One7” (1990)\, for a solo performer\, was written to celebrate the birthday of Cages friend Pauline Oliveros. It is one of a few Number Pieces in which there is no specific content whatsoever other than the time brackets. Cage instructs his performer to fill the brackets by any means of producing sounds. One can perform it as a solo piece or as the first performers part of “Four6” (1992)\, a later work composed for Joan LaBarbara\, William Winant\, and Leonard Stein. “One7” allows for great freedom; when Cage premiered the four-performer work with LaBarbara\, Winant\, and Stein in July 1992the composers last public performancehe described his instrument for the performance as shocking sounds. \nAt 1pm Christian Wolff\, a composer closely associated with Cage\, performs One7 with the Merce Cunningham dancers. At 2pm composer Michael Pisaro will be joined by Jesse Kudler\, Ian Fraser\, and Reed Rosenberg for a realization of Cages Four6. At 3pm Keith Rowe\, founding member of the influential AMM\, performs his on realization of One7 to Cunningham’s choreography.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cages-number-pieces-with-christian-wolff-keith-rowe-and-michael-pisaro/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T130000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T162918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T162918Z
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SUMMARY:Boot Camp for Cage's Number Pieces with Michael Pisaro
DESCRIPTION:The beauty behind Cages Number Pieces is the simplicity and directness of their artistic intention\, and their ability to be realized in an abundance of ways. Led by Michael Pisaro\, this hands-on workshop reveals the ingenuity of Cages scores by allowing participants to create their own versions of the Number Pieces.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/boot-camp-for-cages-number-pieces-with-michael-pisaro/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130112T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T163252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T163252Z
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SUMMARY:John Cage: Film Without Subject
DESCRIPTION:Created the year he died\, Cages only feature-length film One11 (1992) was composed entirely using 1\,200 random operations devised by a computereach determining the movements of a crane-mounted camera and the qualities of lighting within an empty room. A meditation on the perception of emptiness that harks back to Cages much earlier 433 (1952)\, One11 is a film without subject\, persons or things\, offering instead a sublime impression of another\, timeless place. For this performance\, a video of Cages own realization will be accompanied by a recording of its companion piece\, 103 (for a large orchestra).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/john-cage-film-without-subject/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130111T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T163532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T164008Z
UID:10000965-1357923600-1357930800@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Songs & Harmonies with Relache
DESCRIPTION:Relache\, longtime champions of Cages music in Philadelphia\, present an interactive and multimedia evening including Hymnkus (co-commissioned by Relache in 1986)\, Lecture on the Weather\, the vocal work Litany for the Whale\, and a brand new arrangement of Apartment House 1776\, a worked based on early American fuguing tunes.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/songs-harmonies-with-relache/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage_Whale.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121216T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T163822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T163822Z
UID:10000966-1355666400-1355673600@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Margaret Leng Tan performs Cage's Sonatas and Interludes
DESCRIPTION:Pianist Margaret Leng Tan returns for a performance of one of John Cage’s most important works\, Sonatas and Interludes (1946 – 48). Percussive and rhythmic\, Sonatas and Interludes is a collection of twenty pieces – sixteen sonatas and four more freely structured interludes – composed for prepared piano\, a Cagean innovation that uses screws\, bolts\, pieces of rubber and plastic\, to reimagine the piano as an orchestra of percussive sounds. Inspired by Indian philosophy and music\, the aim of the pieces is to express the eight permanent emotions of the rasa Indian tradition. Preview some audio of Margaret performing the work here.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/margaret-leng-tan-performs-cages-sonatas-and-interludes/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Margaret_Leng_Tan.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121209T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121209T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T164237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T164237Z
UID:10000967-1355083200-1355090400@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Cage: Variations I - III
DESCRIPTION:• Variations I (1958)\nperformed by Christopher Colucci and Jorge Cousineau \n• Variations II (1961)\nperformed by Nate Wooley and Susan Alcorn \n• Variations III (1962)\nperformed by Bonnie Jones and Jesse Kudler \nWith vastly open and indeterminate scores and happenings\, Variations I – VIII (1958 – 1967) is a series of compositions that foreshadows both Song Books and the Fluxus movement performance pieces. Sometimes scored as broadly as “for any number of players and any sound producing means\,” Variation IV also includes 0’00”\, Cage’s second version of 4’33”. \nThis event starts at 8pm sharp. Due to unforeseen circumstances\, C Spencer Yeh and Maria Chavez will not be performing as previously planned.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/cage-variations-i-iii/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121208T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T165114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T165245Z
UID:10000968-1354968000-1354982400@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:The BSC performs John Cage's Song Books in Miniatures
DESCRIPTION:As with many of Cage’s works\, Song Books is indeterminate with regard to performance. In order to highlight the immense and open possibilities of the score\, Cage: Beyond Silence offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience multiple versions of this work\, further inviting audiences to engage with the ephemeral qualities of music so important to Cage.\nThe fourth and final version of Cage’s Song Books brings the BSCs members to the mainstage of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Dancing Around the Bride exhibition\, for a series of intimate performances inspired by the backdrop of Raschenberg’s Walkaround Time. \n  \nThe BSC\nBhob Rainey – Soprano Saxophone\, Director;\nGreg Kelley – Trumpet;\nJames Coleman – Theremin;\nLiz Tonne – Voice;\nChris Cooper – Guitar and Electronics;\nVic Rawlings – Cello and Electronics;\nMike Bullock – Bass \n  \n  \nABOUT SONG BOOKS \n“One might think of Song Books as Cage’s Art of Fugue\, an exhaustive demonstration of the diverse approaches to music-making that the composer had practiced over his long career. Of course\, Cage–unlike J. S. Bach–continued his career for more than two decades after he completed the piece. But although he found new ways to extend his artistic vision in ways that surprised even him\, he would only occasionally match the diversity and ambitious scope that he achieved so brilliantly in Song Books.” ~ Rob Haskins \nReplete with text and music materials quoted from Marcel Duchamp\, Erik Satie\, David Thoreau\, Buckminster Fuller\, Norman O. Brown\, and even Mozart and Schubert\, John Cages 1970 composition Song Books is a two-volume collection of eighty-nine short solos. \nSome of these solos call for singing\, conventional or otherwise. Other solos require no singing at all\, but rather reproduce the word-game actions of Cage’s Theater Piece (1960). Still other Solos are examples of another kind of theater altogether\, one which clearly reflects the influence of the neo-Dadaist Fluxus movement. Instructions for some of these Solos ask the performer simply to “prepare something to eat” or to “perform a disciplined action that fulfills an obligation to others.” \nEach realization of Song Books is performed to fill a predetermined duration\, with any number of performers\, each responsible for choosing their own music. Additionally\, Cage indicated that a performance of Song Books may also include simultaneous performances of other indeterminate music such as Winter Music (1957)\, Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)\, Indeterminacy (1959)\,or Rozart Mix (1965).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-bsc-performs-john-cages-song-books-in-miniatures/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BSC_Bhob_Rainey.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121207T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121207T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T165732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T165826Z
UID:10000969-1354910400-1354917600@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:The BSC performs John Cage's Song Books
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE EVENT \nPushing the boundaries of instrumental performance techniques and electro-acoustic sound production\, the New England-based seven-member ensemble The BSC offers a bold interpretation of Cage’s Song Books. \nRipe with texts by Thoreau\, Satie\, Duchamp\, Buckminster Fuller and Merce Cunningham\, this performance will fill the beautiful acoustic space of the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral\, inviting audiences to enjoy the surprising beauty of Cage’s most important score. \n  \n  \nThe BSC \nBhob Rainey – Soprano Saxophone\, Director; \nGreg Kelley – Trumpet; James Coleman – Theremin; \nLiz Tonne – Voice; \nChris Cooper – Guitar and Electronics; \nVic Rawlings – Cello and Electronics; \nMike Bullock – Bass. \n  \n  \nABOUT SONG BOOKS \n“One might think of Song Books as Cage’s Art of Fugue\, an exhaustive demonstration of the diverse approaches to music-making that the composer had practiced over his long career. Of course\, Cage–unlike J. S. Bach–continued his career for more than two decades after he completed the piece. But although he found new ways to extend his artistic vision in ways that surprised even him\, he would only occasionally match the diversity and ambitious scope that he achieved so brilliantly in Song Books.” ~ Rob Haskins \nReplete with text and music materials quoted from Marcel Duchamp\, Erik Satie\, David Thoreau\, Buckminster Fuller\, Norman O. Brown\, and even Mozart and Schubert\, John Cages 1970 composition Song Books is a two-volume collection of eighty-nine short solos. \nSome of these solos call for singing\, conventional or otherwise. Other solos require no singing at all\, but rather reproduce the word-game actions of Cage’s Theater Piece (1960). Still other Solos are examples of another kind of theater altogether\, one which clearly reflects the influence of the neo-Dadaist Fluxus movement. Instructions for some of these Solos ask the performer simply to “prepare something to eat” or to “perform a disciplined action that fulfills an obligation to others.” \nEach realization of Song Books is performed to fill a predetermined duration\, with any number of performers\, each responsible for choosing their own music. Additionally\, Cage indicated that a performance of Song Books may also include simultaneous performances of other indeterminate music such as Winter Music (1957)\, Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)\, Indeterminacy (1959)\,or Rozart Mix (1965). \n  \n  \nABOUT THE BSC \nThe BSC was formed by composer / improviser Bhob Rainey in August\, 2000. Comprised of seven improvisers with a variety of musical backgrounds\, the ensemble’s intent has been to confront the challenges of large group improvisation while engaging with contemporary repertoire that is geared towards innovative\, electroacoustic sound production. \nThe BSC has been a mainstay of concert series that promote both improvised and composed music\, often involving collaboration with international artists and with the New England Conservatory. Fruits of these collaborations include a recording for Mode records with composer Christian Wolff as well as a recently released performance from RPI’s EMPAC center with Pauline Oliveros on accordion. \nThe BSC’s idiosyncratic approach to performance has made it attractive to composers working in the electroacoustic idiom. This interest has led to workshops and performances at both Princeton and Wesleyan Universities\, where students in composition scored works for the ensemble. \nIn 2010\, Bhob Rainey commissioned four writers from different disciplines to contribute to a book on the BSC’s improvisational practices. The book\, Manual\, which received a grant from Loyola University New Orleans’ “Year of the Writer” program\, was released along with a full-length album at the end of 2011
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/the-bsc-performs-john-cages-song-books/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral\, 23 S 38th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T170057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170057Z
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SUMMARY:Behind Song Books
DESCRIPTION:Talks\, Workshops\, and Hands-On Activities. Unpack Song Books with our expert guides. This beautiful score includes over 90 solos exploring a wide range of notational systems\, including pictures\, maps\, and text. Participate in workshops and talks with Joan La Barbara\, Richard Kostelanetz\, and David Patterson
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/behind-song-books/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bowerbird.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cage_SongBooks.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121201T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T170332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170332Z
UID:10000971-1354363200-1354377600@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Joan La Barbara and Ne(x)tworks perform Cage's Song Books in Miniatures
DESCRIPTION:As with many of Cage’s works\, Song Books is indeterminate with regard to performance. In order to highlight the immense and open possibilities of the score\, Cage: Beyond Silence offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience multiple versions of this work\, further inviting audiences to engage with the ephemeral qualities of music so important to Cage.\nWeaving through the museum’s Dancing Around the Bride exhibition\, this performance of Cage’s Song Books features short vignettes and tableaus performed by members of the Ne(x)tworks ensemble. \n  \nNe(x)tworks\nJoan La Barbara – voice\nShelley Burgon – harp\nYves Dharamraj – cello\nMiguel Frasconi – glass\nStephen Gosling – piano\nAriana Kim – violin\nChristopher McIntyre – trombone\, laptop \n  \nABOUT SONG BOOKS \n“One might think of Song Books as Cage’s Art of Fugue\, an exhaustive demonstration of the diverse approaches to music-making that the composer had practiced over his long career. Of course\, Cage–unlike J. S. Bach–continued his career for more than two decades after he completed the piece. But although he found new ways to extend his artistic vision in ways that surprised even him\, he would only occasionally match the diversity and ambitious scope that he achieved so brilliantly in Song Books.” ~ Rob Haskins \nReplete with text and music materials quoted from Marcel Duchamp\, Erik Satie\, David Thoreau\, Buckminster Fuller\, Norman O. Brown\, and even Mozart and Schubert\, John Cages 1970 composition Song Books is a two-volume collection of eighty-nine short solos. \nSome of these solos call for singing\, conventional or otherwise. Other solos require no singing at all\, but rather reproduce the word-game actions of Cage’s Theater Piece (1960). Still other Solos are examples of another kind of theater altogether\, one which clearly reflects the influence of the neo-Dadaist Fluxus movement. Instructions for some of these Solos ask the performer simply to “prepare something to eat” or to “perform a disciplined action that fulfills an obligation to others.” \nEach realization of Song Books is performed to fill a predetermined duration\, with any number of performers\, each responsible for choosing their own music. Additionally\, Cage indicated that a performance of Song Books may also include simultaneous performances of other indeterminate music such as Winter Music (1957)\, Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)\, Indeterminacy (1959)\,or Rozart Mix (1965).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/joan-la-barbara-and-nextworks-perform-cages-song-books-in-miniatures/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121130T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121130T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T170819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T170819Z
UID:10000972-1354305600-1354312800@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:John Cage's Song Books
DESCRIPTION:JOHN CAGE’S SONG BOOKS\nperformed by Ne(x)tworks \nNe(x)tworks\nJoan La Barbara – voice\nShelley Burgon – harp\nYves Dharamraj – cello\nMiguel Frasconi – glass\nStephen Gosling – piano;\nAriana Kim – violin\nChristopher McIntyre – trombone\, laptop \nAs with many of Cage’s works\, Song Books is indeterminate with regard to performance. In order to highlight the immense and open possibilities of the score\, Cage: Beyond Silence offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience multiple versions of this work\, further inviting audiences to engage with the ephemeral qualities of music so important to Cage.\nThis performance will feature Cage’s Song Books (Solos for Voice 392) (1970) in a concert length version by Joan La Barbara’s New York City based Ne(x)tworks ensemble. \n  \nABOUT SONG BOOKS \n“One might think of Song Books as Cage’s Art of Fugue\, an exhaustive demonstration of the diverse approaches to music-making that the composer had practiced over his long career. Of course\, Cage–unlike J. S. Bach–continued his career for more than two decades after he completed the piece. But although he found new ways to extend his artistic vision in ways that surprised even him\, he would only occasionally match the diversity and ambitious scope that he achieved so brilliantly in Song Books.” ~ Rob Haskins \nReplete with text and music materials quoted from Marcel Duchamp\, Erik Satie\, David Thoreau\, Buckminster Fuller\, Norman O. Brown\, and even Mozart and Schubert\, John Cages 1970 composition Song Books is a two-volume collection of eighty-nine short solos. \nSome of these solos call for singing\, conventional or otherwise. Other solos require no singing at all\, but rather reproduce the word-game actions of Cage’s Theater Piece (1960). Still other Solos are examples of another kind of theater altogether\, one which clearly reflects the influence of the neo-Dadaist Fluxus movement. Instructions for some of these Solos ask the performer simply to “prepare something to eat” or to “perform a disciplined action that fulfills an obligation to others.” \nEach realization of Song Books is performed to fill a predetermined duration\, with any number of performers\, each responsible for choosing their own music. Additionally\, Cage indicated that a performance of Song Books may also include simultaneous performances of other indeterminate music such as Winter Music (1957)\, Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958)\, Indeterminacy (1959)\,or Rozart Mix (1965).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/john-cages-song-books/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, 2nd Above Market\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121116T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121116T220000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T171214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T171214Z
UID:10000973-1353096000-1353103200@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:BEN VIDA / ELI KESZLER + JEFF ZEIGLER
DESCRIPTION:Utilizing modular synthesizer\, computer\, drum kit and motorized percussive objects Vida and Keszler play an ecstatic form of electro-acoustic music. \nBen Vida is a Brooklyn based composer\, improviser and sound artist. He produces compositions that use analog and digital synthesizing technologies and focus on aural phenomena and sound localization. Ben has released over twenty records on such labels as PAN\, Thrill Jockey\, Drag City\, Amish\, Bottrop-Boy\, Hapna and Kranky. As both a solo artist and in collaboration he has presented his work in the United States\, Canada\, Europe\, Australia\, South Korea and Japan. \nBorn in Brookline\, Massachusetts\, and currently based in New York City\, Eli Keszler began playing drums at eight\, and composing at twelve. Before finding an interest in experimental music and improvisation\, he played in rock and hardcore bands; his work retains an intense physicality and churning\, often ferocious energy. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory\, where he studied composition with Anthony Coleman and Ran Blake. He has collaborated with Phill Niblock\, Roscoe Mitchell\, Tony Conrad\, Joe McPhee\, Loren Connors\, Jandek\, and many others\, and has recorded more than a dozen CDs and LPs for ESP-DISK\, REL\, and PAN. \nKeszler’s installations employ piano wires of varying lengths; these are struck\, scraped\, and vibrated by microprocessor-controlled motorized arms\, giving rise to harmonically complex tones that are percussive yet resonant. These installations are heard on their own and with accompanying ensemble scores. Said Keszler in a NPR All Songs Considered interview\, “I like to work with raw material\, simple sounds\, primitive or very old sounds; sounds that won’t get dated in any way.” In addition\, the patterns formed by the overlapping piano wires allow Keszler to create visual components that relate directly to the music\, without having to use projections or other electronic equipment. \nJeff Zeigler is a Philadelphia-based musician\, engineer and producer\, who\, in addition to playing in the band Arc in Round\, and in a synthesizer and harp duo with harpist Mary Lattimore\, plays solo on a mixture of electronics and textural guitar. Equal parts hypnotic and abrasive\, he has previously shared the stage with Hans-Joakim Roedelius\, Phil Niblock\, White Magic and more.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/ben-vida-eli-keszler-jeff-zeigler/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121104T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121104T183000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T171759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T171830Z
UID:10000974-1352044800-1352053800@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:Network for New Music performs Cage's Solos
DESCRIPTION:Taking advantage of the unique character of each instrument\, members of Philadelphias venerable Network for New Music perform solos from Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958 – 59)\, offering a broad sampling instrumental timbres and compositional styles. These works will be performed in tandem with the choreographed movements of the Merce Cunningham dancers on the exhibitions Main Stage.
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/network-for-new-music-performs-cages-solos/
LOCATION:Philadelphia Museum of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121103T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121104T080000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222838
CREATED:20190429T172141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T172327Z
UID:10000975-1351972800-1352016000@www.bowerbird.org
SUMMARY:John Cage's Organ2 / ASLSP
DESCRIPTION:One of the ideas central to Cages philosophy was asking us to consider the way we listen to and perceive music. Monumental in its duration\, this performance of Cages Organ2 / ASLSP challenges the traditional parameters of a concert and asks us to choose our own path to engage with the music. \nPresented by organist Parker Kitterman and others throughout the evening and into the early morning hours on Nov. 4\, Organ2 / ASLSP will be performed on the powerful Curtis Organ housed in Philadelphias historic Christ Church. \nCages work is the subject of one of the longest-lasting musical performances yet undertaken: The current performance of this piece began in 2001 at St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt\, Germany\, and is scheduled to have a duration of 639 years. The title stands for “As SLow(ly) and Soft(ly) as Possible” and also refers to “Soft morning city. Lsp!” (from James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake’).
URL:https://www.bowerbird.org/event/john-cages-organ2-aslsp/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, 2nd Above Market\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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