The San Francisco Museum of Art present
John Cage and David Tudor
January 16, 1965
Program:
John Cage: Duet for Cymbal (from Cartridge Music, 1960) (19:17)
Christian Wolff: for 1, 2 or 3 people (23:36)
John Cage: Variations IV (31:46)
Recorded by KPFA Radio on the 39th birthday of David Tudor, this historic concert with John Cage thundered through
the halls of the sculpture court of the San Francisco Museum of Art before a capacity audience that included the
late Darius Milhaud in his wheelchair and other Bay Area arts dignitaries. The volume levels were raucus and the
medium of live electronic music never more vibrant. Opening with a work performed on a single cymbal with contact
microphones agitated by a wide gamut of objects, and concluding with Variations IV in which loudspeakers outside
the performance space in various hallways interacted with speakers next to the audience, this was truly an affair to
remember. Our thanks to the John Cage Trust, C.F. Peters Music Publishing, Christian Wolff and the Estate of David Tudor
for their cooperation in allowing us to revive this long-lost audio document. Photos of the performance accompany this
document on the radiom.org web site. Log on to www.radiom.org/archive for in-depth information and images.
This item is part of the collection: Other Minds Archive
FM (KPFA) -> FLAC (www.archive.org post)