gazman Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Welcome Malcolm. I hope you enjoy contributing here! Silence is a wonderful gift which seems to terrify many people nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrabordun Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I heard it was originally an improvisation - pity the poor sod who had to transcribe it from the recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazman Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I heard it was originally an improvisation - pity the poor sod who had to transcribe it from the recording. Fortunately, it's just about within my capabilities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 You're not tempted to play it too fast then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazman Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I once managed to do it in under 4 minutes, but it cost me a fortune in physiotherapy bills afterwards! And it took months of brain-ache to learn too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Coleman Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 More than once I have heard Martin How say that children cannot create a reverent atmosphere but they can respond positively to one created by adults. Malcolm Kemp It's very true that children respond most positively to a reverent atmosphere; yet it's also true that they can create one instinctively when faced with something awesome or beyond their understanding. Adults often spoil such occasions with busy-ness or with an attempt to stop the children thinking too deeply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrabordun Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I once managed to do it in under 4 minutes, but it cost me a fortune in physiotherapy bills afterwards! Yeah Yeah Yeah, technically very impressive no doubt, but at what cost to the composer's intentions? I bet the audience didn't hear half the actual notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmbarton Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 It's very true that children respond most positively to a reverent atmosphere; yet it's also true that they can create one instinctively when faced with something awesome or beyond their understanding. Adults often spoil such occasions with busy-ness or with an attempt to stop the children thinking too deeply. That is quite true. Its usually not the children that are the problem; its the adults! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Yeah Yeah Yeah, technically very impressive no doubt, but at what cost to the composer's intentions? I bet the audience didn't hear half the actual notes. Has anyone tried it in a church with an induction loop for the hard-of-hearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I once managed to do it in under 4 minutes, but it cost me a fortune in physiotherapy bills afterwards! And it took months of brain-ache to learn too! A jazz band has been noted doing it in 90 seconds (true!) My trouble is that I lose concentration and make mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 A jazz band has been noted doing it in 90 seconds (true!) When I needed a shorter version, I performed just one movement (the first, as I recall - but it was in 1963, so my memory might be faulty). As a discussion point, which of the following is a truer representation of this piece (both exist): (1) A CD with three tracks of digital silence, so that you listen to your local ambience; (2) A CD with a recording of the studio ambience at the time of the recording. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrabordun Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Well, (1) is a recording of a live performance and (2) is a studio recording, in which performance errors, etc, may have been 'revisited'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 As a discussion point, which of the following is a truer representation of this piece (both exist): (1) A CD with three tracks of digital silence, so that you listen to your local ambience; (2) A CD with a recording of the studio ambience at the time of the recording. I really can't make up what is left of my mind, but I see that one can buy a DVD containing six different performances of the piece, including the premier of Stokowski's transcription for orchestra. True to form, Stokowski has tampered with the score. http://www.musicweb-international.com/clas...07/Cage_433.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidh Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I was once going to play it, but when I found that the piano was out of tune I had to cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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