Indeterminacy was originally recorded in 1959, with David Tudor playing the piano and John Cage reading aloud 90 stories, each lasting one minute. Tonight, fearless contemporary pianists Tania Chen and Steve Beresford assume the role of Tudor, joining forces with Lee to accompany Cage's stories with random and unrelated events on the piano (and other things).
This is a performance which...
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Indeterminacy was originally recorded in 1959, with David Tudor playing the piano and John Cage reading aloud 90 stories, each lasting one minute. Tonight, fearless contemporary pianists Tania Chen and Steve Beresford assume the role of Tudor, joining forces with Lee to accompany Cage's stories with random and unrelated events on the piano (and other things).
This is a performance which disorientates and transfixes. 'There's no word for it,' says Beresford, 'which is why it's worth doing.'
Alan Tomlinson also joins the line-up with John Cage's 'Solo for Sliding Trombone'. We are also pleased to announce that a secret special guest will perform John Cage's Water Walk as part of the show.
'Humour and existentialist melancholy co-exist, perching on a knife-edge.' (Gramophone)
'A wonderfully curious way to hear stories' (Stereophile)