[silence] Cursive II

[Zac Bond]

Well, this confuses matters a bit.  As far as I know, nothing Cage 
composed for was Tibetan (although percussion parts are typically for 
unspecified instruments).  The video on the Naxos site makes it seem 
like the dancers are using a recording (and there are no musicians 
credited that I saw), so I'd be surprised if they used any of the as-yet 
unrecorded works.

I have not heard the 108 + One9 recording, which I suppose someone might 
call a collage involving an Asian, albeit not Tibetan, instrument.

-Zac

Graham Urquhart wrote:
> I don't know if this helps at all:
> 
> ....'For this piece, Lin Hwai-min uses music that John Cage composed 
> mainly during the early 1990s: ascetic, rather melodic works from his 
> “Asian” period, written partly for Tibetan instruments, and making 
> generous use of the silence between the phases of musical activity. They 
> both allow the music to breathe and create a climate in which the 
> choreography can evolve freely'
> 
> http://www.hkw.de/en/programm2006/intransit06/_intransit06/texte_3/cgtrilogie.php
> 
> Graham