[silence] Petr Kotik's Umbilical Cord

[Richard Friedman]

Well, they're still arguing over how to play Bach "correctly". So this isn't
unusual. But Bach and his friends didn't make recordings while they were
alive and we do have lots of contemporaneous Cage recordings. So it's not
quite that bad.

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Glenn Freeman <glenn@ogreogress.com> wrote:

> Just found an interesting interview with Petr Kotik from 2003:
>
> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb074/is_2003_Jan-Feb/ai_n28990068
>
> Q: Do you think that today's performers must be capable of perceiving
> this period feeling if they are to interpret Cage "correctly"? What if
> they don't have that "umbilical cord"?
> A: They have to have it. There are people here who worked with Cage,
> and it continues on with them.
>
> Q: What about the people who didn't work with Cage? Do they have any
> chance at all of finding an approach to Cage's music?
>
> A: Perhaps, but it's not likely.
>
> *******
>
> Commentary: I was born the year Kotik met Cage. According to Kotik it
> is unlikely I will find an approach to Cage's music and he is correct.
> It is highly unlikely we will ever find ONE (an) approach to Cage's
> music.
>
> Glenn Freeman
>
> OgreOgress productions
> http://ogreogress.com
>
>

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Richard Friedman
Oakland, California
http://rchrd.com/blog/
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