The July issue of Gramophone Magazine focuses on the 2012 Proms, including a calendar of events that includes not one but two programs featuring works by John Cage: August 14 & 17. The upcoming August issue (on newsstands Sept. 3, 2012) includes a nice piece by Philip Clark, inspired by his standing outside Cage's 18th St. apartment building in NYC and listening into the sounds that surrounded him. A web-only feature for this issue is James McCarthy's Top 10 John Cage recordings: "Ten Ways to Fall in Love with Cage." Congratulations to Don Gillespie for grabbing the #9 spot with his video realization of Cage's 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs (1977) (Mode Records, The Complete John Cage Edition, Volume 40, Mode 204, 2008).
Laura Kuhn
2 comments:
hi Laura, Thanks for the heads up about Gramophone's Cage issue. But I need to correct you about a few things. Firstly, the Proms is featured in our July issue, whereas you'll find Cage in the August issue. I didn't actually write the '10 Ways To Fall In Love With Cage' piece; that's a web-only feature written by James McCarthy to accompany my article in the print mag. My piece was inspired by standing outside Cage's apartment earlier this year and listening into the sounds that surrounded him. With best wishes, Philip Clark
Nice article, thanks for the information.
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