tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449697140204377101.post3361319379672356233..comments2023-04-22T10:55:19.894-04:00Comments on Liberated Dissonance: Orchestra 2001 performs (and doesn't) John CageJoe Barronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16638252347181688694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449697140204377101.post-64731336844731740242012-09-28T23:31:04.315-04:002012-09-28T23:31:04.315-04:00"Now, I ask you, what TV show today, on a com..."Now, I ask you, what TV show today, on a commercial network, would dare have an artist like Cage as a guest?"<br /><br />And what late-night host would treat a John Cage with the respect that Garry Moore showed him? Both men came off very well, I thought. <br /><br />The piece, while strange, is obviously carefully thought-out and purposeful. If it can be said to have one clear musical characteristic, that for me would be tone--calm, gentle, precise. I enjoyed the way the sequence moved from one item and event to the next, each one seemingly meant to startle but none of them in the end being more alarming than party balloons being bumped up into the air. <br /><br />The YouTube video led to another performance of the same piece by a different performer. He and it gave me all the same impressions as the Cage performance, except that the radios in Cage’s version were funnier. <br />Calnoreply@blogger.com