Amelia Cuni’s renditions of 18 Microtonal Ragas from Cage’s “Solo for Voice 58” (Song Books, 1970): May 08, 2023: 5am - 6am

Every now and then I have the pleasure of introducing someone well versed in John Cage’s music to a composition previously unknown. Such was the case this past week, in conversation with the marvelo...

Laura Kuhn Presents Amelia Cuni’s renditions of 18 Microtonal Ragas from Cage’s “Solo for Voice 58” (Song Books, 1970): May 05, 2023: 2pm - 3pm

Every now and then I have the pleasure of introducing someone well versed in John Cage’s music to a composition previously unknown. Such was the case this past week, in conversation with the marvelo...

“Chance Conversations: An Interview with Cunningham and Cage” (Walker Art Center, 1981): May 01, 2023: 5am - 6am

Laura Kuhn introduces “Chance Conversations: An Interview with Cunningham and Cage,” which took place during a residency at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1981. As almost life-l...

Laura Kuhn on “Chance Conversations: An Interview with Cunningham and Cage” (Walker Art Center, 1981): Apr 29, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn introduces “Chance Conversations: An Interview with Cunningham and Cage,” which took place during a residency at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1981. As almost life-l...

20230424: Apr 24, 2023: 5am - 6am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn speaks with Margaret Leng Tan: Apr 22, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Tonight, Laura Kuhn talks with pianist Margaret Leng Tan, long established as a major force in the American avant-garde and renowned as a John Cage interpreter. We feature two recordings of Cage’s ea...

John Cage's Ryoanji Works at the Galerie Thaddeus Ropac (2018-2019): Apr 17, 2023: 5am - 6am

Tonight’s program features a recorded program that was created for the Galerie Thaddeus Ropac in London, Salzburg, and Paris, which was heard successively from November 28, 2018 to November 16, 2019 t...

Laura Kuhn on John Cage's Ryoanji Works at the Galerie Thaddeus Ropac (2018-2019): Apr 15, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Tonight’s program features a recorded program that was created for the Galerie Thaddeus Ropac in London, Salzburg, and Paris, which was heard successively from November 28, 2018 to November 16, 2019 t...

Laura Kuhn and Gene Caprioglio: Apr 10, 2023: 5am - 6am

Laura Kuhn is joined this week by Gene Caprioglio, long-time Vice President for New Music and Rights at C.F. Peters, the music publishing concern that has represented John Cage since 1960. Gene shares...

Laura Kuhn and Gene Caprioglio: Apr 08, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn is joined this week by Gene Caprioglio, long-time Vice President for New Music and Rights at C.F. Peters, the music publishing concern that has represented John Cage since 1960. Gene shares...

20230403: Apr 03, 2023: 5am - 6am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn and Julie Lazar: Apr 01, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with curator Julie Lazar, best known in Cage circles for her collaborative work with John Cage on his composition for museum, “Rolywholyover   A Circus,” composed on a...

20230327: Mar 27, 2023: 5am - 6am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn Introduces Cage's Interest in the "Circus" as a Compositional Strategy: Mar 25, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

“All Things Cage” continues its break from its usual conversational format to allow for an introductory program that examines Cage’s interest in the “circus” as a compositional tool and form, with em...

20230320: Mar 20, 2023: 5am - 6am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn and Lawrence Voytek: Mar 18, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with Lawrence Voytek, who, for 25 years, served as studio assistant to the celebrated American artist and one of John Cage’s closest friends, Robert Rauschenberg. Lawrence is not a tr...

20230313: Mar 13, 2023: 4am - 5am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn on Martin Friedman and "Il Treno di John Cage": Mar 11, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

This week Kuhn returns to the subject of John Cage’s All Ricerca del Silenzio Perduto (1978), familiarly known as Il Treno, by reading a piece written by Martin Friedman about his attendance at the i...

20230306: Mar 06, 2023: 4am - 5am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn Talks About John Cage and The Beatles: Mar 04, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

My impression is that the Beatles’ place is not so much in the world of serious music as it is in the world of revolution. I think that serious musicians would do well to follow their example in thi...

Amelia Cuni’s renditions of 18 Microtonal Ragas from Cage’s “Solo for Voice 58” (Song Books, 1970): Feb 27, 2023: 5am - 6am

Every now and then I have the pleasure of introducing someone well versed in John Cage’s music to a composition previously unknown. Such was the case this past week, in conversation with the marvelo...

Laura Kuhn Presents Amelia Cuni’s renditions of 18 Microtonal Ragas from Cage’s “Solo for Voice 58” (Song Books, 1970): Feb 25, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Every now and then I have the pleasure of introducing someone well versed in John Cage’s music to a composition previously unknown. Such was the case this past week, in conversation with the marvelo...

Laura Kuhn and John Cage’s "33 1/3": Feb 20, 2023: 5am - 6am

“All Things Cage” continues its break from its usual conversational format to allow for an introductory program that takes a closer look at Cage’s composition 33 1/3, scored for 12 turntables, 21 ste...

Laura Kuhn and John Cage’s "33 1/3": Feb 18, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

“All Things Cage” continues its break from its usual conversational format to allow for an introductory program that takes a closer look at Cage’s composition 33 1/3, scored for 12 turntables, 21 ste...

Adam Tendler: Feb 13, 2023: 5am - 6am

Laura Kuhn talks with Adam Tendler, an internationally recognized interpreter of living, modern, and classical composers. Adam is a pioneer of DIY culture in concert music, and at age 23 he performed...

Adam Tendler: Feb 11, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with Adam Tendler, an internationally recognized interpreter of living, modern, and classical composers. Adam is a pioneer of DIY culture in concert music, and at age 23 he performed...

John Cage and Yvar Mikhashoff Perform Cage's Empty Words with Music for Piano and One7: Feb 06, 2023: 5am - 6am

Tonight’s program features a wonderful performance by John Cage and Yvar Mikhashoff of Cage’s Empty Words (1973-1974) with excerpts from Music for Piano, a series begun some 40 years earlier, as well...

John Cage and Yvar Mikhashoff Perform Cage's Empty Words with Music for Piano and One7: Feb 04, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Tonight’s program features a wonderful performance by John Cage and Yvar Mikhashoff of Cage’s Empty Words (1973-1974) with excerpts from Music for Piano, a series begun some 40 years earlier, as well...

Laura Kuhn on Cage's Satie, Composition for Museum: Jan 30, 2023: 5am - 6am

Tonight’s program takes a musical dive into Cage’s lifelong devotion to the French composer Erik Satie by focusing on Kuhn’s exhibition for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, conceived in 2012 fo...

Laura Kuhn on Cage's Satie, Composition for Museum: Jan 28, 2023: 3pm - 4pm

Tonight’s program takes a musical dive into Cage’s lifelong devotion to the French composer Erik Satie by focusing on Kuhn’s exhibition for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, conceived in 2012 fo...

John Cage’s “Anarchy” (1988): Jan 23, 2023: 5am - 6am

Laura Kuhn presents a live recording of John Cage’s performance of his “Anarchy” (1988) on the final day of “John Cage at Wesleyan: A Festival/Symposium about John Cage’s Work and Influence,” organi...

John Cage’s “Anarchy” (1988): Jan 21, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn presents a live recording of John Cage’s performance of his “Anarchy” (1988) on the final day of “John Cage at Wesleyan: A Festival/Symposium about John Cage’s Work and Influence,” organi...

Cage’s "Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake": Jan 16, 2023: 5am - 6am

I’m your host, Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and tonight I’m in the mood for a lullaby. This made me think about James Joyce, and wonder what to listen to by John Cage, who adored him....

Laura Kuhn on Cage’s "Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake": Jan 14, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

I’m your host, Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and tonight I’m in the mood for a lullaby. This made me think about James Joyce, and wonder what to listen to by John Cage, who adored him....

20230109: Jan 09, 2023: 4am - 5am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn and Stephen Drury Talk about Conducting Cage: Jan 07, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

This week Kuhn continues on with the guest and subject of programs for “All Things Cage” for the last couple of weeks, Stephen Drury, a pianist and conductor, long on the faculty of the New England...

John Cage’s Etcetera (1973) and Etcetera 2/4 Orchestras (1985): Jan 02, 2023: 4am - 5am

Inspired by last week’s program, a conversation with the accomplished pianist and conductor, Stephen Drury, Kuhn opts to devote this week’s program to two other Cage works produced by Drury for a Mode...

John Cage’s Etcetera (1973) and Etcetera 2/4 Orchestras (1985): Dec 31, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Inspired by last week’s program, a conversation with the accomplished pianist and conductor, Stephen Drury, Kuhn opts to devote this week’s program to two other Cage works produced by Drury for a Mode...

20221226: Dec 26, 2022: 4am - 5am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Stephen Drury: Dec 24, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks this week with the accomplished pianist and conductor, Stephen Drury. Well-known as a champion of 20th century music, Drury’s repertoire extends from Bach, Schubert, and Liszt to th...

Tom Moore: Dec 19, 2022: 4am - 5am

Laura Kuhn talks with Tom Moore, a renowned interpreter of Cage’s music, and especially the composer’s post-1951 works for solo piano and chamber music. Tom first met John Cage in 1982, and theirs t...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Tom Moore: Dec 17, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with Tom Moore, a renowned interpreter of Cage’s music, and especially the composer’s post-1951 works for solo piano and chamber music. Tom first met John Cage in 1982, and theirs t...

20221212: Dec 12, 2022: 4am - 5am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn Speaks with Paul B. Franklin, Part II: Dec 10, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

This week’s program brings back Paul B. Franklin, an independent scholar and a leading expert on Marcel Duchamp based in Paris and Céret who graced us with his presence last week on “All Things Cag...

20221205: Dec 05, 2022: 4am - 5am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Paul B. Franklin: Dec 03, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

This week’s guest is Paul B. Franklin, an independent scholar and a leading expert on Marcel Duchamp based in Paris and Céret. From 2000 to 2016, Paul was the editor in chief of the annual, bi-lingua...

20221128: Nov 28, 2022: 4am - 5am

"All Things Cage" is a weekly program featuring conversations between Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, and Cage experts and enthusiasts from around the world. If you’d like to propose a gu...

Laura Kuhn, John King, and Adam Tendler: Nov 26, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with John King and Adam Tendler, two musicians long associated with the work of both Merce Cunningham and John Cage, about their recent collaboration on “Unavailable Memory: In Conver...

John Cage and Improvisation, Part II: Nov 21, 2022: 4am - 5am

Last week, Kuhn focused Part I upon a little-known work by Cage entitled How to Get Started, conceived in 1989 for “Sound Design: An Invitational Conference on the Uses of Sound for Radio Drama, Fil...

Laura Kuhn on John Cage and Improvisation, Part II: Nov 19, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Last week, Kuhn focused Part I upon a little-known work by Cage entitled How to Get Started, conceived in 1989 for “Sound Design: An Invitational Conference on the Uses of Sound for Radio Drama, Fil...