John Cage reads "Mushrooms et Variationes": May 23, 2022: 4am - 5am

Mushrooms et variationes was written by John Cage in the fall of 1983. As he describes it in the introduction to its first publication in The guests go in to supper (Burning Books, 1986) and in his...

John Cage reads "Mushrooms et Variationes": May 21, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Mushrooms et variationes was written by John Cage in the fall of 1983. As he describes it in the introduction to its first publication in The guests go in to supper (Burning Books, 1986) and in his...

Robert Worby, ‘Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan’: May 16, 2022: 4am - 5am

Robert Worby introduces John Cage in this marvelous 2020 BBC Radio 3 documentary, ‘Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan’ as “…arguably the most important composer of the 20th century, even though...

Robert Worby, ‘Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan’: May 14, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Robert Worby introduces John Cage in this marvelous 2020 BBC Radio 3 documentary, ‘Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan’ as “…arguably the most important composer of the 20th century, even though...

Dean Rosenthal: May 09, 2022: 4am - 5am

Kuhn’s guest today is the amiable composer Dean Rosenthal, a resident of Martha’s Vineyard, where in 2012 he composed his ongoing international performance piece Stones/Water/Time/Breath. This has bec...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Dean Rosenthal: May 07, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Kuhn’s guest today is the amiable composer Dean Rosenthal, a resident of Martha’s Vineyard, where in 2012 he composed his ongoing international performance piece Stones/Water/Time/Breath. This has bec...

20220502: May 02, 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 on Cage's Satie, Composition for Museum: Apr 25, 2022: 4am - 5am

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: Apr 23, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

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 Talks About John Cage and The Beatles: Apr 18, 2022: 4am - 5am

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...

Laura Kuhn Talks About John Cage and The Beatles: Apr 16, 2022: 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...

Laura Kuhn in Conversation with Robert Worby, Part II: Apr 11, 2022: 4am - 5am

This week’s program will once again be a conversation between Laura Kuhn and Robert Worby, a composer, sound artist, and broadcaster based in London. Worby was Kuhn’s guest last week, and they focuse...

Laura Kuhn in Conversation with Robert Worby, Part II: Apr 09, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

This week’s program will once again be a conversation between Laura Kuhn and Robert Worby, a composer, sound artist, and broadcaster based in London. Worby was Kuhn’s guest last week, and they focuse...

Robert Worby: Apr 04, 2022: 4am - 5am

Laura Kuhn talks with Robert Worby, a London-based composer, performer, and broadcaster. His works cross many boundaries and are created for many different situations including gallery spaces and th...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Robert Worby: Apr 02, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with Robert Worby, a London-based composer, performer, and broadcaster. His works cross many boundaries and are created for many different situations including gallery spaces and th...

20220328: Mar 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 and John Cage, Lecture on Commitment: Mar 26, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

On this the eve of what would be John Cage’s 109th birthday, Laura Kuhn talks about and plays a recording of Cage performing a little-known text work entitled Lecture on Commitment, which dates f...

Mikel Rouse: Mar 21, 2022: 4am - 5am

Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer, and recording artist who was hailed by the NY Times as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” His works include...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Mikel Rouse: Mar 19, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer, and recording artist who was hailed by the NY Times as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” His works include...

20220314: Mar 14, 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...

Arnold Schoenberg: The First Hundred Years: Mar 12, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Tonight’s “All Things Cage” features a “documentary-fantasy” entitled “Arnold Schoenberg: The First Hundred Years,” produced in 1975 for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation by the celebrated Canad...

Joan La Barbara: Mar 07, 2022: 4am - 5am

Laura Kuhn talks with vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara, who’s renowned for developing a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques influencing generations of other composers...

Laura Kuhn talks with Joan La Barbara: Mar 05, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara, who’s renowned for developing a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques influencing generations of other composers...

Laura Kuhn Introduces John Cage Reading "Time (Three Autokus)" (1988): Feb 28, 2022: 4am - 5am

In April of 1988, the Neuberger Museum at the State University in Purchase presented its seventh series of Leonard C. Yaseen Lectures, the year’s chosen speakers addressing the subject of “time” fro...

Laura Kuhn Introduces John Cage Reading "Time (Three Autokus)" (1988): Feb 26, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

In April of 1988, the Neuberger Museum at the State University in Purchase presented its seventh series of Leonard C. Yaseen Lectures, the year’s chosen speakers addressing the subject of “time” fro...

John Cage, Performing "Mureau" at Naropa, January 1979: Feb 21, 2022: 4am - 5am

One author whose work held special interest for John Cage was Henry David Thoreau. As Hans Otte recounts in his beautiful liner notes that accompany the New World Records CD 80540 that captured the co...

John Cage, Performing "Mureau" at Naropa, January 1979: Feb 19, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

One author whose work held special interest for John Cage was Henry David Thoreau. As Hans Otte recounts in his beautiful liner notes that accompany the New World Records CD 80540 that captured the co...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Ken Tabachnick: Feb 14, 2022: 4am - 5am

Laura Kuhn talks with Ken Tabachnick, who is currently the Executive Director of the Merce Cunningham Trust, where he oversees all operations and long-term planning. Prior to that, he worked as a co...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Ken Tabachnick: Feb 12, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with Ken Tabachnick, who is currently the Executive Director of the Merce Cunningham Trust, where he oversees all operations and long-term planning. Prior to that, he worked as a co...

Conlon Nancarrow: Feb 07, 2022: 4am - 5am

This evening we’ll listen to John Cage and Conlon Nancarrow engage in a public conversation that took place on Sunday, Aug. 20, 1989, within the proceedings of the 1989 Telluride Institute known as “...

John Cage Speaks with Conlon Nancarrow: Feb 05, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

This evening we’ll listen to John Cage and Conlon Nancarrow engage in a public conversation that took place on Sunday, Aug. 20, 1989, within the proceedings of the 1989 Telluride Institute known as “...

Nancy Dalva: Jan 31, 2022: 4am - 5am

Laura Kuhn talks with Nancy Dalva, a writer well known in dance circles who has long resided in New York City. Nancy has had an almost lifelong relationship with the work of Mere Cunningham, and in 2...

Laura Kuhn talks with Nancy Dalva: Jan 29, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with Nancy Dalva, a writer well known in dance circles who has long resided in New York City. Nancy has had an almost lifelong relationship with the work of Mere Cunningham, and in 2...

Laura Kuhn Introduces John Cage Reading "Time (Three Autokus)" (1988): Jan 24, 2022: 4am - 5am

In April of 1988, the Neuberger Museum at the State University in Purchase presented its seventh series of Leonard C. Yaseen Lectures, the year’s chosen speakers addressing the subject of “time” fro...

Laura Kuhn Introduces John Cage Reading "Time (Three Autokus)" (1988): Jan 22, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

In April of 1988, the Neuberger Museum at the State University in Purchase presented its seventh series of Leonard C. Yaseen Lectures, the year’s chosen speakers addressing the subject of “time” fro...

Emy Martin: Jan 17, 2022: 4am - 5am

"Emily Martin, familiarly known as Emy, is my right and sometimes left arm here at the John Cage Trust and for well over a decade. Emy and I created this program back in October 2020 as a way of te...

Emy Martin and Laura Kuhn: Jan 15, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

"Emily Martin, familiarly known as Emy, is my right and sometimes left arm here at the John Cage Trust and for well over a decade. Emy and I created this program back in October 2020 as a way of te...

Laura Kuhn Talks About The Works Comprising Cage's “Ten Thousand Things” Project (1953-1956), Part II: Jan 10, 2022: 4am - 5am

“The thing to do is to keep the head alert but empty. Things come to pass, arising and disappearing. There can then be no consideration of error. Things are always going wrong.” --John Cage...

Laura Kuhn Talks About The Works Comprising Cage's “Ten Thousand Things” Project (1953-1956), Part II: Jan 08, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

“The thing to do is to keep the head alert but empty. Things come to pass, arising and disappearing. There can then be no consideration of error. Things are always going wrong.” --John Cage...

Laura Kuhn Talks About The Works Comprising Cage's “Ten Thousand Things” Project (1953-1956), Part I: Jan 03, 2022: 4am - 5am

“The thing to do is to keep the head alert but empty. Things come to pass, arising and disappearing. There can then be no consideration of error. Things are always going wrong.” --John Cage This...

Laura Kuhn Talks About The Works Comprising Cage's “Ten Thousand Things” Project (1953-1956), Part I: Jan 01, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

“The thing to do is to keep the head alert but empty. Things come to pass, arising and disappearing. There can then be no consideration of error. Things are always going wrong.” --John Cage This...

20211227: Dec 27, 2021: 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 Richard Kraft: Dec 25, 2021: 7pm - 8pm

Tonight on “All Things Cage” Kuhn talks with Los Angeles and Hudson Valley-based artist Richard Kraft about his new book – or, properly, books – titled It Is What It is: All the Cards Issued to Donald...

Tom Moore: Dec 20, 2021: 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 tur...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Tom Moore: Dec 18, 2021: 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...

Victoria Miguel: Dec 13, 2021: 4am - 5am

A rebroadcast of this program from February 27, 2021. Victoria Miguel is a UK-based writer, teacher, publisher, and producer, who fell in love with John Cage while in college during an art history lec...

Laura Kuhn and Victoria Miguel: Dec 11, 2021: 7pm - 8pm

A rebroadcast of this program from February 27, 2021. Victoria Miguel is a UK-based writer, teacher, publisher, and producer, who fell in love with John Cage while in college during an art history lec...

Trevor Carlson: Dec 06, 2021: 4am - 5am

Laura Kuhn talks once again with Trevor Carlson, who she first met shortly after he joined the ranks of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation and Company in the late 1990s, first as Company Manager, l...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Trevor Carlson About Cage, Cunningham, and Food, Part II: Dec 04, 2021: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks once again with Trevor Carlson, who she first met shortly after he joined the ranks of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation and Company in the late 1990s, first as Company Manager, l...

20211129: Nov 29, 2021: 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...