Robert Worby, ‘Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan’: Mar 23, 2024: 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...

Theatre of Voices, "Litany for the Whale," John Cage and Paul Hillier, with Terry Riley: Mar 18, 2024: 5am - 6am

This week on “All Things Cage,” on the heels of attending stunning performances of John Cage’s Europeras 3 & 4 (1990) given by the Detroit Opera, directed by Yuval Sharon, Kuhn returns with renewed in...

Theatre of Voices, "Litany for the Whale," John Cage and Paul Hillier, with Terry Riley: Mar 16, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

This week on “All Things Cage,” on the heels of attending stunning performances of John Cage’s Europeras 3 & 4 (1990) given by the Detroit Opera, directed by Yuval Sharon, Kuhn returns with renewed in...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Director Yuval Sharon: Mar 11, 2024: 5am - 6am

This week Kuhn engages in conversation with Yuval Sharon, founder and co-Artistic Director of The Industry in Los Angeles and currently the Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director of Detroit Opera. Sharon...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Director Yuval Sharon: Mar 09, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

This week Kuhn engages in conversation with Yuval Sharon, founder and co-Artistic Director of The Industry in Los Angeles and currently the Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director of Detroit Opera. Sharon...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Director Yuval Sharon: Mar 04, 2024: 5am - 6am

This week Kuhn engages in conversation with Yuval Sharon, founder and co-Artistic Director of The Industry in Los Angeles and currently the Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director of Detroit Opera. Sharon...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Director Yuval Sharon: Mar 02, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

This week Kuhn engages in conversation with Yuval Sharon, founder and co-Artistic Director of The Industry in Los Angeles and currently the Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director of Detroit Opera. Sharon...

Laura Kuhn and John Cage, On Aspiration and Prescience: Feb 26, 2024: 5am - 6am

On this the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Kuhn speaks to John Cage’s aspirational thinking and his incredible prescience, both captured beautifully in two text works we’ll listen to tonight: we open with...

Laura Kuhn and John Cage, On Aspiration and Prescience: Feb 24, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

On this the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Kuhn speaks to John Cage’s aspirational thinking and his incredible prescience, both captured beautifully in two text works we’ll listen to tonight: we open with...

Laura Kuhn on Gamelan Cage (Sanggar Ceraken of Bali, 2013): Feb 19, 2024: 5am - 6am

The parallels between Balinese gamelan and certain works by John Cage – especially the ones of the 'prepared piano' period – seem obvious to many, including John Noise Manis, who, together with Andrew...

Laura Kuhn on Gamelan Cage (Sanggar Ceraken of Bali, 2013): Feb 17, 2024: 5pm - 6pm

The parallels between Balinese gamelan and certain works by John Cage – especially the ones of the 'prepared piano' period – seem obvious to many, including John Noise Manis, who, together with Andrew...

Larry Larson: Feb 12, 2024: 5am - 6am

Laura Kuhn talks with Larry Larson, Principal of Larson Associates, a consultant working with arts organizations seeking to use technology in innovative and creative ways. Larson has been the web deve...

Larry Larson: Feb 10, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn talks with Larry Larson, Principal of Larson Associates, a consultant working with arts organizations seeking to use technology in innovative and creative ways. Larson has been the web deve...

John Cage reads "Mushrooms et Variationes": Feb 05, 2024: 5am - 6am

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": Feb 03, 2024: 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...

John Cage at Wesleyan University, Part 1: Cage’s Address to the Gentlemen of the Wesleyan Glee Club (1960): Jan 29, 2024: 5am - 6am

Tonight’s program for “All Things Cage” is the first of two that will focus on Cage’s time at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, which formally began with the academic year 1960-1961 whe...

John Cage at Wesleyan University, Part 1: Cage’s Address to the Gentlemen of the Wesleyan Glee Club (1960): Jan 27, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

Tonight’s program for “All Things Cage” is the first of two that will focus on Cage’s time at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, which formally began with the academic year 1960-1961 whe...

20240122: Jan 22, 2024: 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...

A New Release by the Latvian Radio Choir, John Cage Choral Works (Ondine, 2022): Jan 20, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

"This week we’ll listen to an excerpt from a gorgeous new CD from the Latvian Radio Choir, John Cage Choral Works, conducted by Sigvards Klava, released on the Ondine label, ODE 1402- 2. I’m partia...

WKCR's “Birthday Broadcast”/Opera Mix for and with John Cage (1987), Part III (conclusion): Jan 15, 2024: 5am - 6am

Laura Kuhn writes, “Tonight’s program continues with Part III, the conclusion of a “Birthday Celebration Broadcast”/Opera Mix created with and for the “Great John Cage,” which has been airing for...

WKCR's “Birthday Broadcast”/Opera Mix for and with John Cage (1987), Part III (conclusion): Jan 13, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn writes, “Tonight’s program continues with Part III, the conclusion of a “Birthday Celebration Broadcast”/Opera Mix created with and for the “Great John Cage,” which has been airing for...

20240108: Jan 08, 2024: 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...

WKCR's “Birthday Broadcast”/Opera Mix for and with John Cage (1987), Part II: Jan 06, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn writes, “Tonight’s program continues with Part II of a “Birthday Celebration Broadcast,” in effect an “opera mix” being created with and for the “Great John Cage,” that began with Part...

20240101: Jan 01, 2024: 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...

WKCR's “Birthday Broadcast”/Opera Mix for and with John Cage (1987), Part I: Dec 30, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn writes, "Tonight’s program on “All Things Cage” is a “Birthday Celebration Broadcast,” in effect an “opera mix” created with and for the “Great John Cage.” The program is introduced by Sam...

Laura Kuhn on John Cage's "Variations VII": Dec 23, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Tonight’s program takes a look at Cage’s series of “variations” works, with emphasis on his Variations VII an elaborate technologically driven performance piece that was conceived for and included in...

Laura Kuhn Presents John Cage's "Europera 5" (1991), with Recollection of the Premiere Performance by Yvar Mikashoff: Dec 18, 2023: 5am - 6am

Laura Kuhn presents the first recording of John Cage’s Europera 5, preceded by her reading “Recollections of the Premiere Performance by Yvar Mikhashoff.” This recording of Europera 5 was produced b...

Laura Kuhn Presents John Cage's "Europera 5" (1991), with Recollection of the Premiere Performance by Yvar Mikashoff: Dec 16, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn presents the first recording of John Cage’s Europera 5, preceded by her reading “Recollections of the Premiere Performance by Yvar Mikhashoff.” This recording of Europera 5 was produced b...

20231211: Dec 11, 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...

John Cage performing "Communication": Dec 09, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Today on “All Things Cage” we’ll listen to John Cage reading a lengthy excerpt from his Communication, one of the three lectures he performed in Darmstadt, along with Indeterminacy and Changes, in 195...

20231204: Dec 04, 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 James Pritchett: Dec 02, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

James Pritchett is my first guest on “All Things Cage” who almost doesn’t need an introduction, as he’s the author of The Music of John Cage, published by Cambridge University Press in 1993, well kno...

A New Release by the Latvian Radio Choir, John Cage Choral Works (Ondine, 2022): Nov 27, 2023: 5am - 6am

"This week we’ll listen to an excerpt from a gorgeous new CD from the Latvian Radio Choir, John Cage Choral Works, conducted by Sigvards Klava, released on the Ondine label, ODE 1402- 2. I’m partia...

A New Release by the Latvian Radio Choir, John Cage Choral Works (Ondine, 2022): Nov 25, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

"This week we’ll listen to an excerpt from a gorgeous new CD from the Latvian Radio Choir, John Cage Choral Works, conducted by Sigvards Klava, released on the Ondine label, ODE 1402- 2. I’m partia...

Martin Friedman and "Il Treno di John Cage": Nov 20, 2023: 5am - 6am

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...

Laura Kuhn on Martin Friedman and "Il Treno di John Cage": Nov 18, 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...

Laura Kuhn Presents John Cage’s “Overpopulation and Art" (1991): Nov 11, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Laura Kuhn presents a live recording of John Cage’s performance of his “Overpopulation and Art” (1991) at Stanford University’s “Here Comes Everybody: The Music, Poetry, and Art of John Cage” on Janua...

20231106: Nov 06, 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...

John Cage’s “Anarchy” (1988): Nov 04, 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...

20231030: Oct 30, 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...

20231028: Oct 28, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

"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...

20231023: Oct 23, 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 Talks with Stephen Drury: Oct 21, 2023: 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...

20231016: Oct 16, 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...

Russell Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad: Oct 14, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

Russell Hartenberger and Garry Kvistad are long-time members of NEXUS, a quartet of master percussionists internationally revered for virtuosity and innovation and for making extraordinary music with...

Laura Kuhn Talks with Tom Moore: Oct 09, 2023: 3pm - 4pm

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...

Tom Moore: Oct 09, 2023: 5am - 6am

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...

The Works Comprising Cage's “Ten Thousand Things” Project (1953-1956), Part II: Oct 02, 2023: 5am - 6am

“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: Sep 30, 2023: 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...

20230925: Sep 25, 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...