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Laura Kuhn breaks from her usual conversational format tonight to simply share a few of her favorite John Cage vocal works performed by one of her favorite vocal groups, Ars Nova. Ars Nova is a Danish vocal ensemble founded in 1979 that is known widely for its exquisite interpretations of the polyphonic choral music of the Renaissance as well as contemporary vocal music. The works we’ll hear this evening are their renditions of Cage’s Living Room Music (1940), Hymns and Variations (1979), and two back to back versions of Cage’s Four2 (1991), conducted by the Hungarian-born Danish choral and opera conductor, Tamás Vetö, all found on the 1998 Mode 71 CD, Cage Edition 18-The Choral Works I.