'Every Day Is A Good Day' - musical events to accompany the Hayward Touring Exhibition of John Cage's visual art. Huddersfield 2010

Thomas, Philip (2010) 'Every Day Is A Good Day' - musical events to accompany the Hayward Touring Exhibition of John Cage's visual art. Huddersfield 2010. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

To accompany the Hayward Touring Exhibition of John Cage's visual art in Huddersfield, 2010, Philip Thomas curated a series of concerts featuring Cage's music.
These included:
Friday 19 November - Alvin Curran and edges ensemble (dir. Philip Thomas) performance: Alvin Curran 'Ear Training'
Friday 19 November - edges ensemble (dir. Philip Thomas): John Cage 'Variations II'
Saturday 20 November - Philip Thomas performs 12-hour solo version of John Cage 'Electronic Music for piano'
Sunday 21 November - Apartment House perform John Cage 'Score (40 Drawings by Thoreau) and 23 parts...' at dawn in Yorkshire Sculpture Park, James Turrell deer shelter
Wednesday 24 November - Philip Thomas and Apartment House: John Cage 'Winter Music + Atlas Eclipticalis'
Wednesday 24 November - Alvin Curran, edges ensemble (dir. Philip Thomas) and Apartment House: Alvin Curran 'Take the Cage Train'

Information

URI:

https://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/18303

Title:

'Every Day Is A Good Day' - musical events to accompany the Hayward Touring Exhibition of John Cage's visual art. Huddersfield 2010

Creators:

Thomas, Philip

Official URL:

http://www.hcmf.co.uk/John-Cage-on-show

Date:

November 2010

Subjects:

M Music and Books on Music > M Music
N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture
N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration
N Fine Arts > ND Painting
N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general

Schools:

School of Music, Humanities and Media
School of Music, Humanities and Media > CeReNeM

Additional Information:

Performances of 'Variations II', 'Electronic Music for piano' and 'Winter Music + Atlas Eclipticalis' took place in Huddersfield Art Gallery, surrounded by Cage's paintings and drawings. Performances of works by Alvin Curran took place at and outside of Huddersfield train station and on a moving train itself. The events were widely previewed and reviewed. BBC Radio 3 'Hear and Now' featured extracts from performances and interviews with Philip Thomas. Additionally Philip Thomas and Alvin Curran were interviewed live on BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme

Library

Item Type:

Performance

Depositing User:

Philip Thomas

Date Deposited:

30 Sep 2013 12:38

Revision:

Last Modified:

28 Aug 2021 11:31

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