http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY7UK-6aaNA&feature=colike
This piece for me is pure genius. A piece of music that is silent for 4 minutes and 33 seconds that has 3 Movements. Brilliant.
I "listened" to it and found it amazing that everyone in the audience seemed to be entranced....no one making a sound, except a couple of coughs, just as if there was actually music playing. The conductor cheekily wipes his brow after the first movement, which makes everyone laugh and eases the tension in the auditorium. Even watching it on YouTube, the tension in the Barbican Hall was very apparent. After the ending of each Movement, everyone stirred in their seats, coughed, blew their noses, shuffled a bit ..... it was quite extraordinary how the behaviour of people was the same as it would be for an actual "sound" piece of music.
I had only recently heard of John Cage but I am glad to be able to research some of his work as I feel that it is rich, original, surreal and enticing ....
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