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Music Matters: John Cage in letters

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John Cage Letters, Satie, Hartmann opera

29/10/2016

John Cage in letters

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, John Cage in letters

Letters by John Cage, a house inspired by Satie, and Hartmann's 1930s protest opera.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the letters of composer John Cage, visits a new house inspired by the music of Satie, and previews a rare new production of an opera by Hartmann.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch 

Today Sara delves into a new book of the letters of John Cage, one of the most original composers and thinkers of the 20th Century, with the help of its editor Laura Kuhn and composers Pauline Oliveros and Peter Dickinson. She visits a house in north London inspired by the piano music of Erik Satie and previews a rare new production of Karl Amadeus Hartmann's opera Simplicius Simplicissimus presented by Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells.

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