Robert Worby reflects on the first performance of John Cage's 4'33" and its impact on performers and audiences since. Show more
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The Essay
Five Seismic Moments in New Music
Episode 2: Sara Mohr Pietsch on the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch looks back on the new appetite for eastern European composers in the west following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Show more
Ivan Hewett reflects on Brian Eno's 1978 album Music for Airports, where Eno created a new genre which he named ambient music. Show more
Sarah Walker reflects on the 1973 concert when Carnegie Hall played host to the radically minimalist Four Organs by Steve Reich. Show more
The Essay
Five Seismic Moments in New Music
Episode 5: Tom Service - Where Have All the Seismic Moments Gone?
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Tom Service reflects on musical creativity and the lack of any seismic shocks in 21st-century music. Show more