John Cage - Nocturne for Violin & Piano | D.Kurganov A.Yermakova
Daniel Kurganov, Violin | Anya Yermakova, Piano | Filmed at the University Church, in Chicago. www.kurganov.io Composed in 1947. John Cage, who was a student of Schönberg, is a difficult figure to pigeonhole. Was he a composer? An inventor? A music organizer? A philosopher? A provocateur? Maybe all of the above. Though Cage often claimed he never had an ear for more traditional harmonic structures, this piece remains one of his most important works. Here, Cage’s rare use of (exquisite) tonality is coupled with extension of time, extraordinary rhythmic sensibility, elegance of form and sheer delicacy. Listen very intensely and revel in the changing relations between the two instruments and the hushed interplay of sound and silence….
Daniel Kurganov, Violin | Anya Yermakova, Piano | Filmed at the University Church, in Chicago. www.kurganov.io Composed in 1947. John Cage, who was a student of Schönberg, is a difficult figure to pigeonhole. Was he a composer? An inventor? A music organizer? A philosopher? A provocateur? Maybe all of the above. Though Cage often claimed he never had an ear for more traditional harmonic structures, this piece remains one of his most important works. Here, Cage’s rare use of (exquisite) tonality is coupled with extension of time, extraordinary rhythmic sensibility, elegance of form and sheer delicacy. Listen very intensely and revel in the changing relations between the two instruments and the hushed interplay of sound and silence….