CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Performance Tuesday, April 29, 2014 | 6 PM

collected stories: memoir

Zankel Hall Seating Chart
Holder of this season's Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair, David Lang serves as director in this culmination of his collected stories series. The program pairs the world premiere of Lang’s mystery sonatas with John Cage’s massive percussion piece that explores the relationship between sound and silence, as well as Cage's Indeterminacy, a performance art piece where stories are recited from 90 randomly selected cue cards, each being read over the course of exactly one minute regardless of length.

Performers

  • Paul Lazar, Actor
  • Steven Schick, Percussion
  • Augustin Hadelich, Violin
  • David Lang, Director
  • Additional artists to be announced

Program

  • CAGE Indeterminacy
  • CAGE 27'10.554" for a Percussionist
  • DAVID LANG mystery sonatas (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

Watch


David Lang introduces collected stories


 

 

John Cage's Indeterminacy Parts I and II
John Cage | David Tudor

Part of collected stories, curated by David Lang.
Lead support for Carnegie Hall commissions is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
David Lang is the holder of the 2013–2014 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair at Carnegie Hall.
This performance is part of Signatures.

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