Cage: A Room

Hayk Melikyan plays piano works by John Cage from the years 1942 to 1948. In “And the Earth Shall Bear Again”, “A Room” and “Music for Marcel Duchamp”, Cage uses the prepared piano: objects attached to the strings alter its sound and also lend it percussive qualities. Alongside these are works for un-prepared piano, including “Soliloquy”, “The Seasons”, “In a Landscape” and “Dream”. The “Suite for Toy Piano” adds the toy piano to the program. Thus, a selection from just a few years allows us to trace how Cage explored the sonic possibilities of the piano in different ways.