DREAM 1948 BY JOHN CAGE
DREAM 1948 BY JOHN CAGE, Dream 1948 was written for piano using the rhythmic structure of a dance by Merce Cunningham The long unaccompanied melody creates resonances in itself like a soft and meditative mood reminiscent of Erik Saties impressionistic music a composer whose music retained a central place in Cages aesthetic The work foreshadows minimalism like that of Philip Glass in the coming decades creating a sense of curving circular time carrying the listener through organic and celestial landscapes Program Note by Justin R Stolarik Part of Dr Stolariks University of Texas at Austin DMA 2 Solo Percussion Recital entitled An Unconventional 20th Century Retrospective Thursday November 15th 2007 at 4:30pm in Bates Recital Hall My unconventional retrospective concept delivers a wide variety of musical styles of the twentieth century one work from almost every decade The pieces not originally composed for percussion have been included as a means to demonstrate the contributions by important composers of the century and to expose the listener to the versatility of percussion instruments