Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, conductors
John Cage and Yoko Ono exploded ideas about what music and art could be, and blew open the boundary between popular music and the avant-garde. They were also friends and collaborators who both inspired one another, and debated the limits of the new artistic freedoms that their work had opened up. This program celebrates that artistic friendship, culminating in a simultaneous performance of work that each artist created in honor of the other.
Yoko Ono, Sky Piece to Jesus Christ
Yoko Ono, Pieces for Orchestra
John Cage, String Quartet in Four Parts
John Cage, Concert for Piano and Orchestra
John Cage, Song Books
John Lennon and Paul McCartney (arr. Matt Marks), "Revolution 9"
Cost: Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.