Cage, Feldman, Reich, Monk, Part and Benjamin

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0:00:08 > 0:00:11Hello, and welcome to this last programme of performances

0:00:11 > 0:00:13from the series The Sound And The Fury.

0:00:13 > 0:00:16In this compilation, we're going to be hearing music

0:00:16 > 0:00:19from the last decades of the 20th century,

0:00:19 > 0:00:22featuring the thrilling diversity and energy

0:00:22 > 0:00:24of music like Steve Reich's minimalism,

0:00:24 > 0:00:26music as performance art by Meredith Monk,

0:00:26 > 0:00:29and the once-heard-never-forgotten sounds of the music

0:00:29 > 0:00:32of Estonian composer Arvo Part.

0:00:32 > 0:00:34We're going to start, though,

0:00:34 > 0:00:36with an extraordinary virtuosic piano piece

0:00:36 > 0:00:39by John Cage, The Music Of Changes.

0:00:39 > 0:00:42This section is played by Vicky Chow.

0:20:48 > 0:20:51PLAYS LILTING MELODY ON PIANO

0:21:20 > 0:21:23# Wah lah so

0:21:23 > 0:21:28# Wah lah lah ley lah lah lah seh na na

0:21:28 > 0:21:32# Wah lah lah

0:21:32 > 0:21:35# Lah lah lah lah

0:21:35 > 0:21:40# Wah la la la la la la seh na na na na na na

0:21:40 > 0:21:44# Seh na na na

0:21:44 > 0:21:47# No no no

0:21:51 > 0:21:53# Lah lah

0:21:53 > 0:21:58# Lah lah lah ley lah lah lah ley lah lah lah

0:21:58 > 0:22:03# Lah-lah-lah

0:22:03 > 0:22:06# Lah lah lah lah lah

0:22:06 > 0:22:12# Wah lah lah lah ley lah lah lah lah lah lah lah

0:22:12 > 0:22:15# Ley lah lah lah

0:22:15 > 0:22:20# Mmm-hmm-hmm-mmm

0:22:24 > 0:22:26# Doh

0:22:26 > 0:22:28# Da rey rey

0:22:28 > 0:22:29# Ki ki

0:22:29 > 0:22:34# Lah-ah-ah-ah

0:22:34 > 0:22:37# Lah lah lah lah lah

0:22:37 > 0:22:43# Wah lah lah lah lah seh na na na na na

0:22:43 > 0:22:45# Seh na na na

0:22:45 > 0:22:50# No ro ro ro

0:22:55 > 0:22:57# Ti

0:22:57 > 0:22:59# Ti ri ri

0:22:59 > 0:23:00# Ki ri ri ri

0:23:00 > 0:23:03# Ki ri ri ri nah seh na na

0:23:03 > 0:23:05# Heya heya heya heya

0:23:05 > 0:23:07# Ki ri ri

0:23:07 > 0:23:09# Ki ri ri ri seh na na

0:23:09 > 0:23:12# Heya heya heya heya

0:23:12 > 0:23:14# Heya heya

0:23:14 > 0:23:19# Mmm-hmm-hmm-mmm

0:23:21 > 0:23:23# Wah la seh

0:23:23 > 0:23:27# Wah la la la la la la seh

0:23:27 > 0:23:31# Wah la la la la la la seh

0:23:31 > 0:23:38# Wah la lah ley la la la la ley lah lah la la la ley la la

0:23:38 > 0:23:44# Wah la la la la la la seh na na na na na na

0:23:44 > 0:23:47# Seh na na na

0:23:47 > 0:23:52# No no no

0:24:33 > 0:24:36PIANO MUSIC ENDS

0:33:02 > 0:33:05George Benjamin's At First Light

0:33:05 > 0:33:07bringing this selection to a close.

0:33:07 > 0:33:09Well, to watch those performances again,

0:33:09 > 0:33:12or for more programmes related to this series,

0:33:12 > 0:33:15visit BBC Four's Modern Classical Collection

0:33:15 > 0:33:19at bbc.co.uk/bbcfour. But that's not quite all, though.

0:33:19 > 0:33:22We're going to hear - you're going to create -

0:33:22 > 0:33:26a performance of John Cage's notorious and brilliant piece,

0:33:26 > 0:33:30the so-called silent piece, 4'33".

0:33:30 > 0:33:34Now, in these four minutes and 33 seconds, you, as the listener,

0:33:34 > 0:33:38are invited to tune in to the sounds of the environment around you.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41The music can be played by any number of performers

0:33:41 > 0:33:44playing any number of instruments or, indeed, no instruments at all.

0:33:44 > 0:33:47In this performance, though, the quiet performers

0:33:47 > 0:33:49are four musicians from the London Sinfonietta.

0:33:49 > 0:33:52Thanks for watching... and for listening.