20. JOHN TILBURY

Wednesday 26 November

CREATIVE ARTS BUILDING RECITAL HALL 1PM,
Tickets £8 (£6 concession)

Cornelius Cardew:
Material for Stella for solo guitar, arr. Tilbury
Soon (there will be a high tide of revolution in our country), from Piano Album
February Piece
Fourth System, from February Pieces
Bring the Land a New Life, from Piano Album
Unintended Piano Music
Octet '71, arr. Tilbury

John Tilbury piano

This selection of Cardew's works, not all for piano, was perceived as a whole, to be performed without a break. I sought to encapsulate, both in letter and spirit, the essence of Cardew's (often contradictory) musical achievement. The thread which runs throughout is a lack of predictability, even with the benefit of hindsight, and especially in those works from the early 60s, such as February Pieces and the solo guitar piece, when the presence of Stockhausen and Cage cast a particularly long shadow over the avant-garde.

Note: Following this concert John Tilbury will discuss his long awaited publication on Cardew - Cornelius Cardew: A Life Unfinished - to be launched at HCMF.