Tim Ovens plays John Cage · Sonata X for Prepared Piano

The German pianist Tim Ovens plays the 10th sonata of John Cages "Sonatas & Interludes" for prepared piano . The piano strings are prepared with screws, pieces of plastic, rubber and more to get a drumlike sound.
The record is part of the CD & CD-ROM "John Cage · Sonatas & Interludes" (www.johncage.de, www.timovens.de).

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• Tim Ovens
• piano
• John Cage
• prepared piano
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• Ovens
• Cage
• prepared

[aperionproject]

This music, like all of Cage's prepared piano music, isn't "outlandish" or anything like that imo. In a way, its a simple analogue synthesizer. Also, his sense of rhythm is impeccable, which is usually missed and glossed over by those who don't like Cage and are committed to pontificating about his work.

New timbres from a common instrument, ingenious I say.

[d33pS3Ad1v3r]

@AEFic

my personal fav has to be "what a cunt"

bravo!

[stadlov]

Know anything about the Sonatas? Cage learnt from Indian philosophy, the purpose of music was "to sober and quiet the mind", not to break traditions. He wanted to transform the "permanent emotions" into music.

What he wanted, was not just simply to destroy any traditions, but not to become enchained by traditions.

Do not become enchained by any fixed idea about how to play Cage and how not to play Cage. As Cage wrote: Get out of whatever cage you find yourself in.

[antonvonwebern]

come on! what's all these hands movements in the air?! these old romantic movements,like swinging clouds..

fuck! you are playing cage,man! you have to destroy all your romantic-way-of-playing-piano'­s memory you've learned at school!

if you want to interpretate cage you have to be coherent with his philosophy.

erase tradition,please.

you have to do it. if you don't,you are not playing a cage's piece.

[vadesdecero]

@TheFullinlove Ah! Youtube's daily cultural comments.

[dasklavierleben]

There's tons of really incredible ideas here, but they just don't go anywhere. Too disorganized. Cowell managed to be just as experimental but also sound beautiful, is that so much to ask?

[Heisenberg85]

@thefullinlove

Lol, yea you know lots about music. Like semi tones huh? Christian music isnt the only thing out there. Not only do you not know the first about music, but youre ethnocentric too! Youre prolly a racist and therefore, a pedophile too!!

[ravenmek]

@TheFullinlove TROLL SPOTTED

[TheFullinlove]

wtf is this ? of course is not music cause it does'nt have concordance betwen their own notes ,who ever like this shit does"nt know nothing about music the people who like this gay are really crazy . bye .

[jratcliffe91]

@ddude081 good question, the idea is that cage intended it to be, if set up correctly, to be harmless to the strings or damaging the piano in anyway...agreed though, this is the most melodic of the piano sonatas i think its innovative and simultaneously very beautiful, which in 20th century music, is a rarity

[yamiko193]

@g3org33r3 Because you're the one who's supposed to do that!

[ddude081]

Just out of curiosity. Does this method of playing hurt the piano? Very cool sounds.