Release Date: 05 June 2026
Label: Mode - Dvd / Mode Records
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0764593035299
Genres: Music Concert
Description
The first collaboration between John Cage and Scottish traditional music group The Whistlebinkies occured in Edinburgh in 1984. Cage was fascinated by their instrumentation of Lowland pipes, clarsach, fiddle, wooden flute, con-certina, drum and voice. This led on to the commissioning of Scottish Circus for the ensemble in 1990, a way of performing traditional Scottish music as individuals of an ensemble together. The September 1990 premiere in Glasgow, in Cage's presence, also included his newly devised version of 4'33" (which lasted 10 minutes!). These recordings showcase Edinburgh's historic Inverleith House as not only the recording venue, but the acoustic of the house as a performer in its own right. This DVD presents two first recordings of Scottish Circus, demon-strating how no two performances of the piece are the same. Also included are both outdoor and indoor performances of 4'33". Includes a 24-page booklet of photos with essays by Eddie McGuire, James Pritchett, Prof. Bjorn Heile and Brian Brandt. Plus interviews with John Cage by Steve Sweeny-Turner and Stuart Eydmann by Neill Martin.
Andres Gomis; Laura Martinez; Alberto Chaves; Josetxo Silguero
The Whistlebinkies
Colette Broeckaert; Sebastian Berweck; Martin Lorenz
Dunscombe/Lane/Radulescu
Walter Zimmermann
Stephen Marotto; Marilyn Nonken
Luis Tabuenca
Yvar Mikhashoff
Violeta Urmana; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor; Wiene
Wiener Philharmoniker; Andris Nelsons
Marianela Nunez; Vadim Muntagirov; Fumi Kaneko; Kristen McNally; Gary Avis; Bennet Gartside; Luca A
The Whistlebinkies
Montserrat Caballe; Miguel Zanetti
Klaus Florian Vogt; Christian Thielemann; Silvia Kruger-Vogt; Andreas Homoki; Harald Schmidt; Andre
Jussi Bjoerling; Lauritz Melchior; Birgit Nilsson; Nicolai Gedda; Howard Barlow; Wilfrid Pelletier;
Lucerne Fo:Abbado
