Originally I had intended to take a leave from blogging for a couple of days; there were just too many concerts to write about and some more will follow later on this week. But then I came across this post on Tim Rutherford-Johnson’s fantastic New Music blog. Tim has posted a couple of New Music videos over at YouTube.com, including an orchestral version of Cage’s 4’33”! I found it quite amazing how the audience of this BBC concert reacted: heavy applause, cheering, and “bravos”; the conductor had to come on stage three times or so. Other videos on the site include music by Varese, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Messiaen, Bartok, Lutoslawski, and many more.

Thanks Tim!