Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning
from Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics Hosted by BBC Radio 3
Pianist and Scratch Orchestra member John Tilbury speaks up for The Great Learning by the radical British composer and political activist Cornelius Cardew. Paul Griffiths explains its place in Cardew's musical and political thinking, and the composer suggests musicians abandon ‘individual choice’ and join together to orchestrate social change.
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