"The sedge is withered from the lake, and no birds sing" (La belle dame sans merci, John Keats)
Margaret Leng Tan, Queen of the toy piano, addresses her deep concerns about climate change with this program that she has been developing ever since the pandemic. She talks to Charlotte Wilson about this very personal endeavour to use her artistry to engender change; about this program she will be presenting, all pieces written for her including two world premieres; about the toy piano and the eclectic range of instruments she will be employing, and about her performance of John Cage's 0'00" - all in the very space, in the Maverick concert hall in the woods outside Woodstock, where he first performed his famous 4'33".
Margaret Leng Tan: AND NO BIRDS SING, A Requiem for the Earth
Works by John Luther Adams, Lois Vierk, Somei Satoh, Annie Gosfield, Michael Wookey, Erik Griswold and John Cage
8pm, Sat August 24, Maverick Concerts in Hurley, NY
