Radio Music

Two interpretations of canonical works that explore the use of radio as a musical medium. Spiral by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1968) places the radio and its interference at the center of the composition, unfolding through a real-time response to external broadcasts and the cosmic radio noise of shortwave frequencies. The piece will be performed by Snir Kaduri on flute and Ilay Schwebel on electronics.

The Musrara Electroacoustic Ensemble, led by Shmil Frankel, will perform Radio Music by John Cage (1958), a work centered on the tension between the written composition and the unpredictable content of radio: speech, news, music, and noise. A sonic and social consciousness spills into the concert hall, becoming raw material for the performance.