Cornelius Cardew's The Great Learning

29/10/2011 12 min

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Episode Synopsis

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.