I have since posted a higher resolution version of this video. John Cale was the guest on this September 16, 1963 episode of I’ve Got a Secret. His secret centered around his participation in an 18 hour 40 minute piano performance, the first full length presentation of Erik Satie’s “Vexations“ held at the Pocket Theater. (Not mentioned, pianists John Cage, David Tudor, Christian Wolff, Philip Corner, Viola Farber, Robert Wood, MacRae Cook, David Del Tredici, James Tenney, Howard Klein (the New York Times rJohn Cale on “I’ve Got A Secret” (1963)
Cale’s secret was that he had been one of the performers involved in the first live recital of Erik Satie’s “Vexations” (1893), staged on 9/9/63 at the Pocket Theater in New York. The performance of the piece, which entails a single passage of music repeated 840 times, featured eleven pianists playing in shifts and took 18 hours and 40 minutes to complete.
Also featured on the program is Karl Schenzer, the only audience member who stayed for th
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