Cornelius Cardew 1936-1981 - ACE162.4

Tilbury on Cardew’s ideas of the "uncatchability", something that couldn’t be packaged like some commodity. Part of performance of The Great Learning (1971) in Union Chapel. Musicians striking pieces of stone together; organist wedging some of the instrument’s keys; speaking in rhythm; woodwinds. Photograph of Cardew in 1960s. Wolff on Cardew’s ensemble pieces, which "had a naturally social character", but growing in size from small groups to twenty or thirty. Tilbury talking about the Scratch Orchestra, "the embodiment of Cardew’s ideas about musical life". Film of Scratch Orchestra performance with Cardew and Feldmann. Various films (mainly amateur, silent) of other Scratch Orchestra activities.