Stewart Lee meets John Cage at Kings Place

By Paul Kilbey, 27 September 2012

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 24 September 2012

Works by Various

Cage, Solo for Sliding Trombone

Cage, Indeterminacy

Stewart Lee, Reader

Tania Chen, Piano

Alan Tomlinson, Trombone

Steve Beresford, Piano

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.