John Cage: Five5, for Flute, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet and percussion

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John Cage (1912-1992): Five5, for Flute, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet and percussion (1991).
Ives Ensemble.

The time-brackets in "Five5" have different durations and each one of them contains only a single sound. The work contains more than one reference to the title: Of course there is the number of performers, but also duration and the number of different sounds in the percussion part refer to it.

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