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Cornelius Cardew Cornelius Cardew main page on UbuWeb Sound Cornelius Cardew Memorial Concert (1985) 1. First Movement for String Quartet 2. Octet '71 3. Treatise 4. Paragraph 1 of the Great Learning 5. The Turtledove 6. The Workers Song 7. Thalmann Variations 8. Croppy Boy 9. Watkinson's Thirteens 10. Smash The Social Contract 11. There is only one lie, There is only one truth 12. We Sing for The Future Cornelius Cardew was killed on the 13th December 1981, by a hit and run driver near his home in East London. On the 16th of May 1982 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London his musical colleagues, friends and comrades came together to perform his music in a tribute to his life and works. Performers: Laurie Barker Alex Balanescu David Bedford Gavin Bryars Steve Calder Carol Chant Michael Chant Horace Cardew Walter Cardew Bob Coleridge Kate Collison Patrick Foster Maranda Cullylove Lou Gare Liam Genockey Gerry Gold Alec Hill Christopher Hobbs Peter Howe David Jackman Tim Joss Shelia Kasabova Francis Kelly Tim Mason Melinda Maxwell Ian Michell Tim Michell Janos Negyesy Michael Nyman Michael Parsons Geoff Pearce Elizabeth Perry Tom Phillips Eddie Prevost Karen Rhodes Keith Rowe Frederic Rzewski Brigid Scott-Baker Hugh Schrapnel Dave Smith John Tilbury Michelle Todd Emily Underwood Jane Wells John White Sylvia Williams Bob Wolford AMM Eisler Ensemble English Chamber Choir (Dir. Guy Protheroe) PCA Singers PLM Scratch Orchestra Special thanks to The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Inc., The Kitchen, Peforming Artservices Inc., and the Cornelius Cardew Memorial Concert Committee in New York City. The Cornelius Cardew Memorial concert organizing committee would like to thank the South Bank and the Greater London Council for their cooperation. Recorded by Bob Wolford. RELATED RESOURCES: Cornelius Cardew's "Stockhausen Serves Imperialism" in UbuWeb Historical Cornelius Cardew's "Towards an Ethic of Improvisation" (1971) in UbuWeb Papers Itchy and Scratchy Orchestra in UbuWeb Sound