Williams-Rhythmic Journey No. 2: The Cage Sieve-Bodhran

The Rhythmic Journey series is an open-ended set of works for hand drums, written primarily for individual students, with the goal of exploring a particular musical genre, style, technique, or any other aspects of exploration as yet undiscovered.

Rhythmic Journey No. 2: The Cage Sieve by B. Michael Williams for bodhran explores the rhythms of John Cage's early percussion works, including First Construction (In Metal), Amores, 2nd Construction, Living Room Music, and Third Construction. The spirit of Cage's seminal 4'33" even makes a brief appearance. Duration: 7'30".