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Most pianos have 88 keys, but the notes that they produce are just  the beginning of the sonic possibilities available to the keyboardist.  This week we\u2019ll listen to how boundary-shattering composers from John  Cage to Conlon Nancarrow unlocked and exploited keyboard instruments\u2019  aural potential.

Hosted by Seth Boustead
\nProduced by Jesse McQuarters

Playlist
\n    \u25e6   Cage: The Perilous Night; Marcus Hinterhauser, p.
\n    \u25e6   Satie: La Pi\xe8ge de Medusa (excerpt); Alexandre Tharaud, p.
\n    \u25e6   Cowell: Aeolian Harp & The Banshee; Henry Cowell, p.
\n    \u25e6   Nancarrow: Study No. 40a for Player Piano
\n    \u25e6   Zappa: Jazz From Hell; Zappa, syncalvier
\n    \u25e6   Zappa: Ruth is Sleeping; Ensemble Modern
\n    \u25e6   Reich: It\u2019s Gonna Rain (excerpt); Brother Walter, nar.
\n    \u25e6   Reich: Piano Phase (excerpt); Josef Christof, Steffen Schleiermacher, pnos.
\n    \u25e6   Glass: Metamorphosis 1; Bruce Brubaker, p.
\n    \u25e6   Crumb: Night Spell & Dream Images fr. Makrokosmos; Margaret Leng Tan, p.
\n    \u25e6   Choi: To Unformed; Choi, piano