Wild Up: The Great Learning

Orchestral collective Wild Up performed The Great Learning, Paragraphs 2 and 7, by Cornelius Cardew. A ritual of gathering in community through sound, Wild Up members and an ensemble of 30 non-musicians performed two sections of this monumental work in which voices and percussion unfold through listening and response. Creating a vast field of resonance and play, the performance became a shared space to embody collective creativity. Composed between 1968 and 1971, Cardew designed The Great Learning for a radically open ensemble that blurred lines between trained musicians and amateurs, grounding the piece in inclusivity, process, and duration.