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Feldman: Tactile listening and surface tension

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Kate explores the sensuous, textural music of Morton Feldman.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore present 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3's series exploring the pivotal 'modern' musical works of the 20th century, the groundbreaking composers who created them, and the radical cultural and artistic movements which gave rise to them. In this episode, Kate explores the sensuous, textural music of American composer Morton Feldman, leading to a full performance of one of his late masterpieces, 'Coptic Light' from 1985. Along the way, we鈥檒l discover the concert that led to Feldman and John Cage becoming lifelong friends, visit a hippy haven in London for a lesson in listening and 鈥渁nti-composition鈥�, and encounter the painters who inspired Feldman to create his long-form and extremely quiet texturally-obsessed late works.

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Music Played

  • Morton Feldman

    Rothko Chapel 2

    Choir: UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus.
    • Shutter Island [Music From The Motion Picture].
    • Atlantic Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade For Winds (K. 361; 3rd Movement)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Mozart: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments/Serenade K.375 etc.
    • Universal International Music B.V..

  • Morton Feldman

    Rothko Chapel 2

    Choir: UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus.
    • Shutter Island [Music From The Motion Picture].
    • Atlantic Records.

  • Anton Webern

    Symphony, Op.21

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Webern: Complete Edition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Annea Lockwood

    Bottle Tree Showered with Fragments from The Glass World

    Performer: Annea Lockwood.
    • The Glass World.
    • What Next Recordings.

  • Annea Lockwood

    Wine Glass from The Glass World

    Performer: Annea Lockwood.
    • The Glass World.
    • What Next Recordings.

  • Earle Brown

    Synergy, for cello & tape

    Performer: Charlotte Moorman. Music Arranger: Charlotte Moorman.
    • Cello Anthology, Vol. 2.
    • Alga Marghen.

  • Morton Feldman

    Coptic Light

    Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Coptic Light.
    • Argo.

  • Eva-Maria Houben

    Breath for Organ

    Performer: Eva-Maria Houben.
    • Breath For Organ.
    • Second Editions.

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