The late morton feldman s legendary monolithic string quartet finally comes to compact disc almost 20 years after it was written, and some after it was debuted by the kronos quartet for the cbc as a live broadcast. We believe this to be the second longest stringbased movement in existence the longest also composed by morton feldman. Piano and string quartet, an album by morton feldman, ives ensemble, john snijders on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Mar 10, 2015 further analysis of morton feldman s piano and string quartet welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music. String quartet ii 1983 clarinet and string quartet 1983 for philip guston, for flute, percussion, and piano celesta 1984 arrangement of weillbrecht alabama song, for bass, voice ad lib, 2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, marimba, and piano 1984 composition, for violin 1984 violin and string quartet 1985 piano and string quartet. Jan 12, 2012 i f any single piece epitomises the beauty and the hypnotic power of morton feldman s final works, it is piano and string quartet, composed in 1985, just two years before his death. Recognized for works he composed for merce cunningham, feldman wrote his quartet no. Piano and string quartet 1985 youtube morton feldman piano and string quartet 1985 duration. May 28, 1970 the da vinci string quartet, with the composer in action, played mr. The screen will be black for the remainder of the pieces. There are only few analysis of morton feldmans 19261987 music, especially for his last phase hanninen 2004a, p. Free free string quartet sheet music sheet music pieces to download from. The venue revisited the special event with an encore stream. Known for its beauty and hypnotic power the guardian, morton feldmans piano and string quartet promises an hour of quiet introspection.
Even if the ives ensemble blew it, this record would be a milestone. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The opening pages of feldman s late piano quintet, which lasts about 75 minutes total. New york native and avantgarde composer morton feldman composed this work just two years before his death in 1987, and it haunts the listener into a prism of melancholy. Written two years before his death in 1987, morton feldman s piano and string quartet is a shimmering, pristine musical event. The flux quartet performance is complete, lasting a total of 6 hours 7 minutes and 7 seconds. Wfmu staff 2012 year end lists wfmus beware of the blog. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. Nov 27, 2016 the piano and the quartet stay at the same low whisper, like having a muffled conversation in a library where people are trying to read. Morton feldman piano and string quartet bridge 9369 pcg. Music for piano and strings by morton feldman vol 1.
Piano and string quartet by morton feldman 19261987. Bits of robert fripp in there as well, to my ears gratefulshrink. This monumental project explores the limits of music and marks the chicago debut of morton feldmans sixhourlong work. The score is 124 pages long kronos performed a somewhat edited version, and is notated.
There are only few analysis of morton feldman s 19261987 music, especially for his last phase hanninen 2004a, p. Piano and string quartet, a song by morton feldman, kronos quartet on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. If any single piece epitomises the beauty and the hypnotic power of morton feldman s final works, it is piano and string quartet, composed in 1985, just two years before his deaththis poised, ravishing recording by vicki ray and the eclipse quartet comes with an outstanding sleeve note by the composer david lang, which among other perceptions points up the relationship between feldman s. Feldman clarinet and string quartet for clarinet and string. Ensemble new babylon piano and string quartet spot bremen. Recorded live at the huddersfield festival of contemporary music, 2006 this is a video dvd, although images are only used for the dvd menu and the first 25 seconds of each track.
Feldman string quartet and orchestra for string quartet and. Throughout the 1970s feldman had written many works for orchestra, including his outstanding still life concerto works ie, cello and orchestra, piano. Morton feldman 19261987 piano and string quartet 1985 79. From glenn freemans introduction at an event on 18th february 2002. Violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, piano sheet music book by morton feldman 19261987. Note that works for piano solo or, for example, cello solo are in the solo instrumental category, however, works for 2 or. The flux quartet are the first ensemble to record all of feldmans string quartets. Cd, album elektra nonesuch, elektra nonesuch, elektra nonesuch 7559793202, 9 793202, 793202. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. Piano and string quartet by kronos quartet on amazon music.
Covid19 update despite the problems caused by the coronavirus our webshop and the contact forms on our website are fully available. Many of feldmans late works are quite lengthy, and this work is no exception. As in all of feldmans music, simple gestures create enormous intensity. I f any single piece epitomises the beauty and the hypnotic power of morton feldman s final works, it is piano and string quartet, composed in 1985, just two years before his death. A rarely heard and epic achievement, the music creates a trancelike focus. If a string quartet and pianist are engaged and a piano quartet is to be presented, one of the violins must sit out. While much of feldman s later music is long in duration, this was his. Morton feldman once called the string quartet the pinnacle of western music, and his longterm interest in the genre certainly flourished in his later years. To generate automatically updated lists see browse by work genre in the sidebar. For forty years, the kronos quartet has been reimagining the string quartet. A guide to the piano quartet literature by raymond silvertrust introduction and preface engage a string quartet and a pianist, or find a pick up group of string players and a pianist. Ensemble new babylon morton feldman sendesaal bremen.
I dont have the endurance for a recording of string quartet no. Morton feldman piano and string quartet 1985 youtube. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Both meditative and moving, the work is performed by montreals bozzini quartet and vancouver pianist rachel iwassa. Shifting, unsettling, and yet every bit hypnotic, pianist aki takahashi and the worldrenowned kronos quartet conjure up the ghost of feldman to wander the streets of new york as if they were abandoned. Peeling away from the aleatoric musical notation which defined his early 1950s work and opting for the conventional performing forces of the string quartet, feldman manages nonetheless to liberate sound from structure, from dramatic expectation, from instruments and space. Its nearly eighty minutes long and only just fits onto this cd. It is a recording of one of morton feldman s final works many of feldman s late works are quite lengthy, and this work is no exception. Morton feldmans piano and string quartet music on main. Piano and string quartet is a studio album by the kronos quartet and aki takahashi piano. It is also extremely beautiful if extraordinarily slowmoving, as is most of feldman s late music.
Morton feldman piano and string quartet bridge nelson gastaldi symphony no. While much of feldman s later music is long in duration, this was his endurance test. It all works not easily classifiable, which is a good thing. This article presents a complete list of compositions by american composer morton feldman, organized by instrumentation. Morton feldman piano and string quartet 1993we fucking. Music for piano and strings by morton feldman vol 2. What seems to be less discussed than length, however, is the actual content of the music, or the underlying philosophy of it, or even the intention of the composer. Further analysis of morton feldmans piano and string quartet. The second quartet is well known for lasting six hours and demanding extreme endurance from its players. Jan 17, 2002 feldman fans have been waiting for a recording of string quartet ii since feldman wrote it eighteen years ago. The flux quartet are the first ensemble to record all of feldman s string quartets. Piano and string quartet, an album by morton feldman, kronos quartet on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Piano and string quartet, a song by morton feldman, kronos.
Libertango 1st violin part string quartet sheet music. Clarinet and string quartet has its own sound, texture, and point of view. Morton feldman s piano and string quartet any other composer than feldman would simply call it a piano quintet and have done with it written two years before the composers death, is a massive work. A blog supreme bassist matt ulery, whose new album displays an affinity for strings, picks some of his favorite mergers of classical and folk music with the. Morton feldman sq ii string quartets a most intimate. Morton feldman kronos quartet with aki takahashi piano and string quartet. Strings violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, piano composed by morton feldman 19261987. Flux quartet at the tanks, tate modern, london on december 4, 2016 flux quartet. Feldman in quartet playing own work the new york times. In atlantis, the result is a rivulet of tiny delights, trickles and flurries of notes that unfurl into scampering, stopstart phrases. Piano and string quartet by joan jeanrenaud, feldman, morton, kronos quartet, takahashi, aki, kronos quartet, aki takahashi, aki takahaski, hank dutt, david harrington, john sherba from amazons classical music store. Unlike the repetitions and slowmoving shifts characterizing his fivetosixhourlong string quartet no.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Morton feldman piano and string quartet 1993 feldman s decision to write pieces lasting several hours, throughcomposed in every detail, can first of all be understood as a purely conceptual one, through which he makes a conscious departure from the formal and material preconceptions of the conventional classical concert, which even the. In february, 1981 the string quartet was performed at the calarts contemporary music festival, and feldman later said that the audience was so full of tension that it was like a lynch mob. Morton feldman kronos quartet with aki takahashi piano. Despite my appreciation of feldman and the kronos quartet, i found it to be painful to listen to just ever so faint tinkling and bowing that goes on and on. Please note that this list is manually updated, and may not contain imslps complete collection. His 1979 string quartet was followed first by his epic, fivehour string quartet ii 1983 and then by a series of works for solo instrument and string quartet, including ones with. Contrasting aki takahashis widelyspaced piano arpeggios with kronos quartet s extended chords, feldman allows lingering sounds from either the piano or the strings to haze over many of the pieces nearsilences. I attempted the quintuplet cd set, sampling several cds per day for two weeks, and then later started and stopped the single dvda over a week. Morton feldman, group for contemporary music string quartet. Morton feldman piano and string quartet 1985 duration. Morton feldman, kronos quartet, aki takahashi feldman.
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