The flux quartet was the first group to undertake this late 20thcentury masterwork of sustained, quiet intensity, developing new performance techniques to deal with the pieces extremes of stamina and concentration. The frequency of all fields in morton feldman s string quartet no. The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others. I think i read somewhere that morton feldman s compositions were getting lengthier and lengthier towards the end of his life. Unlike the repetitions and slowmoving shifts characterizing his fivetosixhourlong string quartet no. Price new from used from vinyl, october 19, 2018 please retry. A special allnight performance of a modernist masterpiece, the string quartet no.
Untitled tune for merce cunningham piano x 19 intermission on johns preparation piano x 194. Andrew clements, the guardian, july 25, 2003 morton feldman late. String quartet 2 s score is 124 pages, at one tempo marking of 6366 beats per minute as such, a slow tempo. It was founded in 1998 and is based in new york city. It forms part of the later feldman oeuvre, in which single works with minimal instrumentation would last for extended periods of time the piece piano, violin, viola, cello might also be mentioned here. Morton feldman ives ensemble string quartet ii 2001. The performance was being promoted as the centerpiece of a much larger feldman tribute and retrospective that was to go on for several days. The second quartet is well known for lasting six hours and demanding extreme endurance from its players. This monumental project explores the limits of music and marks the chicago debut of morton feldman s sixhourlong work. Complete your morton feldman ives ensemble collection.
I attempted the quintuplet cd set, sampling several cds per day for two weeks, and then later started and. String quartet 2 import morton feldman composer, ives ensemble performer format. On march 11, spektral quartet performs morton feldman s monumental string quartet no. Also not sure why this piano quintet is called a string quartet maybe titling. This work takes nearly 6 hours to perform, and the flux quartet. Hatnowart published string quartet ii in an edition of only 3,000 copies, which is like locking people out of museums but which might meet demand. The frame music puts around time is also a magnifying glass. Flux quartet at the tanks, tate modern, london on december 4, 2016 flux quartet. Feldman idiosyncratically sets the bars, so one page may last as little as about half.
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. When i saw an advertisement for feldman s first string quartet at a very reasonable price, i decided to order it. Presenting the longawaited boston premiere of morton feldman s epic, sixhour, uninterrupted string quartet no. Is any audience like the one that will assemble, in whatever numbers, to hear the flux quartet assay morton feldman s string quartet no. Morton feldman string quartet download free sheet music and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. A major figure in 20thcentury music, feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental new york school of composers also including john cage, christian wolff, and earle brown. The track points are provided for convenience only and. Complete your morton feldman flux quartet collection. Morton feldman kronos quartet with aki takahashi piano. Darmstadt lecture 1984 feldman s string quartet no.
String quartet ii in the summer of 1996, the kronos quartet was scheduled to present morton feldman s string quartet ii 1983 at the lincoln center festival in new york. This article presents a complete list of compositions by american composer morton feldman, organized by instrumentation. 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 ives ensemble string quartet ii discogs. About three months prior to fluxs premiere of this grand work in 1999, i received four thick, bound, oversized scores and at that moment, the pieces immensity struck a new chord with my psyche. 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. While much of feldman s later music is long in duration, this was his endurance test. New yorks formidable flux quartet has made something of a specialty of morton feldman s terrifying sixhour string quartet no. There are few composers of his generation whose first and last published work in feldman s case journey to.
Morton feldman, string quartet 2, fragment youtube. Morton feldman s piano and string quartet may 2, 2016 march 3, 2017 f. Photograph of morton feldman at piano, with creative associates julius. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Though certainly less of a time commitment than reading the whole of. It is quiet, alterations are minimal, individual patterns repeating. Feldman american, 19261987once called a poetic extremist by composer john cagecomposed the work to be played over the course of four to six hours so that it would induce a trancelike focus in both the. I dont have the date of his death on hand, but im sure this string quartet from 1979 qualifies as one of those. Morton feldman, kronos quartet, aki takahashi feldman. Morton feldman seems to use no such formulas, which makes his music even more interesting and unpredictable than 12tone serialism.
Some listeners think that the music gradually becomes part of the environment, while others feel that time is suspended, that one is confronted with the problem of remembering and forgetting. Pdf there are only few analysis of morton feldman s 19261987 music, especially for his last phase hanninen 2004a, p. Piano and string quartet is a studio album by the kronos quartet and aki takahashi piano. This work takes nearly 6 hours to perform, and the flux quartet from new york are one of the. Morton feldman piano and string quartet 1985 youtube. The flux quartet performance is complete, lasting a total of 6 hours 7 minutes and 7. Written two years before his death in 1987, morton feldman s piano and string quartet is a shimmering, pristine musical event. Week 2 of the santa fe chamber music festival includes a. Morton feldman works date title instruments publisher recording 19 composition horn, celesta, string quartet x 19 dear merce aka. Morton feldman, group for contemporary music string. The viola in my life t he music on this recording illustrates the essential integrity of the work of morton feldman 19261987 and one of its fundamental strengthsits continuously unfolding unanimity of purpose. Intersection 2, composed in 1951, is one of the two scores copied by john cage. The second quartet is well known for lasting six hours and demanding extreme endurance.
What seems to be less discussed than length, however, is the actual content of the music, or the underlying philosophy of it. Recognized for works he composed for merce cunningham, feldman wrote his quartet no. The flux quartet is an american string quartet dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. For a piece of chamber music, feldman s string quartet no. Clarinet and string quartet 1983 is a much more substantial work, over 40 minutes.
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