Morton Feldman, who died in 1987, would have been 100 this year. In celebration of his centenary, pianist/composer Steve Long presents a program of his music, and of pieces by other composers that put Feldman’s work into context.
PROGRAM
Tuning Meditation, from Sonic Meditations (1971) — Pauline Oliveros
Piano (Three Hands) (1957) — Morton Feldman
Piano Four Hands (1958) — Feldman
“Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit,” BWV 106 — J. S. Bach, arranged for piano by György Kurtág (who turned 100 this year)
December 1952 — Earle Brown (also born in 1926)
4 Systems — Brown
November 1952 — Brown
The Viola in My Life 3 — Feldman
Paragraph 6, from The Great Learning (1971)— Cornelius Cardew
with
Cleek Schrey, violin
Nick Pauly, viola
James Ilgenfritz, double bass
Drew Wesely, guitar
Steve Long, piano
Julian Bennett Holmes, piano
Live at St. Paul’s Chapel — or, watch on YouTube.
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