
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 成人快手 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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