morton feldman

Liturgical lullaby, canine concrète, a chess game that never ends. The Chicago-based media artist and composer talks about three important albums.

Olivia's picks:

Alèmu Aga – Éthiopiques 11: The Harp Of King David
Beatriz Ferreyra – Huellas Entreveradas
Morton Feldman – For Samuel Beckett

Honourable mention: Kim Jung Mi – Now

Olivia also mentioned another record in the Éthiopiques series: Piano Solo by Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.

Olivia's new album, Innocent Passage In The Territorial Sea, is out now on Room40. Check it out on Bandcamp here. Her website is here.

PLUS: Head over to ATTN for a premiere of the video for "Laika", directed by Deborah Stratman.

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Paul Thomas is joined by guitarist, broadcaster and concert organiser Tom McKinney for a wide-ranging conversation about contemporary music. As well as discussing some recent new releases the discussion touches upon performances in unconventional venues and the art of commissioning new works.

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The music discussed in the show:

Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1 - 3
Chiaroscuro Quartet
BIS - BIS2348
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8777472--haydn-string-quartets-op-76-nos-1-3

Vienne 1900 – Music by Mahler, Zemlinsky, Berg & Schoenberg
Eric Le Sage (piano), Zvi Plesser (cello), Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
ALPHA - ALPHA588
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8789365--vienne-1900

Here We Are
Héloïse Werner (soprano); The Hermes Experiment
Delphian - DCD34244
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8794320--here-we-are

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time & Catlin Smith: Among the Tarnished Stars
Anton Lukoszevieze (piano), Mira Benjamin (violin), Heather Roche (clarinet) & Philip Thomas (piano)
Another Timbre - AT143
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8623053--messiaen-quartet-for-the-end-of-time-catlin-smith-among-the-tarnished-stars

Morton Feldman Piano
Philip Thomas (piano)
Another Timbre – AT144
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8676745--morton-feldman-piano

Spilled Out From Tangles
Juliet Fraser (soprano)
Huddersfield Contemporary Records - HCR23CD
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8768008--spilled-out-from-tangles

Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
PENTATONE - PTC5186670
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8404435--messiaen-catalogue-doiseaux-books-1-7

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Bei der Streichquartettbiennale in Amsterdam 2020 ist es Yasmin Hilberdink, der Gründerin und Kuratorin dieses Festivals gelungen, im Muziekgebouw ein Stück Streichquartettparadies zu schaffen. Dieses Festival ermöglicht uns, die unterschiedlichsten Aspekte des Formats Streichquartett und der Formation Streichquartett zu erkunden und zu erleben.

Streichquartett-Biennale Amsterdam

https://www.sqba.nl/?lang=en

Joey Roukens: What Remains (String Quartet IV): performed by the Dudok Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY5rg1QKKtc

Steven Wallace : The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm  (Lauren Kennedy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqp2tXALD68

Alex Ross : The rest is Noise – Das 20. Jahrhundert hören, Piper Verlag 2013

Das Buch von Alex Ross : „The rest is Noise – Das 20. Jahrhundert hören“ ist ein äußerst informatives, interessantes und spannendes Buch. Wir können die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts im politisch-historischen Kontext über seine Musik neu erleben.

Alex Ross ist Kritiker beim New Yorker

Lobster spaceships, unleashing the beast, flying capos. Ben Chasny talks about three albums that informed his Hexadic System.

Ben's picks:

1) Khanate – Things Viral

2) Fushitsusha – The Caution Appears

3) Morton Feldman – Triadic Memories

For more on Six Organs On Admittance, head over to the official website or the Six Organs Bandcamp. Be sure to dive deep into the Hexadic section on his site too.

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