Contemplating Morty
‘.…soft because softness is compelling…..’ (Cornelius Cardew)

A retrospective of the music for piano and strings by the hugely influential composer Morton Feldman. His quiet, intimate, and luminous compositions weave sounds inspired by both his relationships with visual arts and obsession with Persian tapestries.
Violinist Darragh Morgan has spent the past 25 years experimenting in his performance approach to these compositions; vibrato free and using a baroque bow, creating a unique sensitivity of touch and a lightness to Feldman’s dynamic timbres.

‘The actual performance has a fascinating tension…when it’s over you’re not changed, exactly, but you’re a slightly different person just the same.’ – The Wire

PROGRAMME – DAY ONE:

Darragh Morgan / violin
Mary Dullea / piano

Spring of Chosroes (1977)
Projection 4 (1951)
Vertical Thoughts 2 (1963)
For Aaron Copland (1981)
Palais de Mari (1986)

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For John Cage (1982)