Morton Feldman's music, unlike Anton Webern's, is entirely American in its non-tradition, using silence to annihilate the attractiveness of time and find refuge for 'boredom'.
Compositional Technique
Morton Feldman rarely set texts to music, with only nine such examples, making his approach to text in music unique.
Interpretation
Klangforum Wien operates with a democratic philosophy, where cooperation between performers, conductors, and composers replaces traditional hierarchical structures.
Performer Biography
Sylvain Cambreling, the conductor, has one of the largest conducting repertoires of our time, with more than 70 operas and over 400 concert works.
Performer Biography
Klangforum Wien, the ensemble performing on this album, was founded in 1985 by Beat Furrer as an ensemble of soloists for contemporary music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Morton Feldman's music is described as having no beginning or end, without intention, and tied up in its own patterns of minutely changing pitches and rhythms.
Composition History
Morton Feldman's "For Samuel Beckett" is his last composition, written in 1987 over a longer period.
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