[silence] New Recordings of Feldman & Cage: Online Broadcast Friday

[Glenn Freeman]

Morton Feldman's "Two Pieces for String Quartet (1954)" and "For  
String Quartet (1956)" as performed by the Rangzen Quartet (http:// 
netnewmusic.net/wiki/index.php?title=Rangzen_Quartet) will be  
broadcast around 1am and then again around 12noon EST this Friday  
June 16th (tomorrow) on Contemporary Classical Internet Radio (http:// 
contemporary-classical.com).

These new recordings are the result of a project initiated on the  
"Why Patterns?" discussion list. "For Feldman" (http://www.amazon.com/ 
gp/product/B000F3T3PK) is second in a series featuring previously  
unreleased works by emerging composers, this 96kHz|24bit Audio DVD  
(plays in any DVD player) contains 4 world premiere recordings and  
the only available release of 3 works by Morton Feldman. David  
Beardsley's 30-minute 2004 string quartet in Just Intonation will  
also be aired online, soon before the DVD is released.

THREE PIECES FOR STRING QUARTET from 1954-1956 is actually a pairing  
of what originally were two separate works: TWO PIECES FOR STRING  
QUARTET(1954) and FOR STRING QUARTET(1956). THREE PIECES occurs after  
Morton Feldman's (1926-1987) first published work for string quartet,  
STRUCTURES from 1951, and both were premiered together on May 30,  
1956 by the Juilliard String Quartet. THREE PIECES was written during  
a period dominated by a series of piano works, including PIANO PIECE  
1955 and PIECE FOR FOUR PIANOS, and elements of indeterminacy were  
important attributes of Feldman's music during this period. Coming in  
the midst of several compositions for keyboard(s), Feldman appears to  
have considered some of the fundamental differences between strings  
and keyboards, such as the ability of string performers to utilize  
different techniques of producing sound, such as pizzicato and  
harmonics. THREE PIECES are, like STRUCTURES, an interesting portent  
of what will be heard in the later works for string quartet. – David  
Toub [with thanks to Ole Buck]

John Cage's "Inlets" (1977) as performed by Glenn Freeman will also  
be heard during this broadcast. "Inlets" is soon to be released on an  
Audio DVD which features Cage's complete scores for Sho and Conch  
Shells. More information on OgreOgress productions can be found at  
http://cdbaby.com/group/ogreogress.