Morton Feldman Dances

[Xzaln]

will you be my girlfriend

[LADYOFACANYON]

è l'intenzione e l'intensità che hai, nella tua musica e nelle performance. c'è qualcosa di magnetico sempre, (quasi) ipnotico!

[TheRavingRandomist]

the very way to do the piano

the very way to do

a n y t h i n g

there can be wisdom in silliness

(just as much as there can be wisdom in silence)

((s i l e n c e usally being the option of choice though))

we forgot to mention that we REALLY like that

(合掌 gassho/namaste)

[Kelpy]

thanks for posting the thoughts about Feldman and for this inspiring video, yes, I liked the dance, too, ..... Feldman's music often helps me find a personal space

[olympvba]

It's really amazing! Thanks a lot!

[medanzig]

Bravo

this reminds me of a peice I saw at the Bang on a Can Marathon this year. Haemmerklavier III: One Man Band by Maurice Eggert. Shiau-uen who played it barely if ever struck the keys but instead hit the bench and strings making poly-rhythms in a dazzling display of skill. The only time I remember her hitting the keys was with her feet. Wild.

Were the movements you made written in the score?

[theritz007]

this is so beautiful. your movement is as graceful, as patient, as subtle as the music itself. beautiful!

[eribisho]

The thing I heard 20 years ago in chicago at 4:30 a.m. on public radio was called "Why Patterns" I wrote down M. Feldman and the name of the piece. This is the first I've heard since that morn... This is good,I think.

eribisho

[fuzzybunnies]

I'm doing the same thing... heard a little bio on Feldman on public radio while driving across the country from Bellingham, WA to Chicago about 5 years ago and I pulled over to write down his name. Just getting around to looking him up.

[iambothsides]

challenging interpretation; I need to give it a while.

but I bet Feldman would be pleased to see a pretty girl getting up off the bench.

[minirausch]

how you manage to play so sensitively while you're all over the place is beyond me. i love it.

this piece, just the music alone, is considerably more interesting than illusions, which is the only other piece i've heard from before 1951. thanks for sharing.

[gilsanson]

Amazing! Jusy when you think you know all your Feldman something like this reminds you that Morty was, in fact, a true avant-gardist. Illuminating.

[theethertethered]

it matters little that the music (as such) would seem quite meaningless and the choreography (quite) stupid :)

the whole point of the thing seems to be the Slowdown of Time, the cultivation of sensibility, the hightening of awareness, the integration of movement, sound, silence, sensuality...

who could doubt that the out-balancing of body and mind and the ability to m e l t into/with s i l e n c e transcends the intrinsic qualities of any (positive) music thinkable(!)

[theethertethered]

we quintessentially judge all musical utterings by their quality to help us (re)gain our zero-state in an universe of turmoil/agitation/distraction

it is a neat paradox that good music should have so much to do with silence

in feldman's work

this linkage is obvious

and obviously central

we therefore judge the feldman music as good music and commend it to everybody around ;)

((to me it was kind of a revelation))

[theethertethered]

ehm yes, i should like to add that i enjoyed the "dancing" very much (just to explicitely correct the "stupidity" verdict :) )

[nullaccia]

for all who think movements are not necessary in Feldman's music: THIS music was precisely thought for a dancer, and the manuscript (that I was honored to see) is full of annotations concerning the dance steps, and how they should fill the silences.

[Q4RT]

i don't doubt that you are in a more knowledgable position compared to me (who must rely (basically) on his intuition!) but i know so much that Feldman was a "disciple" of Cage; and that man certainly had a twinkle in Both of his eyes...

in other words: one must Not read a musical score of those men as kind of a gospel and my very own scribble was most certainly not meant as the final words of truth: you (anybody) may feel F R E E to judge my "judgement" with her own discerning intelligence...

[Q4RT]

i am currently in the dismal situation where i can't see wether my posts are coming through

i still feel the need to add

that "theethertethered" has

been communicating this

(pardon if i caused puzzlement)

[footfucka]

Nice sexy feet!

[melkaoner]

Three Dances ?

Excellent !

[guitarmanK1982]

Hmmmm... don't know if the movement is necessary really...

I always felt that Feldman's music was strong enough to hold its' own without anything added by someone else (dance or not).

Then again, i may be wrong...

10/10 for bravery, but i'd rather hear 'Rothko Chapel' through my headphones than 'watch' feldman (i prefer my own mental interpretation to seeing someone else's).

[nullaccia]

for all who think movements are not necessary in Feldman's music: THIS music was precisely thought for a dancer, and the manuscript (that I was honored to see) is full of annotations concerning the dance steps, and how they should fill the silences.

[savageaushawn]

Brilliant

[studiboreali]

le pause sono silenzi e i morti non danzano

[nullaccia]

per tutti quelli che pensano che i movimenti non siano necessari nella musica di Feldman: QUESTA musica è stata espressamente scritta per una danzatrice, e il manoscritto (che ho l'onore di aver visto) è pieno di annotazioni sui passi di danza, e su come questi debbano riempire i silenzi.

[studiboreali]

ho rivisto il tuo video: non mi conviceva e non mi convince neppure adesso questa musica con questa danza: impoverisce di significato sia l'una che l'altra. che poi sia feldman che espressamente richiede questa danza non cambia le cose. altra cosa sono le musiche di cage con la danza di Cunningham. per il resto adoro sia feldman che la danza. imho.

[nullaccia]

Dici bene, altro è lavorare con l'autore (come Cunningham con Cage), altro è inventare ciò di cui non è rimasto traccia (il solo della Erdman).

Semplicemente non è musica assoluta, ma integrata ad un aspetto visivo.

Le pause di Three Dances non sono quelle di Palais de Mari. E il pensiero musicale di F. non deve esaurirsi nel solito clichè: il silenzio.

Che il risultato sia poco convincente poco importa, per l'interprete. Importa che si sia fatto un passo in più nella comprensione dell'autore.

[LeviDenham]

you just made my day :)

[veloopity]

wonderful, wonderful

[fosco85]

Brava la pianista, ma queste cose sperimentali ormai lasciano il tempo che trovano

[manwithnoname123]

interesting how you made performing the piece into kind of a dance. very cool. FELDMAN is probably my favorite modern composer - so overlooked! (i named my cat Morton). i especially enjoy the longer works composed late in his career. Crippled Symmetry, For Philip Guston, etc...

[lemur821]

Sometimes the best part of performing is playing with the way you approach your notes, and it was delightful to see a concert with so much love given to that very thing.

[psychicSnow]

can we have a sexy party? just me, you and marian zazeela

[alexitin]

very beautiful

[MournfulWine]

as feldman would say "it's too f##king fast and it's too f##king loud" jk, nice job.

[pabanks46]

You're wonderful.

[benminer]

i like it

[kylebobbydunn]

i love you