Morton Feldman: American Sublime

The first major festival in Philadelphia devoted to the singular music of Morton Feldman (1926–87): seven concerts, talks and a workshop at venues throughout the city.

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About

American Sublime was the first major festival in Philadelphia devoted to the singular music of Morton Feldman (1926–87). The festival included seven concerts at venues throughout the city, with performances by some of the leading Feldman interpreters of our time.

American Sublime focused on music from the last years of Feldman’s life, all of it heard for the first time in Philadelphia. Its centerpiece was an extremely rare performance of his monumental, six-hour String Quartet No. 2, which concluded the festival at the Philadelphia Cathedral on June 12.

Programs

Sat, Jun 4, 2011 · 8pmMarilyn Nonken: Triadic MemoriesMarilyn Nonken, pianoCongregation Rodeph ShalomSun, Jun 5, 2011 · 2pmFinding FeldmanBunita Marcus, Kyle Gann, Marilyn Nonken and Tom ChiuNexusSun, Jun 5, 2011 · 7pmJACK Quartet: It Started on Eighth StreetWorks by Feldman, Cage, Brown and WebernIcebox Project SpaceWed, Jun 8, 2011 · 8pmPalais de Mari and Samuel BeckettGordon Beeferman, piano, and Corinna BurnsBiello Martin StudioThu, Jun 9, 2011 · 6pmWorkshop with Joan La BarbaraExtended vocal technique for singersFri, Jun 10, 2011 · 9:45amMaking It NewRenée Levine Packer, Jan Williams and Joan La BarbaraCaplan Hall, Terra Building University of the ArtsFri, Jun 10, 2011 · 5pmJoan La Barbara: Three VoicesJoan La Barbara, voice, with a tribute set by the ZsPhiladelphia Museum of ArtSat, Jun 11, 2011 · 3pmPatterns in a Chromatic FieldAmy Williams, piano, and Jonathan Golove, celloFleisher Art MemorialSat, Jun 11, 2011 · 5pmPatterns and Symmetry: A Talk by Craig WallenA talk by Craig WallenFleisher Art MemorialSat, Jun 11, 2011 · 8pmEither/OR: Crippled SymmetryEither/ORFleisher Art MemorialSun, Jun 12, 2011 · 11:30amRobert Ryman’s Philadelphia Prototype: Gallery Talk with Larry BeckerGallery talk with Larry BeckerPennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsSun, Jun 12, 2011 · 2pmFlux Quartet: String Quartet No. 2Six hours, free, come and goPhiladelphia Episcopal Cathedral

Press

• Flux Quartet’s six-hour Feldman finale (June 14, 2011)
• American Sublime’s opening, reviewed (June 6, 2011)
• A sublime encore for Morton Feldman, in Metro (June 1, 2011)
• American Sublime previewed in The Inquirer (May 29, 2011)

Support

Morton Feldman: American Sublime was made possible by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Music Project.