³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SSO, Skempton, Cardew, Wolff, Feldman
Robert Worby presents the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and John Tilbury (piano) playing music by Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew, Christian Wolff and Morton Feldman.
Robert Worby presents a concert from Glasgow featuring four composers who rose to prominence in the 1960s: Feldman and Wolff in the "New York School", while in England, Cardew and Skempton founded the Scratch Orchestra.
Howard Skempton: Lento
Cornelius Cardew: Bun no. 1
Christian Wolff: Spring
Morton Feldman: Piano and Orchestra
John Tilbury (piano)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov
Also in this programme, a review of recent CD releases of New Music.
Album: Sounding Music
Artists: AMM
CD: Matchless Recordings MRCD77
Album: Old School/John Cage
Artists: Zeitkratzer
CD: zeitkratzer records zkr 0009
Album: Music for Piano and Strings by Morton Feldman
Artists: The Smith Quartet with John Tilbury
DVD: Matchless Recordings MRDVD-01
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