Live from the Barbican, a concert of music by Morton Feldman - an extraordinary figure in American music, associated with such musical figures as John Cage and Christian Wolff , and with the painters Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.
Tonight's works are from the later part of his life: Rothko Chape/was a tribute to Rothko after his suicide in 1970 and Feldman's last orchestral work,
Coptic Lightwas inspired by early Coptic textiles. Isabelle Faust (violin), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Morton Feldman Music for Violin and Orchestra
8.40 Twenty Minutes: Who's Afraid of Morton Feldman ?
Brian Morton presents an affectionate portrait of the cigar-smoking, wine-loving composerwho is as much remembered for his friendly conversation as he is criticised for his sometimes "unfriendly" music.
9.00 Morton Feldman Rothko Chapel; Coptic Light