Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel | SWR Vokalensemble

[@solal_aa]

Probably the best interpretation of this masterpiece to be found on KZbin. The solo soprano passage is particularly well sung.

[@klassikswrkultur]

Thank you very much for this great compliment. We are happy to pass it on to the SWR Vokalensemble :)

[@voiceover2191]

Very good performance, one of my favourite pieces by Feldman, it's etremely difficult to sing as all of his music is. I sang it almost 30 years ago, many great memories. It's in many ways so Webernian and still ... just perfect beauty. Goosebumps, thx for this.

[@hyseo1121]

What a astonishing sound world of feldman!

[@tommorrissey9963]

Incredible performance. The world needs more Feldman.... Kudos to this amazing ensemble.

[@wavechamber]

I am in tears...

[@jamesjoycean]

I've sat in the chapel several times. I wish I could hear this there. Mesmerizing.

[@perry1559]

The Chapel is in New Mexico, isn’t it?

[@klassikswrkultur]

@@perry1559 the chapel ist in Speyer, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.

[@dieterammann4]

Sehr präzise Interpretation, fein austarierter Chorklang, und all dies in einem Raum, dessen Akustik der Informations“dichte“ ;-)) dieser Musik entgegenkommt. Bravo!

[@MichaelConwayBaker]

Music from another world!

[@BELDERBOS]

Unbelievable delicate and inaugural. What a power!

[@mariacefala]

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing🙏

[@hectorcavallaro]

The best live performance I've heard of this piece. Bravo

[@TheStockwell]

This is an absolutely astonishing performance. Thank you, SWR!

[@Daniel_Zalman]

A very moving performance. You really got the spiritual essence of the music.

[@marcocech7226]

meravigliosa interpretazione: bravissimi. 👏👏👏

[@Cosmogalacto]

Sehr schön vorgetragen, was für ein Klang! Wirklich eine tolle Aufführung dieser Komposition

[@gotzpahl6302]

This emphatic performance by the SWR Vokalensemble, under Marcus Creed, of Morton Feldman's composition reflects the intense minimalism of Mark Rothko's painting and Philip Johnson's architecture.

[@natigrossman9131]

Music for all times but more than ever for the corona age. Magnificent performance.

[@NovicebutPassionate]

"In Feldman's serene and contemplative ritual, 'Rothko Chapel' (1971), a sense of the surroundings that led to its commission is fundamental to the listening experience. Intended as an environmental soundscape for the fourteen huge canvases of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, the work's blend of declamation, lyricism, and delicate color (soprano, chorus, viola, tympani, chimes, and vibraphones) releases a quiet grandeur that gives rise to a new connotation to the word Minimalism. The attendant simplicity, solemnity, and stasis were not newly found, however, but had been refined over a career." Soundings, Music in the Twentieth Century, Glenn Watkins, Schirmer, 1995, P. 669.

[@conradclipper]

Absolutely wonderful. The climax to movement 5 at 21:40 is magical. Reminds me a little of the slow, strange, almost punk burn of Messiaen's Jardin du sommeil d'amour.

[@voiceover2191]

Interesting comment. I would never have linked those two composers, but I guess both pieces have this meditative state. By the way if you ever have the chance to hear Turangalila live, don't miss it. It's a unique experience. I have been lucky to hear it live twice and it was unforgettable. Last time Yvonne Loriod played the Ondes Martenot and Messiaen himself was in the theatre. He came to the stage to receive the standing ovation afterwards, but clearly wasn't very keen on the limelight.

[@andrewhalliday9078]

I saw it once, I think with Yvonne Loriot, at the Royal Festival Hall, maybe in 1967 or 1968? An unforgettable experience, even after all these years

[@willypotts100]

"Wunderbar♫"

[@audreygribble6033]

Grande.

[@estherassuied]

Masterpiece

[@fernandoarias4846]

Maravilloso!!!

[@martinsymphonicpercussion]

❤

[@krantiyatri2107]

!!

[@Elfegas]

Sorry guys, this is the music of execution,

[@TheStockwell]

Apology accepted. 😺