Le Balcon

Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
The Viola in My Life I, II, III (1970)

"The compositional format is quite simple. Unlike most of my music, the complete cycle of The Viola in My Life (I-IV) is conventionally notated as regards pitches and tempi. I needed the exact time proportions underlying the gradual and slight crescendo characteristic of all the muted sounds the viola plays. It was this aspect that determined the rhythmic sequence of events." Morton Feldman

First performed by Le Balcon on November 5, 2009 at Église Saint-Merry, revived in 2010 at Musique-sur-Ciel, and in 2020 at the opening of the Festival d'Automne in Paris.

Filmed on May 18, 2021 at the Festival Singer-Polignac, directed by Guillaume Klein.