Six-hour string quartet to get New York airing

Ne(x)tworks ensemble to perform Morton Feldman's String Quartet no.2

Morton Feldman's marathon String Quartet no.2 will receive a rare performance this Sunday, 11 April. Four members from the new-music ensemble Ne(x)tworks will perform the piece at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, New York. Composed as one continous movement, the quartet lasts for around six hours. The performance will be available as a live webcast through New York classical music station WQXR.

Six-hour string quartet to get New York airing

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From the series "You might be a lunatic moron if...":
1. You decide to compose a six hour long piece of music.
2. You decide to score it for string quartet.
3. You think it would be a great idea to make it one continuous movement.
4. You think it would be a great experience to perform this piece.
5. You propose the idea to perform this piece to your colleagues in the quartet as an April Fool''s joke, and, to your utter astonishment they all agree to it and now you''re stuck with it.

Matt Siebenburger ( 09 April 2010)

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