Feldman: Rothko Chapel

A co-production with Music on Main - Feldman’s monumental Rothko Chapel (1971) was inspired by Mark Rothko’s paintings in blacks, reds, and purples hanging in the non-denominational chapel of the same name in Houston, Texas. On the music, Feldman writes, “To a large degree, my choice of instruments (in terms of forces used, balance and timbre) was affected by the space of the chapel as well as the paintings. I wanted the music … to permeate the whole octagonalshaped room and not be heard from a certain distance”