In the early 1980s, British composer and music critic Adrian Jack was Director of the MusICA concert series at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. On Sunday October 4, 1981, the Australian pianist Roger Woodward played the London premiere of Mists by Iannis Xenakis, followed by the world premiere of Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories. Recalling the night of the premiere, Jack writes: "That night it poured, and the rain on the tin roof of the ICA theatre was almost louder than the music. Feldman was present and sat next to Harrison Birtwistle. He kissed Roger's fingers after the performance!" Feldman himself commented on Woodward's performance of Triadic Memories: "Roger Woodward: more traditional, which also means more unpredictable in how he shapes and paces. I would call it a prose style. Where Tudor focused on a moment, Woodward would find the quintessential touch of the work, hold on to it and then as in one giant breath, articulate the music's overall scale. Like Tudor, Woodward played everything as primary material. He is a long-distance runner. Tudor jumps high over the bar. Where Tudor isolates the moment, by not being influenced by what we might consider a composition's cause and effect, and Woodward finds the right tone that savours the moment and extends it." (Feldman, 2001)
Jack, Adrian (15 de mayo de 2022). «The Premiere of Triadic Memories». Morton Feldman web page.
Program of the Athens 1979 Festival https://iscm.org/wnmd/1979-athens; September 1979, Woodward played Liszt's Les jeux d'eaux à la villa d'este, Feldman's Piano (1977), and premiered Rolf Gehlhaar's Strangeness, Charm and Colour with London Brass, at the Odéon Herodes Atticus at the 52nd International Society for Contemporary Music Festival (ISCM World Music Days).
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The University of New England Handbook. University of New England. 2001. p. 118. ISSN1320-873X.
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Les griffures du silence de Morton Feldman
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Renaud Machart
31.10.97, p.29.
Machart, Renaud (10 de octubre de 1997). «Les griffures du silence de Morton Feldman». Le Monde. p. 29.
The Financial Times, Music on the West Coast by Dominic Gill, 24 May 1972, http://www.rogerwoodward.com/images/PDF/LAPO-Mehta-Hollywood_Bowl.pdf
The article covers a series of New Music concerts at UCLA where Zubin Mehta directed the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Roger Woodward's debut performance program was a mixture of a recital of modern music-Australian Richard Meale's Coruscations, Japanese Toru Takemitsu's Undisturbed Rest, Cuban, Leo Brouwer's Sonate pian'e forte well as Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata. This contemporary music marathon went on to include Xenakis' Eonta for piano and five brass from the LAPO. The rehearsal was attended by Olivier Messiaen, a personal friend of Iannis Xenakis and his composition teacher, who personally corrected the brass parts during rehearsal. His wife, Yvonne Loriod, was also present at rehearsal, along with comedian Danny Kaye.,.
Stockhausen's Mantralecture managed by Allied Artists (London); filmed at Imperial College, London July 19, 1973.
Performance recording on https://www.youtube.com/watch?vxBMvJrdoFP4; the concert programme is in the NLA Roger Woodward Collection. Compact disc recorded in 1989 by Etcetera Records BV.
