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Individual media articles referencing the Rothko Chapel are listed here

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Scope and Contents No composer ever did more with less than Morton Feldman. While other composers built elaborate and ornate structures out of blocks of sound, he created equally elaborate - and equally beautiful - scores out of whispers, silences and implications.In Davies Symphony Hall on Wednesday night, Michael Tilson Thomas introduced "Rothko Chapel," one of Feldman's richest and most haunting works, to the San Francisco Symphony repertoire. The piece is a virtuoso display of minimalist...

Scope and Contents In 1971, the Rothko Chapel, a meditation space and museum supported by the art patrons and philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil, opened in Houston. Missing from the ceremony was Mark Rothko, the artist who had painted a series of 14 large canvases for the chapel. The year before the opening, Rothko, who had been experiencing severe depression, took his own life.In attendance was the composer Morton Feldman, Rothko’s friend from New York, who considered Rothko’s art a major...

Scope and Contents I once made the mistake of listening to a recording of Morton Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet. Working through the impressive 25 Years box set of the Kronos Quartet, iTunes told me the piece would be one hour, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds. I dug my heels in and hit play, ready to be blown away. Instead, I was treated to almost 80 minutes of musical Chinese water torture. Feldman repeated the same flashes of sound and color over and over again, without any change in pitch, dynamics, rhythm,...

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We don't normally associate austerity and self-effacing understatement with Texas, especially with free-wheeling Houston—city of oil, money, bayous, sports and urban cowboys. But courtesy of one great immigrant couple from France, John (1904-73) and Dominique (1908-97) de Menil, this city with no zoning laws possesses a locus of spiritual and artistic calm in the middle of a tranquil, verdant, in-town residential neighborhood abutting the University of St. Thomas.

Scope and Contents Some performances highlight repertoire, others focus on the performing artists. Rothko Chapel’s 40th anniversary concert promises an experience. Presenting works that tie to a milestone in Rothko Chapel’s continuum, the chosen repertoire was appropriate for the space’s spiritual energy and acoustics.The repertoire and performers delivered in the first show Friday night.Rothko Chapel’s dual vocations, contemplation and action — represented in the building’s...

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