''Triadic Memories'' is a solo piano piece composed by the American composer

Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School ...

in 1981, jointly dedicated to the classical pianists

Roger Woodward Roger Woodward (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. Life and career Early life The youngest of four children, Roger Woodward was born in Sydney where he received first piano lessons ...

and

Aki Takahashi is a Japanese pianist specializing in contemporary classical music. Biography Born in Kamakura, she began studying piano at the age of five and received her M.A. degree from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Her teachers inc ...

. This piece heralds the composer's late period and lasts around 90 minutes.The score of ''Triadic Memories'' is published by Universal Edition (London) Ltd UE 17326. Woodward performed the world premiere at the ICA London, UK, October 5, 1981, in the presence of the composer and the French premiere at the 1997 Festival d’automne à Paris au Théâtre Molière.Triadic Memories is one of three major works (the others are Piano and Orchestra and Piano) that Feldman wrote for, and dedicated to, Roger Woodward. His performance of Piano, Triadic Memories, Two Pianos, Piano Four Hands and of Piano Three Hands with Ralph Lane for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Sound Recording 1990) was licensed to Etcetera Records BV (1991) KTC 2015 and awarded Le Diapason d’or. Triadic_memories_Feldman_Patterns

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{{Morton Feldman 1981 compositions Compositions by Morton Feldman