Journey to the End of the Night

Journey to the End of the Night, for soprano, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet & bassoon (1947) Claron McFadden, soprano The Barton Workshop James Fulkerson In the beginning, like all young creative artists, Feldman was working through the influences he found alluring and the influence of his teachers, working for the moment that he would find his personal creative voice. Journey to the End of Night (1947) shows unmistakable influences from his study with Stefan Wolpe yet it also shows a clear command of this musical language. It is a dramatically clear and forceful work. The text has been extracted, presumably by Feldman himself, from the long novel of the same title by Céline- the philosophy and critical stance of this text apparently struck a sympathetic chord with Feldman. [moderecords.com] Art by Liubov Popova