Proms 2026 Feldman’s ‘Crippled Symmetry’ (Gateshead)

The intricate patterns of Turkish rugs – conjured from the memory of the women who wove them – inspired the mesmerising meditation that is centenary composer Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry. Scored for flutes, percussion, piano and the glassy-toned celesta, this is music that seems to float, at once absolutely controlled and left freely to chance – its hypnotic patterns forming and reforming like a mobile, suspended in the air. The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Music Director Dinis Sousa is joined by principal musicians Helena Gourd and Jude Carlton.

There will be no interval

Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3

Performed at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead

Dinis Sousa © TyneSight Media