This haunting 25-minute piece launched a late-night programme in which David Goode's 20-minute rendition of Feldman's organ work Principal Sound left me quite unmoved.
For the first half, dedicated to cross-dressers, music came courtesy of John Kelly, a New York-based actor, visual artist and singer who, according to this piece, launched his artistic career miming to Maria Callas records in the punk bars of New York circa 1979.
Sometimes "Holding It Down" uses all of these traditions at once; the cumulative power of the piece launches it into a realm normally cleared for élite contemporary oratorio — not all that different from, say, a socially engaged Peter Sellars staging of a John Adams or Kaija Saariaho composition.
Puzzle Piece launched just a month ago, but it already averages 80 new sign-ups per day and has 1,000 active users.
Michael Moynihan joined On the Line to answer your questions about his piece, "Launching Balloons into North Korea: Propaganda Over Pyongyang".
As the Oxford five-piece launch into "Blue Blood", the crowds surge forward, arms in the air.
Turn it upside down and the ginger pieces launch into soda space, giving you this drink that is just unlike any ginger ale experience I've ever had.
In this instance, he paid tribute to the tradition of superhumanly virtuosic solo pieces launched by his predecessor and fellow countryman Paganini.
But it is the family business Party Pieces, launched by Carole Middleton from their home in one of Berkshire's prettier villages, which founded the family's wealth and gave their daughter entry into higher social circles.
And if opinion polls a week before the November 24th election are accurate, he is right: Mr Rudd has a commanding lead (see chart).Although Mr Howard called the election a month ago, both leaders delayed their set-piece launches to give themselves a shot in the arm in the final fortnight.
"We can usually tell within two minutes of a piece's launch how well it's going to do," Mike Vaughan, the Lad Bible's creative lead, explains.
