Name that piece! The game

[Parsifal]

To speed things up a bit: this movement is an island of tonality surrounded by the choppy waters of caco dodecaphony.

Oh, and the group which performed at the première wasn't required to fly across the Atlantic.

Sounds interesting......Wallingford Riegger? Uh, born too early...

[Opus106]

If this was a telephone directory, he'd be listed somewhere between the last two guesses.

[Parsifal]

George Rochberg

[Opus106]

George Rochberg

Finally! Rochberg is correct. It's the second movement from his fourth string quartet (II. Fuga). The snippet you heard was from the recording of the premier, or so I'm told, performed at the Harrison Auditorium in Pennsylvania, USA on 20 Jan., 1979 by the Concord Quartet. This work was introduced to the world along with quartets Nos. 5 and 6. The last three quartets together are referred to as the "Concord Quartets". One of the members at SymphonyShare posted these recordings to the group.

[karlhenning]

Nicely done!

[Parsifal]

Sorry we had to hammer that out for so long, it was a good choice. Actually Rochberg got fairly famous for a while, when he turned away from atonality, but I think he was superceded by the so-called minimalist Americans

[Opus106]

Sorry we had to hammer that out for so long, it was a good choice. Actually Rochberg got fairly famous for a while, when he turned away from atonality, but I think he was superceded by the so-called minimalist Americans

Congrats! Now it's up to you to post a clip. I had to keep myself abreast of some of the facts (read: statements available in Wikipedia ) of Rochberg's life for this game, and it was interesting to read that this was not the only work of his which included tonal parts in an otherwise atonal composition. He even included Pachelbel's Canon in the quartet No. 6!

[Parsifal]

Congrats! Now it's up to you to post a clip. I had to keep myself abreast of some of the facts (read: statements available in Wikipedia ) of Rochberg's life for this game, and it was interesting to read that this was not the only work of his which included tonal parts in an otherwise atonal composition. He even included Pachelbel's Canon in the quartet No. 6!

re: the Pachelbel --After years working in record stores and hearing hundreds of requests for that piece (in some of the funniest mispronuniciations and misspellings) I would cringe to hear it again

Thanks, I will love to post a clip, if you guys can hold on for about 90 minutes. I need to leave work, get home and make it 

[Opus106]

re: the Pachelbel --After years working in record stores and hearing hundreds of requests for that piece (in some of the funniest mispronuniciations and misspellings) I would cringe to hear it again

You can't escape Pachelbel, he follows you everywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/v/JdxkVQy7QLM

[Parsifal]

You can't escape Pachelbel, he follows you everywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/v/JdxkVQy7QLM

Pretty good! I had customers as for the "Twatchelbell Kannon" and "The Parker Ball Canon"...

[Parsifal]

Ok, here's my mystery clip:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/ukXIskzB/XMystery_10June.html


EDIT:Clip is now 1 min in length 

[Lethevich]

Oh dear. At that length, I try to think hard about it, but I just end up enjoying the movement

[Scarpia]

I don't know the piece, but my first impression is that there is a certain Tansman-ish quality to it.

[Parsifal]

I don't know the piece, but my first impression is that there is a certain Tansman-ish quality to it.

You may be in the right sector of the globe 

[Octo_Russ]

Schnittke, Concerto for Oboe, Harp and String Orchestra?

[Parsifal]

Schnittke, Concerto for Oboe, Harp and String Orchestra?

good guess,  but not Schnittke

this composer was influenced by a major French composer of the previous generation

[Octo_Russ]

Ah ok, how many guesses do i get?, i can definitely hear Oboe and Harp, so...

how about Lutoslawski's Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra?, it fits with the Polish / Tansman clue 

[Parsifal]

Ah ok, how many guesses do i get?, i can definitely hear Oboe and Harp, so...

how about Lutoslawski's Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra?, it fits with the Polish / Tansman clue 

No not Lutoslawski, another favorite of mine

[Coco]

Frank Martin?

[Parsifal]

Frank Martin?

Yes! Trois Danses for oboe, harp, string quintet and orchestra 

Your turn Coco