Langgaard's Lyre

[vandermolen]

The opening of Sinfonia Interna is wonderful - very atmospheric and moving.
Have now listened to the complete work which held my attention throughout - another great discovery thanks to this forum.

[vandermolen]

Your doing this deliberately to make me buy Symphony 15 aren't you?

Guess what? I find that I do have a CD featuring Symphony 15 after all   . I'm only glad that I didn't rush out and buy it (again). However, I haven't got on to Symphony 15 as there is another work on the CD 'Sphinx' (1913) which I keep playing over and over again. It is apparently Langgaard's most performed (or least un-performed) work. It is a haunting short work (under seven minutes) which reminds me of Rachmaninov's 'Isle of the Dead' and Balakirev's 'Tamara'.

[North Star]

I've been coincidentally listening to Music Of The Spheres A LOT lately!

Great lyrics there.  0:)

[North Star]

The score is beautiful, I also found out (because of Music of the spheres) of Ligeti's admiration, I can see a connection.
It's remarkable that it was composed in 1916!! But then, so was Ive's 4th...

Oh yes, the score is indeed beautiful. Regarding Ligeti, have you seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/v/0OX_4cJyhgI

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Langgaard LOVE:

There's Something Wonderful In The State Of Denmark

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2016/11/17/theres-something-wonderful-in-the-state-of-denmark/#7a50e5cc5a73

[Rinaldo]

Tuesday I'm in love:

Rosengaardsspil / Rose Garden Play (1918)

https://www.youtube.com/v/RShME_NaotE

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Sounds ravishing. He remains an astonishing composer.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Tuesday I'm in love:

Rosengaardsspil / Rose Garden Play (1918)

https://www.youtube.com/v/RShME_NaotE

That is bloody lovely music, innit?!

[cilgwyn]

His Antikrist opera is quite amazing! I could almost go s far as to class it as an eccentric masterpiece,along with Havergal Brian's The tigers;but I'm just a humble listener....what do I know?!!

[cilgwyn]

Sorry,The tigers,with a large T!!

[Karl Henning]

Sounds ravishing. He remains an astonishing composer.

Ahoy, Johan!

[Karl Henning]

His Antikrist opera is quite amazing! I could almost go as far as to class it as an eccentric masterpiece

You may just be right.

[Rons_talking]

Langgaard is a new discovery for me. I've been streaming his works tonight and am really impressed with the Sinfonia Internal. On one hand he is an inventive and unorthodox composer, on the other his symphonies are harmonically similar to Strauss--rooted in late 1800s tonality (excluding his Music of the Spheres and a few others) His late symphonies sound far less modern than his early works. I love his String Quartet #6.  Is there a specific symphonic work that combines sounds like Sinfonia Internal?

[Karl Henning]

That is bloody lovely music, innit?!

It is that;  and I've really enjoyed the Violin Sonatas vol. 2 CD you brought to our attention 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Ahoy, Johan!

Ahoy, Karl!

[cilgwyn]

Ahoy,Johan!
Ahoy Karl!

[cilgwyn]

cilgwyn, that's twice now you've hinted at insufficiencies in the Sinfonia interna, but if they exist, they've eluded me.  Draw me a diagram?

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If Karl's ever wondered why I didn't reply to his post,it's because I'm still trying to draw a diagram!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Ahoy,Johan!
Ahoy Karl!

Ahoy, cilgwyn!


(Still alive, but very busy. I hope to be here a bit more often again...)

[cilgwyn]

Good. I was wondering where you were. It's a bit like a pub without the Landlord at the moment. If you'll excuse the comparison. Actually,I thought you might be working on your novel?!

[cilgwyn]

I'm referring to the HB thread,of course. Ahoy,there Rued!!