What are you listening to now?

[Rinaldo]

In what way do you musically listen to such things, because there's surely a way of listening to stuff like that which is not at all similar to standard methods of listening to 'classical music.'

I don't think there's a particular 'way'. You hear what you hear. Patterns, rhythms, textures that provoke a reaction. After all, whether you listen to Mozart or Xenaxis, it's all waves hitting you eardrum.

That said, having a broad taste in music usually helps. And taste can be cultivated.

[mc ukrneal]

More Feldman

https://www.youtube.com/v/DDuGj80TrVE

May I ask what it is you like about this piece (assuming you do)?  What should we be listening for in this music?

[mc ukrneal]

I like the way it sounds; and the mood it evokes, the texture and combinations of sounds.   

Listening to the piece, this makes total sense. Thanks.

[Sergeant Rock]

http://www.youtube.com/v/Fh1rIBOGSPA

You hear what you hear. Patterns, rhythms, textures that provoke a reaction.

Two hours ago it provoked nausea. But it might have been the time of day. I don't like Bach before 1300 either (1 P.M. for you civilians).

Sarge

[North Star]

More Feldman

https://www.youtube.com/v/DDuGj80TrVE

'More Feldman' is exactly what I've been meaning to listen.
Very nice!

[Sergeant Rock]

https://www.youtube.com/v/DDuGj80TrVE

I like Feldman. And this is going down smoothly. No signs of nausea    A belated thank you to our dear Sara, whose Feldman posts, once upon a time, convinced me to give the composer a try.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

David Diamond Rounds for String Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz conducting the LA Chamber Orchestra






Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Wow, whats the matter with me, I really like this!  How very strange for me to like something which is so strange.

Doesn't surprise me, at all, at all.

Paul Lansky came to UVa to give a lecture/demo of his work; my teacher Judith Shatin is (IIRC) an erstwhile student of his.

[Karl Henning]

John!    Check the Scelsi thread.  I liked the piece that you and Kyle abhor.   

Go, Ray! Good to see you, mon ami!

[Karl Henning]

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Not sure it's my favourite Feldman, but it's a Feldman I haven't heard and aeon rarely disappoints. (The sound and playing, as far as I can tell, are near-perfect) May have a more favourable report once it's over, I find the "structure" of a Feldman piece is often determined much more by the various emotional states (disquiet, rapture, boredom, etc) you go through listening to it than the actual musical events themselves.

Mmm, this looks interesting . . . .

[mahler10th]

One of my home bands under Jarvi's direction in the 80's.
Khatchaturian...his music is so bloody relentless.

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty . . . Memory Lane:

Paul Lansky
Idle Chatter

First heard this in Old Cabell Hall down in Charlottesville, with the composer plying the dial.

[Sergeant Rock]

Irving Fine Serious Song: A Lament for String Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz conducting the LA Chamber Orchestra




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty . . . Memory Lane:

Paul Lansky
Idle Chatter

First heard this in Old Cabell Hall down in Charlottesville, with the composer plying the dial.

I thought it a way-cool piece then, and I think it a way-cool piece now.

[Karl Henning]

Venetian Wednesday

"Il prete rosso"
In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626
La Nuova Musica

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[DavidW]

I'd been listening to alot of Haydn symphonies of late.

But I thought I would mention my maiden listen Monday, which was a violin sonata written by Vaughan Williams.  I know him for his orchestral music, but it turns out that his chamber music is dynamite, and takes less effort to get due to being more transparent, not having that mystical quality that so much of British neoromantic orchestral has including RVW's own symphonies.  I look forward to listening to the Phantasy quintet this evening.

[Karl Henning]

Good on ya, Davey! That sonata is marvelous . . . I have it on a sort-of-historical CD with Yehudi Menuhin, a disc I actually picked up for the Elgar Sonata, though both the RVW and Walton sonatas are very nearly as worthwhile.

[AnthonyAthletic]

I'd been listening to alot of Haydn symphonies of late.

But I thought I would mention my maiden listen Monday, which was a violin sonata written by Vaughan Williams.  I know him for his orchestral music, but it turns out that his chamber music is dynamite, and takes less effort to get due to being more transparent, not having that mystical quality that so much of British neoromantic orchestral has including RVW's own symphonies.  I look forward to listening to the Phantasy quintet this evening.

Is it this one by any chance David?

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One of my fave cds 

[TheGSMoeller]

Good morning, all! 

+1 for RVW sonatas and Phantasy Quintet.

My new standard for Dvorak 8 has been set, thanks in part to Szell/Cleveland, mainly in the fourth movement, I need to hear those horns when the minor themes arrive. If you have the recording go to 3:35 to hear what I mean.

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[DavidW]

Cool Karl!

Tony I listened to the cd from the big emi box:

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