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KUfanThomas (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
my brother is going to UCLA and he was able to go to this he said it was AWSOME!!
123456789kirk (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
anyone know where I can put my sexy vids? yt keeps removing them off my list!ur so silly jj
sequenzaVII (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
Desert Music has some interesting ideas, but I prefer Three Movements. Though I like the opening of Desert Music very much, and the vocal writing reminds me very much of Stravinsky, I think all too often Reich reuses old ideas to the point where you know exactly what he'll do next. The music ceases to become anything remotely interesting or intellectually stimulating, and therefore becomes dry and uninspired sounding. Daniel Variations was a nice surprise, though..
cellodude1 (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
Is the solo the most important voice in this work?NoBad or Good?
anaklasis (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
What about Reich's Three movements and Desert Music? I think they are an interesting example of textures combination.
sequenzaVII (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
Re: "repetitive music". It's been some time since I posted those comments, and as always, I've been opening my ears to more and more music. Some of it I hate, and some of it I adore. Maybe my problem with the minimalists such as Glass and Reich is their use of harmony, because just recently I've been listening to some pieces by La Monte Young and Morton Feldman (The well-tuned piano, rothko chapel/piano and string quartet etc.) and even though those pieces are repetitive, I did enjoy them a lot.
sequenzaVII (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
Okay, that's fair. I haven't heard anything by Sciarrino, but I'm a huge fan of Ligeti. Those early pieces like "Atmosphéres" have about a million more interesting things in them than anything that Glass or Reich ever did, though, and even in "Éjszaka", the repetition reaches a hugely moving climax. Ligeti uses those ideas to great affect.I think the only one piece by Reich that I found interesting was Music for 18 Musicians. And even then, I only enjoyed it up to (and including) Section 5.
anaklasis (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
Uh-uh, SequenzaVII, I understand that you don't like minimalism, but you cannot underrate an style by itself. Minimalism is not only Glass and Reich, but also Ligeti and even Sciarrino. Maybe you are talking about "repetitive music".And I think that Reich is a good composer.
anaklasis (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
I think that we cannot compare so happyly and write comments such as "Bach is not like Mahler" and so on. And also there is no "basis", since we can write whatever we desire.I think Glass' music become poor. His third symphony has nothing to do with this concert, which looks like an attemp to approach Adams' style. Of course, it's very well orchestrated, but I still prefer his violin concert.
korras21 (January 1, 1970 at 11:59 am)
it is luckily more about music than about making as much money as possible.. commercial jingles? it would inevitably lose its value |
