Off The Beaten Track

[Dave2002]

Some stuff from the Boston microtonal community here, with at least some examples of notation, if not full scores.

http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/index.php/interviews/

We need Gongers on this, as Dave says.

Really enjoying the Sextet, BTW.

Interesting comments by Ezra re intonation and "sounding right". I think there are problems even with the regular scales.
In Stravinsky's Ragtime, for example, there are discords which some performers might try to smooth away, and there must be many discordant patches in pieces where there is a temptation to "correct" what the score says. These tendencies could get very complex in microtonal music.

[ahinton]

If he enjoys himself, he'll come home with a bit more than that.

Quite so!

[ahinton]

The Lone Grainger.

But that's not English; it's by Shostathingummyjig, n'est-ce pas?...

[Beef Oven!]

Goffredo Petrassi - Concerto For Orchestra #8 (1970-1972)
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo. Label: Stradivarius.

A very interesting but neglected 'modern' composer.

My favourite concerto is currently #8. This will no doubt change in the very near future.

[Beef Oven!]

Anton von Webern
- Cantata #1 Op.29
- Variations For Orchestra Op.30
- Cantata #2 Op.31

Christiane Oelze, soprano; Gerald Finley, bass; BBC Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Pierre Boulez. Deutsche Grammophon.

[Beef Oven!]

Bernard Herrmann - "the Night Digger"

'Scenario macabre for orchestra'

"A lonely woman in a decaying mansion......... A young stranger on a big, black bike" - A tale of the strange and perverse.

One of the best film scores, ever!

Composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. Sessions Of London Orchestra, et al.

[teamsaint]

Bernard Herrmann - "the Night Digger"

'Scenario macabre for orchestra'

"A lonely woman in a decaying mansion......... A young stranger on a big, black bike" - A tale of the strange and perverse.

One of the best film scores, ever!

Composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. Sessions Of London Orchestra, et al.

Hmmm..fancy a listen to this.

Can't seem to find it on line.
anybody got any ideas?

[Beef Oven!]

Hmmm..fancy a listen to this.

Can't seem to find it on line.
anybody got any ideas?

It's quite hard to get hold of. I actually ordered it in HMV in Oxford Street about 6/7 years ago when it first came out. Having said that, Amazon have it in stock!

It's not available on Apple Music.

[Beef Oven!]

Boulez Conducts Zappa

[Beef Oven!]

Schoenberg - A Survivor From Warsaw


.....truly harrowing


Earlier, too much Webern to mention!

[Beef Oven!]

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Montags-Gruss (Eva-Gruss) from 'Montag Aus Licht'

[Dave2002]

Roger Smalley
Concerto for cello and 17 players (transcribed from Alexander Scriabin)
Raphael Wallfisch, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Ten poems for chamber orchestra
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Roger Smalley (conductor)

[Beef Oven!]

[Lat-Literal]

Not my usual. However, I have some affection for Crosse as his work was among the things they got us to try to perform in an elementary state school in the 1970s. Extraordinary when I think about it now and I wonder if anything similar is done for 10 year olds in 2015. I will post any further clips by him on the thread about neglected British composers.

Gordon Crosse - Some Marches on a Ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwxYvcRWYjo

[Beef Oven!]

Pierre Boulez - Memoriale (… explosante fixe…. Originel)

5 mins 06 secs

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Sophie Cherrier, Pierre Boulez. Deutsche Grammophon.