Arditti Quartet at 40 - Episode 2
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Black Swan
I am having a listen to
Brian Ferneyhough 1
Ariditti Quartet
2nd String quartet
Adagissimo for String Quintet
3rd String Quartet
Sonatas for String Quartet
I purchased this come time ago and had forgotten I had the recording. I am also wondering about the Jonathan Harvey String Quartets. Any forum members have an opinion on the Quartets or the recording?
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Blotto
30 days or 7?
Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post- blink, and you've missed it forever. Unless you've "illegally" downloaded it.
Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostJames Clarke
It appears to have been premiered by the Atlas Ensemble in the Netherlands only a fortnight ago: http://www.atlasensemble.nl/news.html
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Richard Barrett
Originally posted by Black Swan View PostI am also wondering about the Jonathan Harvey String Quartets. Any forum members have an opinion on the Quartets or the recording?
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostBut, Blotto - why should I "listen to their reactions"? Does any other audience enthusiastic for a particular type of Music feel any such obligation? If they are "bored and oppressed" then that's their privilege and their problem. If they express an interest in my enthusiasm for something they don't like, that's another matter - but the blazes with anyone who thinks this "resembles rules":
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
EDIT: or the Xenakis in RB's link!
I will be interested to see how many Ferneyhough pieces are played, before we revert, as usual with these compilations, to totally unrelated items, Frank Sinatra, Mozart, etc.
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Originally posted by Oddball View PostYouTube has a compilation of 50+ videos for Ferneyhough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCaOf...aOfEax8MM#t=28
I will be interested to see how many Ferneyhough pieces are played, before we revert, as usual with these compilations, to totally unrelated items, Frank Sinatra, Mozart, etc.
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Originally posted by Oddball View PostYouTube has a compilation of 50+ videos for Ferneyhough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCaOf...aOfEax8MM#t=28
I will be interested to see how many Ferneyhough pieces are played, before we revert, as usual with these compilations, to totally unrelated items, Frank Sinatra, Mozart, etc.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Well Ferney, I have to admit to a habit of playing these YouTube compilations for well known Jazz/ Pop artists, such as Coltrane, Nat King Cole. Frequently there is not played more than two or three tracks by the artist in question, before the complilation is corrupted, deliberately or not, and we hear music that "you might also like to hear" from somebody else.
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........I see a clarinet concerto by Goodman has crept in - no not that Goodman, but somebody down in South Florida! I hope this compilation is not spoilt; I am finding it extremely useful in getting to know Ferneyhough's music, that coupled with the score synced with the music.
Strange thing is despite it being difficult to imagine more complex scores (compared to which the Webern piece in the compilation seems completely elementary), the music itself is (relatively) easy listening compared to Xenakis, Birtwistle.
Was attracted to the Time and Motion study for Bass Clarinet. If this had not been rigidly scored, i would have assumed it was something from the Improv/ Free Jazz scene!
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Originally posted by Oddball View PostWas attracted to the Time and Motion study for Bass Clarinet. If this had not been rigidly scored, i would have assumed it was something from the Improv/ Free Jazz scene!
"Rigid" isn't quite how I'd describe the score of Ferneyhough's Music. Whilst the written scores are obviously an ideeal to which every performer should aspire, there are such layers of difficulty that it isn't feasable (yet!) for any performer to get everything in one performance. The player(s) have to get as far into the Music as meets their individual capabilities and which they regard as the most important aspects they wish to present to listeners. Nothing different from Bach, then, except that the notation presents a continual challenge to a performer even if they've played the piece several times before - the notation is like a map of Spaghetti Junction, but each performance takes only a single path through the work. The next performance might decide to emphasise a different route. It can't be "rigid" because there is too much information - the performer meets the limits of his/her technique and surpasses them. (As does the receptive listener - so intenet was I at the UK premiere of the Sixth String Quartet that I had a nose bleed at the end!)[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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