Sunday, September 13, 2015

Modernists and Traditionalists

Just something to get you thinking:

  • Messiaen is a traditionalist masquerading as a modernist
  • Philip Glass (in his symphonies and concertos) is a modernist masquerading as a traditionalist

Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus: XIX, Je dors, mais mon coeur veille:


Philip Glass: Symphony No. 9, Movement III:




Any other candidates?

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3 comments:

  1. Christine LacroixSeptember 13, 2015 at 1:23 PM

    So I've been wondering why you said that the piece by Giovanni Sollima, Violoncelles Vibrez
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgl6njyKe2w
    was 'interesting' but went a bit to 'Phillip Glass' towards the end. I still don't understand after listening to his symphony 9 movement III??

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  2. Bryan TownsendSeptember 14, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    That was probably because towards the end the Sollima gets very repetitive. The rhythms are driving forward, but the harmony flattens out and gets less interesting.

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  3. Marc in EugeneSeptember 14, 2015 at 3:42 PM

    (Do you have the B and Robert Florczak videos where you want them?)

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